A “Wrench”ing review for ALBATROSS

January 18th, 2010

It’s been a morning of exciting news, what with the announcements of the winners of the Newbery, Caldecott, and Printz, plus all the other awards from ALA Midwinter, but I’m excited on a personal level to share the following review from Kirkus for Albatross by Josie Bloss:
Music geeks walk the fine line between love and [...]

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A Thursday Linkapalooza!

January 7th, 2010

Before I get to the winner of a copy of either Scarlett Fever by Maureen Johnson or Albatross by Josie Bloss (both out on February 1st! Pre-order today at your favorite bookstore!), I though I’d share some great recent links for those, and other kt literary titles.
Bookshelves of Doom has a few words for Maureen [...]

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Ask Daphne’s Readers (Yes, That’s You!)

January 5th, 2010

With our recollections of last year posted, we’re all ready to look ahead to the year to come! And for this I’d like to ask you a few questions, if you don’t mind. To keep things exciting, I will choose one random commenter below as the winner of a free book of their [...]

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I Have Not Forgotten

September 17th, 2009

I promised to announce a winner in the Labor Day book review contest, and I have not forgotten! Or rather, I remembered again! Most of your reviews were also for Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, which makes a ton of sense, giving that it came out that weekend. If you didn’t check [...]

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Recent Reads: City of Bones

September 8th, 2009

As per my promise, yesterday I finished City of Bones by Cassandra Clare, and can’t wait to start on the next book in the series! I definitely felt like the world of the Shadowhunters was a very full one, and hope that later books explore it even more, so I get a better sense [...]

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