Books & Media

One of my least favorite things about the move was the overwhelming feeling of insecurity.  Having no idea if what we were doing was going to be the right choice and the sheer size of this possibly wrong decision was pretty overwhelming, and here ...

Hello. My name is Julie and I have been blogging for 4 years. Two of those have been about books. I found a contact through Little and Brown.  I was reintroduced back into young adult books after reading Twilight Saga. This was one series I actually ...

Yesterday we saw Thor the movie. I enjoyed the movie and the Mythology behind it . I also think that Chris Helmsworth played a good Thor. It was very good. I also enjoyed seeing the movie trailers for Captain America, The Green Lantern, and Cowboys vs...

thanks harper for all these books won from tinas book reviews Books for Review: Power of 6 Before I go to sleep Quarantine State of Wonder Russian winter My dear I wanted to tell you Thanks to Kristi over at the Story Siren for hosting this.

It's Mailbox Monday time! Mailbox Monday is going on tour and May is being hosted by Mari Reads! Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week (checked out library books don’t count, eB...

This is the the third book in the series by my dear friend Brenda. What a beautiful Cover. This comes out November 16, 2011 . I do want to see what happens with Julia and Nicholas and the gang.

'Song of the Silk Road'Author: Mingmei YipFormat: PaperbackPublished: Kensington; Apr. 2011Pages: 352Genre: Contemporary fictionGrade: CSource: PublicistSynopsis: Yip's lively new novel manages to be at once modern and traditional. Struggling scri...

Been busy here with the kids and almost the year end My daughter M will going to Middle school and her promotion is coming up. All the other kids will be moving up to the next grade with teachers I have no clue who will be teaching or retiring. My k...

Fifteen-year-old Julien Losier just wants to fit in. But after his family moves to a small village in central France in hopes of outrunning the Nazis, he is suddenly faced with bigger challenges than the taunting of local teens. Nina Krenkel left her...

I love to get crafty but I don't often find the time to do so. I read design blogs and find myself saying: I'll make that! and then never do. However, recently I actually did get inspired and follow it through and thought I'd share the fruits of my lab...