Alrighty, I’m going to do my best to keep this post about all the awesome bookish things we saw and did, but a little of the more general nerdy (awesome) things that we did might creep in. Thursday was our big book day. We started by lining up the for Exhibit Hall early and then…

Years ago I read Possession by A.S. Byatt. If you  haven’t read it, it follows the discovery of an intense love affair between two Victorian writers and how two people journey to unearth the entire truth about what happened to the writers. Along the way, they become entangled in the lives of these writers and…

Part three of this series is mostly for those people that want to stay up to date on the conversations, giveaways, announcements and such that will be happening. Specifically in regards to YA stuff, you’ve got a couple things to do. On Thursday and Sunday evening I”m going to try to post recaps of the…

If you’ve read Poe, then you should know the story of the Masque of the Red Death. It’s a short story that describes a sweeping illness across the land and how its ruler, Prince Prospero, tries to outrun it by hiding out with a few hundred of his closest friends. But he soon learns, you…

Grown Up Thursday Review Victorian. Time Travel. Intrigued yet? Well, you should be because not only is it awesome, but also that’s essentially what Map of Time is about. It just toes the line at steampunk, though some might argue it easily falls into that category. And H.G. Wells is a main character! More literary…

Comic Con for the Young Adult Reader Part Two – Exhibition Hall Okay. This one is more difficult to describe if you have never been to Comic Con. But, if you know what you are doing, can be very, very rewarding. So, what is the Exhibition Hall? Well, it’s huge. I’ve never seen any pictures…

For some reason, I put off reading this book. I think it’s because I never actually looked at its summary, which is just silly of me. I liked the cover and then wrote it off as a thriller or suspense type book, which I usually don’t like. But no. It’s not. Well… it is. But…

Christine and I are going to Comic Con! It’ll be our third time! We’re very excited. There is so much at Comic Con this year for readers and fans of Young Adult Literature to be excited about. Panels, authors, publishers, announcements! I’m jumping for joy (in my computer chair) in excitement ….and sadness because of…

So, a friend of mine read my copy of this before I got a chance to and she thought it was okay but not nearly as good as Jackson’s other work. I think this helped me because I went into with lower expectations and ended up really enjoying it. Before her mother died, Shelby promised…

A friend of mine, Stacee, runs this blog where she details her adventures in going to author events and getting books signed. I love reading it because I love going to events and getting books signed. And I guess I enjoy inciting the green burn of envy in my veins because I read all of…