“The President Has Been Shot!”: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy James L. Swanson This book tells about the life of John F. Kennedy. It starts by telling how he became President and ending with the hour by hour details of the last few days of his life. There are quite a lot of details,…
Cress Marissa Meyer 4.5 Stars ***Caution. Contains Spoilers!*** Cress (short for Crescent Moon) is stuck in a satellite. Thaumaturge Mira has trapped her there ever since she figured out how to manipulate a netscreen…and forces her to work non-stip for the Lunar crown. But Cress wants a prince to save her…or at least someone like…
These last few days have been super crazy! But I wanted to point out that yesterday I had a little something on YALSA’s The Hub blog. Here is the link: http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2013/07/30/reader-response-to-the-2013-hub-reading-challenge-2/ And in case you missed the one from the year before, here is that link: http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2012/08/03/dont-judge-a-book-by-its-format/
Huzzah, it is official, I am a YALSA Reading Challenge Finisher. And this is my second year in a row. Happy day. And look what all the people at YALSA sent me. Isn’t it just so pretty. And the challenge was fun. I think I’ll do it again next year. And in case you missed…
Wonder R. J. Palacio Brilliance Audio, 2012 ISBN: 9781455844203 FORMAT: Audio Book AGES: Elementary School, Middle School 5 Stars I read this book as part of the 2013 YALSA The Hub Reading Challenge. So far for the challenge I have read: 26. The Fault In Our Stars by John Green 25. The Diviners by Libba…
The Fault In Our Stars John Green Brilliance Audio, 2012 ISBN: 978-1-4558-6987-9 FORMAT: Audio Book AGES: Young Adult5 Stars I read this book as part of the 2013 YALSA The Hub Reading Challenge. So far for the challenge I have read: 25. The Diviners by Libba Bray 24. The Pregnancy Project by Gaby Rodriguez 23.…
The Diviners Libba Bray Read by January LaVoy Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2012 ISBN: 9780316126113 FORMAT: Audio, Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Fantasy, Historical (and probably a few more) AGES: Young Adult 4 Stars I read this book as part of the 2013 YALSA The Hub Reading Challenge. So far for the challenge I have…
The Pregnancy Project: a memoir Gaby Rodriguez Simon & Schuster, 2012 ISBN: 978-1-4424-4622-9 FORMAT: Nonfiction AGES: Young Adult 4 Stars I read this book as part of the 2013 YALSA The Hub Reading Challenge. So far for the challenge I have read: 23. The White Bicycle by Beverley Brenna 22. Dodger by Terry Pratchett 21.…
The White Bicycle Beverley Brenna Red Deer Press, 2012 ISBN: 978-0-88995-483-0 FORMAT: Realistic Fiction AGES: Young Adult 3 Stars I read this book as part of the 2013 YALSA The Hub Reading Challenge. So far for the challenge I have read: 22. Dodger by Terry Pratchett 21. Drama by Raina Telgemeier 20. Stargazing Dog by…
Dodger Terry Pratchett Harper, 2012 ISBN: 978-0-06-200949-4 FORMAT: Historical Fiction AGES: Young Adult 3 Stars I read this book as part of the 2013 YALSA The Hub Reading Challenge. So far for the challenge I have read: 21. Drama by Raina Telgemeier 20. Stargazing Dog by Takashi Murakami 19. Enchanted by Alethea Kontis 18. Code…