Book Review: Ghost Town by Rachel Caine
Ghost Town (Morganville Vampires #9) Rachel Caine New American Library, October 2010 ISBN 0451231619 Hardcover Ghost Town is the ninth book so far in the Morganville Vampire series. The basis is Claire Danvers, girl genius, who wanted to go to MIT on early entry, but her parents sent her closer to home to Texas Plains [...]
January 6, 2011
Tags: dark fantasy, New American Library, vampires, young adult Posted in: Full Reviews 
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Teeny 5 Book Reviews
To Hell in a Handbasket Beth Groundwater Five Star, 2009 ISBN 1594147590 Hardcover To Hell in a Handbasket by Beth Groundwater was good, but if you’re looking for a crafty mystery, this isn’t the one to pick. Now if you’re a skier or a mom with a daughter that’s leaving the nest, then this book [...]
November 22, 2010
Tags: adult mystery, Brown and Company, Five Star, kids, Little, middle grade, Scholastic Press, Scribner Book Company, traditional, young adult Posted in: Guest Reviews, Teeny Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel
Half Brother Kenneth Oppel Scholastic Press, September 2010 ISBN 0545229251 Hardcover (ARC) Ben Tomlin, an only child, turns 13 years old when his parents move from Toronto to Victoria, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Dr. Richard Tomlin, Ben’s dad, is a behavioral psychologist and mother, Sarah, is working on her PhD. thesis. Ben and his dad traveled [...]
October 10, 2010
Tags: Canada, general fiction, human-animal communication, Scholastic Press, social issues, young adult Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
This and That
And the winner is— Congratulations to Reader Wil in the Netherlands for winning a signed copy of Vicki Lane’s The Day of Small Things and many thanks to everyone else who entered the drawing! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, I’m $1,300 poorer but now we know a lot about Hamilton’s health. He has good skeletal condition and no [...]
September 23, 2010
Tags: AmazonEncore, contest, dark fantasy, Hamilton, humor, Scholastic Press, young adult, \ Posted in: Contests/Giveaways, Hamilton, Tales of a Bookseller, Teeny Reviews No Comments
Book Review: The Thin Executioner by Darren Shan
The Thin Executioner Darren Shan Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, August 2010 ISBN 0316078654 Hardcover The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was one of my favorite books growing up. This update of the classic may well become a favorite of young adult readers who have not experienced the original. What’s to become of a third [...]
September 15, 2010
Tags: Brown, horror, Little, political satire, young adult Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay Suzanne Collins Scholastic Press, August 2010 ISBN 9780439023511 Hardcover At seventeen, Katniss has survived the arena twice and has become the reluctant rallying point of rebellion.  Now living in District 13 since the Capitol destroyed her District 12 homeland, she acknowledges the refuge but can’t be entirely grateful.  Her best friend, Gale, and [...]
August 25, 2010
Tags: mystery, Scholastic Press, science fiction, thriller, young adult Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews One Comment
Book Review: Maximum Ride #1: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
Maximum Ride #1: The Angel Experiment James Patterson Read by Evan Rachel Wood Hachette Audio, 2008 ISBN 160024226X Abridged Audio Book The Flock is a group of six kids who were an experiment from before birth, genetically engineered to have wings. Led by Max, a fourteen-year-old girl, the six have escaped but are being pursued [...]
May 31, 2010
Tags: audio, Hachette, science fiction, young adult Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Th1rteen R3asons Why by Jay Asher
Th1rteen R3asons Why Jay Asher Razorbill, 2007 ISBN 1595141715 Hardcover Imagine you’ve come home and a surprise package is waiting for you.  You’re a high school boy, no money to order anything and it’s not your birthday.  You’re excited opening the book only to discover seven cassette tapes inside. Cassette tapes — nothing in the [...]
May 12, 2010
Tags: general fiction, Razorbill, young adult Posted in: Full Reviews 2 Comments
Book Review: Malice by Chris Wooding
Malice Chris Wooding Dan Chernett, Illustrator Scholastic, 2009 ISBN 054516043X Hardcover “Wow” was the first word out of my mouth when I opened the box containing Malice. The book itself is impressive. The cover art is 3-D, raised. And, the book is heavy. You feel as though you are turning more than one page at [...]
April 14, 2010
Tags: horror/dark fantasy, middle grade, Scholastic, young adult Posted in: Full Reviews 3 Comments
Book Review: The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade
The Hunchback Assignments Arthur Slade Narrated by Jayne Entwistle Listening Library, 2009 ISBN 0739380206 Unabridged Audio Book Modo is an abandoned child in Victorian London, a child with such a fearsome appearance that no one could possibly care for him. Mr. Socrates, though, a mysterious gentleman of means, takes Modo in and raises him in [...]
March 6, 2010
Tags: action adventure, audio, espionage, fantasy, Listening Library, mystery, Random House, steampunk, young adult Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews No Comments
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