The Essays & Lists:

Need To Read – The beginning


Candy – an essay about reading


Fave Fifteen of 2007


Driven to Insanity – an essay about coincidence


The Question of Age

The book reviews start here:
SWEETHEARTS by Sara Zarr

CASSIE WAS HERE by Caroline Hickey


Dustin Grubbs – Take Two by John J. Bonk


Goose Chase by Patrice Kindl


Teen, Inc. by Stefan Petrucha


SHUG, TELEGRAPH DAYS & THE YEAR MY SISTER GOT LUCKY


Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips


6X The Uncensored Confessions by Nina Malkin, Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine, Saving Juliet by Suzanne Selfors, Anyone But You by Lara M. Zeises


Jessie’s Mountain by Kerry Madden


THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN by Garth Stein


THIS LULLABY by Sarah Dessen, LOCK AND KEY by Sarah Dessen, THE CELBUTANTES IN THE CLUB by Antonio Pagliarulo, PRINCESS MIA by Meg Cabot


The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith


The Mediator Series by Meg Cabot


SPANKING SHAKESPEARE by Jake Wizner


AUSTENLAND by Shannon Hale


A LITTLE FRIENDLY ADVICE by Siobhan Vivian


THE OPPOSITE OF LOVE by Julie Buxbaum (adult fiction)


JUST LISTEN by Sarah Dessen


ANOTHER KIND OF COWBOY by Susan Juby


Mistik Lake by Martha Brooks


THE TRUTH ABOUT FOREVER by Sarah Dessen


THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN by Sherman Alexie


RULES and THE YEAR OF SECRET ASSIGNMENTSTYRELL by Coe Booth


FROZEN RODEO, PRIVATE PEACEFUL, & STIFF UPPER LIP, JEEVES


STORY OF A GIRL by Sara Zarr


B FOR BUSTER by Iain Lawrence


SPELLS & SLEEPING BAGS by Sarah Mlynowski


LESSONS FROM A DEAD GIRL by Jo Knowles


THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF BERNETTA WALLFLOWER by Lisa Graff (MG)


To Catch a Mermaid by Suzanne Selfors


DAIRY QUEEN & THE OFF SEASON by Catharine Gilbert Murdock


A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban (MG)


Repossessed by A. M. Jenkins


A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith


BROKEN MOON by Kim Antieau


BOY PROOF by Cecil Castellucci


WHITE MAGIC by Kelly Easton


UNPREDICTABLE by Eileen Cook (adult chick lit)


MERCY UNBOUND by Kim Antieau


THE CELEBUTANTES ON THE AVENUE by Antonio Pagliarulo


BEIGE by Cecil Castellucci


EGGS by Jerry Spinelli & SAVING GRACE by Darlene Ryan


But I Don’t Want To Be A Movie Star by Margaret Pinder


Benny and Babe by Eoin Colfer


The Thing About Jane Spring by Sharon Krum


Benny and Omar by Eoin Colfer


Reality Chick by Lauren Barnholdt


SOMEDAY I’LL LAUGH ABOUT THIS and LONG TIME PASSING by Linda Crew


Louisanna’s Song by Kerry Madden


Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli


Five or so misc. titles I’m too lazy to type up.


WRITING THE BREAKOUT NOVEL and I’D TELL YOU I LOVE YOU BUT THEN I’D HAVE TO KILL YOU

LOVE IS A MANY TROUSERED THING, IF WE KISS, & GENTLE’S HOLLER


MISSING YOU by Meg Cabot & GEMINI SUMMER by Iain Lawrence


1-800-Where-R-You #2,3 & 4 by Meg Cabot


Lefty Carmichael Has a Fit by Don Trembath


THE WRECKERS by Iain Lawrence


ALL’S FAIR IN LOVE, WAR AND HIGH SCHOOL and PANTS ON FIRE


1-800-WHERE-R-U WHEN LIGHTNING STRIKES by Meg Cabot


You, Maybe by Rachel Vail


Beauty Tips From Moose Jaw & Size 14 Is Not Fat


FROGS AND FRENCH KISSES by Sarah Mylnowski


Love, cajun style by Diane Les Becquets


CONFESSIONS OF A NOT IT GIRL by Melissa Kantor


Hannah Divided


Children of the River by Linda Crew


Growin’ Pains by Mary Blount Christian


Julie and Julia by Julie Powell


Harry Potter – The British version


HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – no spoiler here!


Holiday Princess by Meg Cabot


VALENTINE PRINCESS by Meg Cabot


NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH (and a few white lies) by Justina Chen Headley


WILD TREES by Richard Preston


Princess on the Brink – Meg Cabot


BRIDES OF EDEN by Linda Crew


MILLIONS by Frank Cottrell Boyce & THE GEOGRAPHY OF GIRLHOOD by Kirsten Smith


Harry Potter


More Harry Potter (audio)


THE ASTONISHING ADVENTURES OF FANBOY AND GOTH GIRL by Barry Lyga


HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE by J. K. Rowling


SHACKLETON’S STOWAWAY by Victoria McKernan


THE THING ABOUT GEORGIE by Lisa Graff


FRAMED by Frank Cottrell Boyce


Parent Swap by Terence Blacker