Click HERE to check out Top Ten Tuesday at The Broke and the Bookish Ten Childhood Favorites That Made Me  D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything And Read) 1. The Babysitters Club Series by Ann M. Martin  These books may have defined part of my childhood.  I think my favorite one was #10, Logan Likes Mary Anne!  I looooved Logan with […]

The Other Life by Susanne Winnacker Published by Usborne Publishing  UK Publish Date:  February 1, 2012 US Publish Date:  May 1, 2012320 PagesMy Source:  Borrowed The Other Life by Susanne Winnacker  3 years, 1 month, 1 week and 6 days since I’d seen daylight. One-fifth of my life. 98,409,602 seconds since the heavy, steel door had […]

This morning I want to talk about something that we all –whether readers, book bloggers, or authors– have had to deal with from time to time:  bad books & negative reviews. I woke up this morning to this comment (that I loved!) from one of my absolute favorite fellow book bloggers: “…Dangit-all! Don’t you ever read […]

When The Sea Is Rising Red by Cat Hellisen Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux  Publish Date:  February 28, 2012288 PagesMy Source:  Borrowed When The Sea Is Rising Red by Cat Hellisen After seventeen-year-old Felicita’s dearest friend Ilven kills herself to escape an arranged marriage, Felicita chooses freedom over privilege. She fakes her own death and […]