This is an ADDITION to my FRIDAY FIVE. I am an official Book Giver for World Book Night that happens on April 23. What is World Book Night, you ask? I'm soooo glad you did. It is this amazing event in which you are offered twenty copies of a great book, you agree to pass it out to people who are non or reluctant readers. Really? Yep! Honest....I ( Read more... )

Sorry about last week--no Friday Five. Trust me, lots of good things are happening. It's actually a bit...unnerving. Last week I simply went to bed early and forgot to post. Oops! So what good things happened this week? Glad you asked ( Read more... )

Thank you, agent Susie Townsend for posting this lovely gem. It makes me smile. It makes me feel joy as I pack ALL my books in preparation for my move. Books. I love them.

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As promised, I am announcing the WINNER of my "Favorite Reads of 2011." I am feeling generous...and only two people from the US answered the question by December 24, 2011. So...all three get to pick one book from my list.

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For the first time in years I did not receive a bookstore gift card or a book. I think my friends and family are sending me a ( Read more... )

In honor of the holiday, I present you some of my favorite spooky…creepy…gory…mysterious (recent and not so recent books).

As a kid, I LOVED Christopher Pike. I mean, come’on. Slumber Party and Chain Letter? Totally freaked my 10-year-old brain out.


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I was a LAZY bumb this week. Five days of sleeping in . . .writing . . . and reading. Heaven. Nirvana. Mecca. Whatever you wanna call it. *sighs*

I got to spend time with Alli, C, and JP. Alli helped me pick out yarn for a scarf. Thanks, Alli. I'll let you wear it. Of course, your mom is making it for me, so . . . uh . . . you'll probably wear it  ( Read more... )

1. It is the moment you've all been waiting for....*drum roll*


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It's not a secret that I LOVE John Green's books and vlog. It is also not a secret that I couldn't give two flips about celebrities. I figure we all eat and poop the same way.  Yet, I might get a bit tongue-tied if I met John Green. Okay. Fine. I would be tongue-tied. *kicks ground* But only for a few seconds. I mean, come on. I talk in my sleep. ( Read more... )

Last year i wrote down the books I read on my calendar. Or at least I did tht until June, at which time I forgot to write down my reading adventures. By years end I had a rough idea of how many books I had read. This year I'm going to be more deliberate. (And it is kinda of jarring to see how many books I read in one month. It's hard to deny I'm ( Read more... )

I survived a 5.1 earthquake, using my superhuman abilities.  They prevented me from knowing the earthquake even happened.  Seriously.  I didn’t feel anything.

I think this video by Jackson Pierce, YA author of As You Wish and Sisters Red, pretty much sums up my writing life.  And she adds a bit of humor to the experience.

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I made pumpkin bread.  ( Read more... )