2016 is almost over and lots of us our reflecting on the past year, taking a look at our goals and accomplishments. I thought it might be fun to look back at some of my old Top Ten Tuesday posts to see how I did with reading the books I said I was anticipating in… Read more »
Nicole M. Hewitt
A Recap of the YA Lit Conference & Fandom Frenzy 2016
Anderson’s annual YA Lit Conference is a gathering of authors, educators and librarians (with some bloggers thrown in) to discuss … well, books. Then, the next day is the YA Fandom Frenzy—this day is geared toward fans and includes lots of fun games and activities. This year 33 authors were in attendance, including a few… Read more »
Time Traveling with a Hamster by Ross Welford – Review & Welford’s Top Ten Addictions
Time Traveling with a Hamster by Ross Welford Published by Schwartz & Wade on 10/4/16 Genres: Middle Grade, Contemporary, Science Fiction Pages: 432 Source: The Publisher Back to the Future meets The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in this original, poignant, race-against-time story about a boy who travels back to 1984 to save his father’s life. My dad died twice. Once when he was… Read more »
A Spoiler-Filled Discussion of Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
NOTE: In case you missed the title of this post, BE WARNED NOW THAT IT WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS! If you want my non-spoilery thoughts on this book, check out my review instead! Only read this post if you have already read the book and don’t mind reading some of my guesses about what might still happen in future books… Read more »
I Dream in YA
Even though I’m 42 years old, I’ve noticed a strange phenomena – I often dream that I’m still in high school or early college! One recurring dream that I’ve had pretty much for as long as I can remember is that I’m in a ginormous school and I can’t find my locker – I wander aimlessly… Read more »
My Top Ten Addictions
Those of you who’ve been around my blog for a while know that usually, when I feature a guest post from an author on my blog (usually along with a review), it’s the author’s Top Ten Addictions. I like that it’s a fun, lighthearted tie-in to my blog name and that it’s a quick read…. Read more »
Fun with Spam
Ah, the dreaded spam comments … we all know them well. Now, for the most part, my spam filter catches all these bad boys so that I never even have to set eyes on them. But the other day one slipped through the cracks and reading it just made me … laugh! It reminded me… Read more »
BEA 2016 Day Three Wrap-Up
Day Three The third day of BEA was much more laid back than the first two. (By the way, if you haven’t seen my recap of Day One or Day Two – and giveaways – check them out!) By Day Three, we’d gotten almost all the books that we really wanted to snag and I was feeling like everything… Read more »
BEA 2016 Day Two Wrap-Up
Day Two The second day of BEA was, by far, the most tiring and crazy! (By the way, if you haven’t seen my recap of Day One and that giveaway, check it out!) This day was all about the books, and I have to tell you that by the end of the day, I had… Read more »
BEA 2016 Day One Wrap-Up
It’s hard for me to figure out how to even BEGIN this post. So much goes on at BEA, and it’s hard to put it all into words. For me, the absolute best part of the conference is meeting other bloggers and getting to know them (or getting to know them better, if I’ve already met them… Read more »
