Friday, June 12, 2009
SHUTDOWN
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
In My Mailbox Bloop
IN MY MAILBOX post. 1
In My Mailbox Post. 1
The “In My Mailbox” meme was first brought to
my attention from The Story Siren’s blog. She got the idea from
Alea’s Mailbox Monday, so I thought I’d mention her too.So thanks to The Story Siren (who's site is also GREAT!) , and Alea (awesome site, and not only about books either!!) , and Karin (above) for the idea.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
The Decoding of Lana Morris
THIS WEEK: The Decoding of Lana Morris.
Lana Morris lives in Nebraska with her foster parents and a house full of Snicks (or SNKs, special needs kids). She feels miserable a lot of the time--she has no friends except for the Snicks, her foster mother hates her, and her foster father is always acting strange towards her (okay, maybe that she DOESN'T mind). One day, she buys a sketchpad. Just a normal , regular sketchpad. Yes, it cost two dollars, and yes, Lana had to use her special two-dollar bill that her real father gave her to buy it, but she realizes something.
The sketchbook has powers.
It is powerful.
Very powerful.
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I loved THE DECODING OF LANA MORRIS. It was fast and very engaging. The only real problem I had was that at times, the plot seemed a bit off. Overall, I would give this book a four of 5.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Looking for books to read?
- THE TAKER by J.M. Steele
- DOES MY HEAD LOOK BIG IN THIS? by Randa Abdel-Fattah
- THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN by Sherman Alexie
- SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson
- MY BIG SISTER IS SO BOSSY, SHE SAYS YOU CAN'T READ THIS BOOK by Mary Hershey
- M OR F? by Lisa Papademetriou and Chris Tebbetts
- THE ONE WHERE THE KID NEARLY JUMPS TO HIS DEATH AND LANDS IN CALIFORNIA by Mary Hershey
- THE WIZARD, THE WITCH, AND TWO GIRLS FROM JERSEY by Lisa Papademetriou
- WAITING FOR NORMAL by Leslie Connor
- DELIVER US FROM NORMAL by Kate Klise
- FAR FROM NORMAL by Kate Klise
- REGARDING THE...SERIES by Kate Klise and M. Sarah Klise
- TRIAL BY JOURNAL by Kate Klise and M. Sarah Klise (actually RE-read this year, but still good)
- DAIRY QUEEN by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
- THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins
- BREAKING DAWN by Stephenie Meyer
- THE HEADLESS CUPID by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
- THE GYPSY GAME by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (and its prequel, THE EGYPT GAME)
- POISON IVY by Amy Goldman Koss
- SMOKE SCREEN by Amy Goldman Koss
- THE CHEAT by Amy Goldman Koss
- THE GIRLS by Amy Goldman Koss
- THE ASHWATER EXPERIMENT by Amy Goldman Koss
- FLIGHT #116 IS DOWN! by Caroline B. Cooney
- STRIKE TWO by Amy Goldman Koss
- STOLEN WORDS by Amy Goldman Koss
- GOSSIP TIMES THREE by Amy Goldman Koss
- ANASTASIA KRUPNIK by Lois Lowry (actually a series, including ANASTASIA AGAIN!; ANASTASIA ON HER OWN; ANASTASIA HAS THE ANSWERS; ANASTASIA'S CHOSEN CAREER; and ANASTASIA AT YOUR SERVICE, among others)
- THE YEAR OF SECRET ASSIGNMENTS by Jaclyn Moriarty
- ATLAS SHRUGGED by Ayn Rand
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