Best Book Ever…It’s Relative

July 5, 2009 Leave a Comment

As I was drinking my Sunday afternoon tea, I found a link to an interesting New York Times article via the A Chair, A Fireplace and A Tea Cozy blog. The NYT Op-Ed columnist gives a list of the best kids books ever. Thirteen books to get kids away from the computer and get them reading. Lizzie Burns from the Tea Cozy blog post, What Does Best Mean? states that one person's “best” book isn’t going to be the universal “best” book for everyone. I totally agree. Everyone has a book … [Read more...]

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Twitter Birthday Book Bash!

July 1, 2009 Leave a Comment

While I was eating my lunch, I saw a post by writer friend Paula Chase Hyman over at the Brown Bookshelf blog about Twitter Book Parties. I'm not on Twitter, but things like this just make me want to join if for nothing else to just follow what's going on. Peer pressure---all the other kids are doing it! Okay, focus. Summer Challenge, remember? Anyway, it's the brain child of author Mitali Perkins where she helps authors host twitter birthday parties on their book release day. The birthday … [Read more...]

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I Know a Bestselling Author!

June 23, 2009 Leave a Comment

I'm SO excited. One of my writer friends, Rachel Renee Russell, is now a New York Times Bestselling author! Her debut novel, Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life, was just released and in its second week, it has hit No. 8 on the NYT Chapter Books List. Ah, middle-school girl angst. You have to love it! Plus, a graphic novel series coated in pink---what more can you ask for? You should visit the Dork Diaries blog, it's totally hilarious like the book. I first met this writer … [Read more...]

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YA Dystopian Hall of Fame

May 21, 2009 Leave a Comment

I’ve always loved destruction and mayhem---maybe this is because as a teen I read dystopian fiction such as The Stand and Swan Song. I do like novels that show what the future could be like---and what it would be like if it wasn’t pleasant. I guess for me, it allows me to experience these worlds without having to be in them. I’ve read some great YA dystopian fiction, but here are my favorites: Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer This is the perfect kind of dystopian setup. … [Read more...]

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