The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
This is the second book in a series. I loved the first, Life as We Knew It, and I reviewed it here. Oddly, I had said I wanted more perspectives on the events in that book and that is exactly what this book is - a story [...]
I recently read two young adult books; I find they are great when traveling as they are lighter reads and can be easily finished on a trip.
The first is Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. This sequel to The Hunger Games (the second in a planned trilogy) was just as amazing as the first. I compulsively [...]
Great book. The plot isn’t a new one: a group of randomly chosen citizens are entered into an arena where the last survivor is named winner. It’s Tron meets The Lottery meets Battle Royale meets Contest; it’s also a plot we’ve seen in episodes of some of our favorite television shows. In this version, The [...]
As the weather cools down (hopefully), the Fall releases are just heating up. This week we see the following books:
206 Bones by Kathy Reichs. I honestly have never read one of her books, but she’s been on my list to try for a while now. I absolutely love the TV show Bones that is based [...]
I admit I have been remiss in keeping you all up to date on book award winners, and I plan to start correcting that right now with this post on the recent Hugo Awards. The science fiction & fantasy awards were presented in Montreal over this past weekend, and there were some great winners worth [...]
What would happen if a meteor struck the moon and moved it closer to Earth? Life As We Knew It, written in the format of a teenage girl’s journal, explores just such a happening. The tides are affected, the weather changes, and life as we know it is drastically altered. Widespread flooding, power outages, food [...]
I have finally gotten around to reading Trickster’s Choice, the first of the duology that started me on me on a mad reading frenzy about 4 months ago. Though I found it took me somewhat longer to get into than the earlier series I read by Pierce, I still enjoyed it quite a bit. In [...]
The vampire craze that’s been going on (Twilight, Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood, etc) has been great in my opinion. However, I also think that the wave can only last so long. Before vampires there were wizards (thank you, Ms. Rowling), and my theory is that very soon vampires will decline and there will be the next [...]
The 2009 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards were announced on June 2, 2009. Presented annually since 1967, these awards honor excellence in children’s and young adult literature and are given in three categories: Fiction and Poetry, Nonfiction, and Picture Book.
The 2009 winners are:
Fiction and Poetry - Nation by Terry Pratchett. A young adult novel about two [...]
Some recent book awards caught my attention and I thought I’d highlight them here. Hopefully, we’ll be able to keep up with the book awards news from here on out. If you know of any book awards that we miss, please post them!
The first one I noticed was that the Eric Hoffer Book Award was [...]
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