Podcast Episode Three

On our first podcast in April, Christine and I decided to talk about movie casting, specifically in regards to The Hunger Games and Mortal Instrument series. And then we discussed our other favourite books that have been optioned as movies. And we geek out….just a little. Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe direct to the RSS Stream…

Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins

I’d actually planned to review Demonglass, the sequel to Rachel Hawkins’s Hex Hall today. I was going through, flipping through old reviews so I could link to my review of Hex Hall in said review. Then I realized…I did not review Hex Hall. Shame on me!  So I’m doing it now. I’m a sucker for…

Time To Be A Grown-Up Thursday 6

The Andreas family is one of readers. Their father, a renowned Shakespeare professor who speaks almost entirely in verse, has named his three daughters after famous Shakespearean women. When the sisters return to their childhood home, ostensibly to care for their ailing mother, but really to lick their wounds and bury their secrets, they are…

Red Glove by Holly Black

This week starts what is pretty much going to be the most exciting YA book release week that I can remember. We’ll have City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare, the next book in Michael Grant’s Gone series, Plague, Where She Went, the follow-up to one of the best YA books I’ve ever read, Gayle…

Book Birthdays – April 2011

I am beyond excited for so many books this month! Let’s skip the pleasantries and get right into the things that matter. Books! April 5th Plague (Gone series) by Michael Grant This is a blood-pumping, white-knuckle sci-fi thriller of epic proportions. The FAYZ goes from bad to worse…The darkness has been foiled once again and…

Plain Kate by Erin Bow

I had eyed the Plain Kate cover for quite a while before I bought it. Every time, I’d pick it up, think “Ooooo, pretty” and then decide that it wasn’t what I was in the mood for right then (read: angsty teenage romances). Because I’m an idiot. And then when I finally bought it, I…