Ready to Become a Fan of... Ellen Hopkins

Ready to Become a Fan of... focuses on those authors new and old whose works I have every intention of eventually reading, but haven't been able to devote the time to just yet. By discussing authors and their works that I'm sure I'll love, given the chance, hopefully I can be more easily compelled to take the next step in not simply acquiring one of their books, but actually take the time...

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Review: Handbook for Dragon Slayers by Merrie Haskell

Handbook for Dragon Slayers by Merrie Haskell Published: 2013, Harper Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy Format: Hardcover Source: Library Goodreads · Amazon · Barnes & Noble Tilda is not all that fond of the duties and responsibilities that come with being princess of Alder Brook. And she knows that her people are not that fond of the fact that their heir has a lame foot. What Tilda really...

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Top Ten Childhood Books to Revisit

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week we're listing the top ten books from our childhoods that we'd love to revisit.  I had a lot of fun digging through the boxes of books we keep in the basement. Seeing old favorites brings up so many happy memories. I was introduced to the ten books below when I was in elementary school (or maybe in early middle school).  I'm...

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Review: Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray Published: 2011, Scholastic, Inc. Genre: Young Adult Realistic Fiction, Satire Format: Audiobook Source: Library Goodreads · Amazon · Barnes & Noble “Maybe girls need an island to find themselves. Maybe they need a place where no one’s watching them so they can be who they really are.” En route to an island getaway where pageant contestants are...

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Top Ten Books on my Spring 2015 TBR

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week we're listing the books that have made it to the top of our Spring 2015 TBR lists. New & Upcoming Spring Releases: The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh — Because fairy-tale/fable retellings will always capture my interest. And is that a gorgeous cover or what? None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio —...

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Showcase Sunday #23

Showcase Sunday is a weekly meme hosted by Vicki at Books, Biscuits and Tea. Its aim is to showcase our newest books or book related swag and to see what everyone else received for review, borrowed from libraries, bought in bookshops and downloaded onto eReaders this week. This is a slightly belated haul of all my February books. Received: See my ALA-MW...

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Review: El Deafo by Cece Bell

El Deafo by Cece Bell Published: 2014, Amulet Books Genre: Middle Grade Memoir Format: Hardcover Source: Library Goodreads · Amazon · Barnes & Noble When she was four, Cece Bell was hospitalized for meningitis. Shortly after she was released, Cece’s parents began to realize that her infection had caused severe deafness. El Deafo is Cece’s memoir of how she struggled with hearing...

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Top Ten All-Time Favorite Books Since I Started Blogging

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week we're listing our all-time favorite books from the past three or five years. Since I started blogging mid-2012, I decided to list some of my favorite books read since I started Late Nights with Good Books. All the Truth That's in Me by Julie Berry All the Truth That’s in Me hits every single right...

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