Brooke Taylor's debut novel, Undone, will be released later this month. Earlier this year, she and I started recommending books back and forth. Last month, Brooke interviewed me for the Class of 2k8 blog. Today, I'm interviewing her.

What started the story that became Undone?It all started with a license plate that read CCCCCF8 (Seize Fate). I ( Read more... )

The Class of 2k8 is running a series of Hot Seat Interviews with book reviewers. I was flattered when they asked me to participate.

Click here to read my interview!

If you leave a comment after the interview, they will enter you in a drawing to win a free copy of Bewitching Season by Marissa Doyle. The deadline to enter is June 29th. They will ( Read more... )

Moving to a new town is never easy. Neither is navigating through high school. When a girl befriends both an outcast boy and the popular girls at her new school, she quickly becomes an unwilling player in the game of gossip. Uncomfortable with the situation but glad to finally be part of a group, she must decide what's right, what's wrong, and what ( Read more... )

How do you miss a person who is still there with you ( Read more... )

Writing a novel then trying to get published can be somewhat like taking a road trip: you can be improved or hindered by impulses, distractions, breaks, false starts, and the input of others.

For author Jennifer Bradbury, traveling down the road to publication has proved interesting. Her debut novel Shift was partially inspired by a trip she took ( Read more... )

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line ( Read more... )

Some people may not understand or be fully aware of the differences between hearing impairments. There are those who are deaf since birth, those who are hard of hearing, late deafened people, oral deaf... Serena, the lead character in the upcoming novel Read My Lips, is an oral deaf teenager who is able to speak and has some level of hearing, but ( Read more... )

In Daphne Grab's debut novel, Alive and Well in Prague, New York, teenage Matisse feels like a city mouse forced into the life of a country mouse - so, naturally, the first question I asked the author was:
Are you a city mouse or a country mouse?
I grew up in the country but I am all city! The country is wonderful ( Read more... )

Colleen of Chasing Ray asked bloggers to name some books they are looking forward to reading this year. I have my eyes set on many forthcoming releases. Check out the entire list. Below are some highlights, including some titles I was fortunate enough to read in advance and others I can't wait to read:

January 2008Girl Overboard by Justina Chen ( Read more... )

Some girls have journals. I talk to my poster.So begins The Opposite of Invisible, an absolute gem of a story ( Read more... )