I know, I haven't posted in a while (again). Argh! I will post soon about my lovely weekend with some fabulous writer ladies, but for now I wanted to share Harry Potter, Seriously by Philip Nel, in which he defends the study of Harry Potter. As someone who basically got her undergrad degree in Harry Potter (three large projects, at least two small ( Read more... )

A tweet from Ms. Jessica Spotswood got me thinking about the number of books I've read this year-- a measly 43. (Jess is ahead of me, if you didn't bother reading the tweet-- and I totally think the 20 plays counts toward books. Yes, I realize they're totally different, but I still think it counts ( Read more... )

Now that the information is out there on the interwebz, I can squee as loudly as I want! Three weeks ago, my favoritest Crit Partner, Ms Jessica Spotswood and her Awesome Agent Jim sold her fabulous book, BORN WICKED, previously titled Thrice-Blessed.

And the two sequels.

YES! The whole trilogy!

Here's the announcement from PW:
In a high six- ( Read more... )

jennygordon posted some interesting questions about reading. Here are my answers:

What do you read? Mainstream, genre, Young Adult?I mainly read YA; fantasy, historical, contemporary, whatever. If it's about teenagers, I'll probably at least give it a try. If it's about adults... well, I might read it, but the chances are much lower, especially if it isn't ( Read more... )

How is it October already? Actually, better question is how is it October fourth already?!? Yeesh.

So I'm still way behind in my reading. I think I need to read like, 8 books a month to meet my goal for 2010. *sigh* Starting to doubt I'll make it but we'll see how it goes!

Here's what I finished in September:

1) Girl, Hero by Carrie JonesThis ( Read more... )

I just reached a point in my manuscript revisions where my CP Jess informed me on her first read that she was "campaigning for a kiss." So, being the obliging writer that I am, and because, IMHO, she's "Queen of Kissing Scenes" (and totally right, as usual), I edited the beginning of that particular chapter, hit the part where the kissy-ness goes ( Read more... )

I did manage to get some reading done in August. Yay!

But not quite enough. Boo!

Here's what I read:

1) Stargazer by Claudia Gray
Second book in the EVERNIGHT series.
No spoilers, but every bit as good as the first book and then some!

2) Hourglass by Claudia Gray
Third book in the EVERNIGHT series.I can't believe I have to wait until March to ( Read more... )

July was a bit better in terms of getting reading done! Here's hoping my goal keeps me moving forward in August :)

1) Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
Book 1 of The Infernal Devices ARC: Release date 8/31/10 ( Read more... )

Apparently this is a year where I don't get much read. *sigh* I keep saying I want to fix this next month, but so far that hasn't happened ( Read more... )

Embarrassingly short...

1) Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
Book 1, YA, Ages 12+This was fun & I'm definitely going to be on the lookout for the next one. :) Unfortunately, I finished this almost a full month ago & can't give a more comprehensive opinion than that ATM. But if you like boarding school/paranormal stories (& I know I totally do!), check ( Read more... )