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Submitted by Book Nut
I was really good; I only picked up two books for myself… and I didn’t even put them on hold.
For A/K:
Circus Family Dog, by Andrew Clements/Illus. by Sue Truesdell
Have You Seen My Cat, by Eric Carle
What’s That Noise?, by William Carmman
Miss Rumphius, by Barbara Cooney
Drive, by Nathan Clement
Down in the [...]
Sprout
Submitted by Book Nut
by Dale Peck
ages: 14+
First sentence (ARC): “I have a secret.”
Review copy sent to me by the publisher.
Sometimes, regardless of plot or characters or even how the book ends, a particular voice in a book (or of a book) totally and completely wins you over. Sprout is one of those voices: observant, witty, [...]
Book Review: The Tillamook Cheese Cookbook by Kathy Holstad
Submitted by The Thin Red Line
One of the pleasures of living here in the Pacific Northwest is the wonderful cheese and butter produced by the small independent farmers of the Tillamook County Creamery Association. I have visited the Tillamook plant and visitor center and always buy their wonderful butter, cheese and ice cream. Today Ron [...]
Teaser Tuesdays: July 14, 2009
Submitted by BOOKS ON THE BRAIN
Miz B and Teaser Tuesdays asks you to: Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2) sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” [...]
Why Darwin Matters
Submitted by Book Nut
The Case Against Intelligent Design
by Michael Shermer
ages: adult (though anyone interested in this debate could read this)
First sentence: “In June 2004, the science historian Frank Sulloway and I began a month-long expedition to retrace Charles Darwin’s footsteps in the Galapagos Islands.”
Delivery, people, delivery.
When writing a book, SO much depends on the delivery, [...]
Fire
Submitted by Book Nut
by Kristin Cashore
ages: 13+
First sentence (ARC): “Larch often though that if it had not been for his newborn son, he never would have survived his wife Mikra’s death.”
Release date: October 5, 2009
(Okay, Kailana, I finally got around to it. And thanks, Corinne, for sending me the ARC!)
Fire is a monster. In [...]
Library Loot #26
Submitted by Book Nut
I must stop putting books on hold. I must stop putting books on hold. I must stop putting books on hold. I must stop putting books on hold. I must stop putting books on hold. I must stop putting books on hold.
I must stop putting books on hold. I must stop putting [...]
20 Boy Summer
Submitted by Book Nut
by Sarah Ockler
ages: 15+
First sentence: “Frankie Perino and I were lucky that day.”
Anna was in love with the boy next door, Matt. She and Matt and his sister, Frankie, were the ultimate triumvirate: they did everything together, but Anna kept her feelings to herself. Then, on her 15th birthday, everything changed: Matt [...]
Michael Vass interviews 4-time author Victoria Morris
Written by Black Entertainment USA
Recently an associate brought to my attention a series of books that they were sure I had not read. In fact, I later learned, my friend had looked around and thought that it would be a great deal of fun to introduce me to this specific line of books. The reason [...]
Bookish Food
Submitted by Book Nut
The F2F book group is at my house tonight, and since we’re discussing Garden Spells, I thought I would make some food from the book:
Yum. Even if no one comes, I’ll have a good time.
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Beastly
Submitted by Book Nut
by Alex Flinn
ages: 13+
First sentence: “Mr. Anderson: Welcome to the first meeting of the Unexpected Changes chat group.”
Kyle Kingman has it all: looks, money, popularity, a hot girlfriend. His father — a newscaster megastar — basically leaves him alone to do what he wants, to buy whatever he wants. Then, one day [...]
Review: Moose: A Memoir of Fat Camp by Stephanie Klein
Submitted by BOOKS ON THE BRAIN
As I prepared to ship my daughter off to sleep-away camp, I thought it would be fun to read Moose: A Memoir of Fat Camp by Stephanie Klein, a memoir of the author’s childhood summers at a fat camp in the 80’s. It wasn’t exactly what I expected.
The book opens [...]
An Excerpt From Burn this book : PEN writers speak out on the power of the word by editor Toni Morrison
Submitted by The Thin Red Line
My longtime readers already know that I am a foe of censorship and speak out about this issue each fall during the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week. So when one of the nicest publicists I work with sent me an email about the new 2009 release Burn this book [...]
Need
Submitted by Book Nut
by Carrie Jones
ages: 12+
First sentence: “Everybody has fears, right?”
Zara has issues: she collects phobias like some people collect stamps, and ever since her dad (step-dad, actually) died, the phobias are worse then usual. So her mom sends her to live in Maine with her grandma, in order to help Zara shake out [...]
How Many Books–Libdrone’s 2nd Book Giveaway Contest
Submitted by The Thin Red Line
I will be the first to admit that this is not a pretty picture. Not in any sense of the word. But lest my loyal readers think that the reason I’ve not been posting any book reviews lately is because I don’t have any books to write about. The above [...]
Library Loot #25
Submitted by Book Nut
A piddly small week this week because (gasp!) we’ve been very bad about reading to A and K. We tend to get off schedule in the summer… and stay up late… and watch too much TV. (Even A’s watching Robin Hood with us… on an unrelated aside, Richard Armitage is totally winning [...]
10 Questions for Julie Berry
Submitted by Book Nut
My second victim author for the 10 Questions feature is the delightful Julie Berry, whose first book, Amaranth Enchantment — an interesting Cinderella-like fantasy/fairy tale for upper-middle grade readers — I thoroughly enjoyed.
MF: This is your first novel, congrats! Can you tell us a bit about the process of writing it and [...]
