Yesterday I sat in the blue chair (Big, Velvet, Luxurious) and read EMILY OF DEEP VALLEY straight through. Of course, any of you who know me already know how I feel about the Betsy-Tacy books. EODV is also by Lovelace and is set in the same town. Emily is a...

So my foray into nonficiton this week was Sarah Ban Breathnach's recent book Moving On. You may remember her from her bazillion copy seller, Simple Abundance (which changed many, many things in my life for good, by the way). This book was not what I expected. I...

Taking a break for some non-fiction. That always takes me longer to get through. Back soon with more YA. Probably by the weekend.J-

I just finished reading Megiddo's Shadow by Arthur Slade. As always, his writing is excellent. I'm a bit squeamish so I'm not sure I would've read it all if he weren't my friend, but boy am I glad I did. A most excellent book. And very exciting too. All I'll tell...

I just read AMAZING GRACE by Megan Shull. I really liked it a lot. The woman can do setting. And the plot was fun and believable, and even glam at times. I guess that's why KIRKUS said "A chick-lit grand slam." Except I wouldn't have ever classified it as...

Let’s talk about series today. Of course any of you who know me, know I must start by saying my all time favorite series is Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace. I could really leave it at that, but I won’t!I love series because there are always more. Or hopefully there...

I'd intended to do a list of my favorite ten, but who can limit themselves to ten? So here are my top fifteen. I read 125 books that I remembered to write down in my file. About 90% were YA, 5% were MG and 5% were adult or nonfiction.I am going to put them in the...

LOOKING FOR ALASKA by John Green.Hands down, the best YA I've read since I can't remember when.

Hi, All.Well, I've been reading. And traveling. And sick. And reading. And traveling. And sick. I haven't kept very good track of what I've read, but here are a few things that I liked.Welcome to Wahoo - Dennis and Elise CarrI loved this. YA chick lit at its...

I just read DUSTIN GRUBBS - ONE MAN SHOW by John J. Bonk (in one or two sittings). I really, really liked it. Whenever I pick up something set in the theatre, I'm always a bit wary because frankly, I think most writers who do this rely on their experience from middle...

Rather than try to write over the next two months while I have a lot going on, I'm turning my writing time over to reading. I'll try to keep up with it here and let you know if I come across anything interesting. Right now I'm reading Deb Calletti's WILD ROSES and I'm...

The American people have spoken and O.J. Simpson's book and TV special are CANCELED. Yaaaaaay!!!!

There is a lot of upheaval in my life right now (nothing bad, just lots of "if this happens then that happens and that happens but not this or that thing, but then we have to do that" etc.) so I am combating it by hiding in the bed with books because there's...

I’m too lazy to write much about all the books I’ve read over the last month while I’ve been away, so here’s a list. Do with it what you will. THE DAVINCI CODE – ummm…whatever…pretty good stuff for a long plane ride, but yeah…whatever…40 million copies???...

Hi, All.Well, I’ve been away for a bit, but I have something cool to post. The reason I’ve been gone is because I’ve been to England to visit friends. For those of you who were reading this LJ last month, you will know that I was on a John Rowe Townsend reading binge...

I was just reading on Rachel Vater's list an email someone sent her saying they read lots of YA and there's no sex in it. Hmmm...not reading the same stuff as me. Here are a few that I added to her comments section. Just in case you're interested!The True Meaning of...

Read KING CREATURE, COME over the last two days. It's quite different from most of what JRT writes and it was a bit shocking to read after all these years because I didn't really remember it at all. I liked it, but I have to keep this short. The computer's making me...

I've got the husband reading John Rowe Townsend now. He's a fan, but he's only read a few of his books. I started him with GUMBLE'S YARD last night and he blew through it and is almost done. Would've kept going but it was 1am. He really loved it and kept saying, "This...