The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, twelve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric girl and the owner of a small toy booth in the train station, […]
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him as one of their own. Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if […]
Not Dead & Not For Sale The Earthling Papers: A Memoir by Scott Weiland As the lead singer of the Stone Temple Pilots (1986-2003, 2008-), Scott Weiland won two Grammys and fronted a grunge band that has sold over 18 million records. During that tumultuous period, however, his record also included several arrests for drugs […]
Click HERE for the Midsummer’s Eve Giveaway Hop form! Spellbound by Cara Lynn Shultz Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publish Date: June 21, 2011 384 Pages My Source: NetGalley/Publisher Spellbound by Cara Lynn Shultz Life hasn’t been easy on sixteen-year-old Emma Conner, so a new start in New York may be just the change she needs. […]
Click HERE for the Midsummer’s Eve Giveaway Hop form! Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary Now that Ramona is eight years old, she’s doing all kinds of things she’s never done before. She’s in a new school with a new teacher, and best of all, she takes the school bus-all […]
Click HERE for the Midsummer’s Eve Giveaway Hop form! The Iron King by Julie Kagawa Meghan Chase has a secret destiny – one she could never have imagined… Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan’s life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in […]
Welcome to the Midsummer’s Eve Giveaway Hop! This hop is organized and hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer. There are over 200 blogs offering books and other book-related prizes. We’re all linked up together so all you have to do is hop from one blog to another to enter each […]
Across The Universe by Beth Revis Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, three hundred years in the future. Never could she have known that her frozen slumber would come to an end fifty years too soon and that she would […]
On My Wishlist is a fun weekly event hosted by Book Chick City and runs every Saturday. It’s where I list all the books I desperately want but haven’t bought yet. They can be old, new or forthcoming. Today’s Pick: The Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer. I realize that the bookish world is split when it […]
The end of Day One has arrived and I need to say a big thank-you to Squeaky Books for hosting this event. This is my first read-a-thon and I am happy with my progress so far. Here’s a brief report of my day: First of all, give us an end-of-day status update. Books read, […]