…to my place of employment. Pudd’nHead Books turns one today, and I couldn’t be happier to be a part of it.

I was very happy to be the first interviewee in The Enchanted Inkpot’s new occasional series of talks with independent booksellers. You can read my (incredibly long-winded and, on third read, oddly short-sentenced) answers to their questions here.

My dad was in the Navy, so when I was younger we moved a few times. Unfortunately for me, the two moves that took place after I began school both occurred in the middle of the school year. Middle of second grade, middle of fifth grade. This? Sucked. Everyone had chosen their desks, their lunch [...]

Fewer books. Better quality.
More on this in the actual New Year, but that’s what it boils down to.

In response to an email: I only review books from Random House, Scholastic, Penguin and HarperCollins because those are the only four publishers I currently have contacts at. I am absolutely looking for galleys from other publishers!

I’ve now got some covers up – the last five reviews, anyway (except THE SEPTEMBER SISTERS because I can’t find a nice sharp picture to use). Now you can scroll down and see the amazing cover for FLYGIRL.

5-day headache + the passing over of Ike in St. Louis (with bonus water in the basement) has not equaled much computer time. I have, however, read eight books in the last five days (thank you, toddler naps). There will be something up tomorrow, I promise – FLYGIRL, by Sherri Smith, is what it will [...]

Kidliterate’s on vacation until next Tuesday – we’re off to Disney World for a wedding. And I am actually taking a whole book with me that is NOT a galley!
(Okay, I’m also taking three galleys, but who’s perfect?)

Three of my four favorite fall books have now gotten starred reviews in Publishers Weekly: Chalice by Robin McKinley; Graceling by Kristin Cashore; and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
(Yes, I realize I have actually discussed none of these books here. Hopefully I will rectify that soon. There are also seven galleys that I have [...]

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