As I continue to be behind the times...

Alibi Junior High
While it is not entirely uncommon to find a haunted 13-years-old, Cody, in Greg Logsted’s Alibi Junior High, is haunted in an unusual way for teens in the western world.You see, Cody has been living deep undercover with his

Don’t ALL throne rooms have that feature?
Ok, The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale was published 6 years ago, so I’m not really worried about spoilers at this point. If you are, you might want to stop reading. However, I assume that if you are reading this blog you ar

I'm sure this is someone's favorite book...but...
Here's some honesty for you: I don't care for novels where the protagonists are unlikeable. Sometimes the novel can overcome unlikeable characters, and it is realistic to expect them to pop up occasionally, since, you know, they pop up more often than occasionally in real life. Of course, I generally read fiction to escape reali

Ok, now here's something I've never done:
turn this blog over to someone else. Sure, I've done interviews, but I've never allowed anyone to wrest this helm from my cold, diamond encrusted hands (ha!). But, then there's the encruster.* He has unusual sway over me. And by golly, since he had something to say about Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins's sequel to her blockbuster, Hunger Games, and I had no intention whatsoever to spend any time on the most reviewed title of the season, I thought why not? Besides, he just introduced me over at the

You might think YOUR power sucks, but at least it's not Rogue's.
I feel pretty "meh" about this one. There wasn't enough paranormal activity early on for me to really buy into the premise, and frankly, I'm having a truly difficult time separating DEADLY LITTLE SECRET and