Let me start by saying that I have not read Uglies. I own it and have read the first chapter three times. I’m even intrigued by the characters and the introduction to the plot but for some reason I cannot get into it. So, I was surprised at how excited I was to read this….

I’ve mentioned here my tendency to judge a book by its cover. It’s bad, I know. I’ve also mentioned my tendency to pick books by their titles (Never Slow Dance with a Zombie…come on, you HAVE to read a book with that title). And I find most books I’m judging by these standards on the…

I just finished reading Fire by Kristin Cashore, the sequel to Graceling and I loved it. I found upon first starting the book that I had a fear I was unaware of. I was afraid Cashore would write Fire as a carbon copy of Katsa. I could even see where the appeal would be. Katsa…

Never Slow Dance With a Zombie. I mean, come on. How could I not want to read a book with a title like that!? I dare you to read the title and not snerk just a little bit. And the cover (see right) is pretty! I’ll fully admit that I bought this book because of…

This week I want to talk about Gone, by Michael Grant. If you’re like me and not at all ashamed of judging a book by the cover, please, don’t do so here. I almost did (because let’s face it, this cover is crap), and I’m so glad now that I looked for its inner beauty….

This weekend, while I sat on the couch waiting for my fellow bridesmaids to finish their two hour getting-ready-for-a-night-of-bachelorette-debauchery rituals, I read Graceling by Kristin Cashore. Unlike my fellow YA bloggers, I didn’t love it. I wrote up a whole review and couldn’t decide whether to post it. To distract myself from actually making a…