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It’s taking me a bit to get to reviewing this, but I made it through this whole book just on my breaks at work by the time I’d written up The Piper’s Son.


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I read this book because it won this year’s Printz Award for Young Adult Literature. Here I take a very small moment to note that the winners of all three of the ALA awards that I pay the most attention to - the Newbery, Printz, and Odyssey - were this year by and about males. I am torn between thinking that books by men are already over- ( Read more... )

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In all fairness, my teen librarian recommended this book to me when it first came out. I finally checked it out, though, when robinmckinley said she was buying it for everyone on her Christmas list. (Yes, it took me six weeks to listen to it… why do you ask?)


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Here’s one that I started in my Dear Reader emails and then finished. The book was not at all what it seemed like it would be after reading the first 20 pages.


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This book has been out for a couple of years, and I’d been avoiding it because the title sounded so very fluffy. You know, high school intrigue, but with everyone a future princess in a sparkly pink dress. Silly me! Shannon Hale does not write books that fluffy, and I should know better. At least I waited for the audio book. This was an ( Read more... )

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Chicks with Sticks (Knit Two Together) by Elizabeth Lenhard Once again, I accidentally picked up the sequel first. Scottie, Tay, Amanda and Bella are four girls from different backgrounds who bonded over knitting in the first novel. Now they are the Chicks with Sticks, and have become trendsetters in their school. The book focuses mostly on ( Read more... )