Because I know I can count on Sarah Dessen, I pre-ordered Just Listen back in the winter when it first became available on Amazon. It arrived in April. I finally opened it this week. Why so long a wait, you might ask. Sometimes you have to have something on stand-by – a sure thing waiting…
Myths and fairy tales have a soft spot in the heart of many a reader. I remember very clearly whiling away my childhood hours with Edith Hamilton’s Mythology or selected volumes of The New Junior Classics. There’s something very satisfying about a story with a point, a story told to illustrate and perpetuate virtuous behavior….
I’d tried Janette Rallison once before; that book was light, romantic Young Adult fiction. So when browsing the YA section of my local library I saw her newest book, Fame, Glory, and Other Things on My To Do List, I snagged it. I was in the mood for something light and funny, and, fortunately, the…
Manga is a booming business in Japan. For the uninitiated, manga is a Japanese art form that has been adopted and adapted by publishers worldwide. Manga, roughly defined, is the Japanese word for comics or drawn cartoons. In reality it’s far more than that. Manga are not just comics for kids. Subject matter can range…
I’d heard a little buzz online about how good the new YA vampire novel, Twilight, was. Since I love vampire stories and I love YA lit, I put a library hold on a copy pronto. Young adult authors are allowed to break the rules a bit more than romance authors, so I hoped for good…
Okay, so what’s the worst thing that could come along to ruin your summer vacation? Duh, homework – a school project on the opposite sex, no less, which is a serious problem if (a) you have no boyfriend, and (b) your chances of getting one before school starts, even if only for research purposes, are…
I didn’t know what exactly to expect from Boy Down Under, but I’m sure it’s not what it turned out to be – a quirky, mysterious paranormal romance between the new kid in town and a boy who can whisk her away for rendezvous in places unknown. Rowena “Ro” Maven has just moved to Australia…
Jessie Drummond is a totally normal fifteen year old girl; her little sister pesters her, her mom makes her trade cute outfits for boring ones, her hair goes haywire at the worst times, and she might need to repeat Algebra I. Oh yeah, and she doesn’t have any trace of superpowers, making her the only…
In a convoluted series of word-of-mouth recommendations, a friend of my sister’s suggested that since she’d enjoyed Sarah Dessen’s latest (The Truth About Forever) she might like Megan McCafferty’s books. My sister picked up the first book in this series, Sloppy Firsts, plowed through it in a day and then gobbled up the sequel, Second…
Chloe, Queen of Denial is a Young Adult Romance written for Dorchester’s Smooch line. This is the first book I’ve tried from this line, but I’ve seen several in passing. They all have hip, appealing titles, and many involve foreign travel. I think the line as a whole is a good idea, and I’m glad…