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While perusing the New Arrivals shelves down in teen today, I came across four books that I want to read but somehow haven't yet. All of them just came out this month, and they can be loosely divided into 2 categories: Mystery & Fantasy. They are: Ripper By Stefan Petrucha Set in turn of the … Continue reading What I Want to Be Reading
I loved this book. I loved it very much. And I'm not the only one on staff who did. Here is our review by Wil Barbour, our Inventory Manager for BookKids and the Teen Section: When I first started to read the new young adult novel Grave Mercy: His Fair Assassin by Robin Lafevers, I … Continue reading Top Shelf for April: Grave Mercy
Here at the store we have a review program for our teens. We give them free advance copies that we have received from the publishers, and the teens tell us what they think. Here's what some of our teens have been reading so far this month: Born Wicked Reviewed by Laura, age 14 "This story … Continue reading What Our Teens Are Reading
Our Same Page Teen Book Club meets this Saturday, and it's going to be full of books, free food and drinks, and teens discussing vampire books. That's right books. You see now, the teen book club reads one primary book every month, but we also discuss other books that are "On the Same Page" as … Continue reading Same Page Teen Book Club
This year is special. It's a leap year, so this month has an extra day. It's 2012, so it's an election, and it's the end of the what the Mayans called "The Time of Trial on Earth" which may or may not signify the end of the world. Like I said, a big year. So, … Continue reading Surviving the Year
Well, I'm biased. I think everything about her books are wonderful, fabulous, and just plain fantastic. Of course, I edited the Forgotten World Series. Obviously, I can't look at this objectively. But what is there not to like about these books? There's Greek Mythology Kid's with Superpowers (Telepathy, Telekinesis, Travel through time!) Hidden Worlds Awkward … Continue reading My Vicious Valentine: PJ Hoover
My Ode to our Vicious Valentine Panel this evening at 7: My Vicious Valentine (to the tune of My Funny Valentine) (Can't you just hear Sinatra crooning this version?) My Vicious Valentine, Cruel, fearsome Valentine I want to stab through your heart. Your looks aren't passable, Unphotographable, When me meet I long to part. Are … Continue reading My Vicious Valentine
The world is ending. It started with the earthquakes. There were a lot of quakes all around the world rating at 9.5 on the Richter scale. The scale goes from one to ten. After the earthquakes, people start to change, they start going crazy and killing everyone. No one knows what’s going on, but you … Continue reading Teen Review: Dark Inside
All books draw on the literary tradition of their genre, but none of the panelists are so conscious of it, or as vocal about it as Cynthia Leitich Smith's Tantalize series which was inspired by Stoker's Dracula. As she tells readers on her site: "One key question was when to embrace Stoker’s influence and when … Continue reading My Vicious Valentine: Cynthia Leitich Smith
On Friday, Rosemary Clement-Moore will be part of the Vicious Valentine panel we're hosting here at 7PM. Normally, I would now proceed to tell you all about this fabulous author. But, I thought why read my ramblings, when you can hear all about the author directly? Here's an interview Rosemary did with the Girls in … Continue reading My Vicious Valentine: Rosemary Clement-Moore
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