by T.K. Welsh – I picked this one up because I love history and I love ghost stories, and this is both. I admit, I was also curious to see if Welsh could pull off what Katharine Weber couldn’t in Triangle — successfully combining authentic NYC history with a story that appeals to teens. I [...]
Archive for October, 2006
The Unresolved
Posted in Uncategorized on October 24, 2006 | 10 Comments »
Book Challenge
Posted in Uncategorized on October 21, 2006 | 8 Comments »
I’m swiping this from one of my favorite non-library blogs, Creating Passionate Users. You can see the original challenge here. My challenge is a little simpler. I don’t want to know your reasons, unless you want to share. And you can list more than one book. Here we go… What is the one book you [...]
The Cybils
Posted in Uncategorized on October 21, 2006 | 6 Comments »
I’ve been selected to serve as a judge for the first annual CYBIL Awards. This is new award for childrens and YA books selected by bloggers. I’m a judge for the YA fiction category, which means that I, along with four other brave souls, get 5 or so books in January to read and judge. [...]
The Lightning Thief
Posted in Uncategorized on October 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
One of the clearest memories I have of elementary school is my 6th grade teacher reading the story of Persephone, Demeter and Hades to the class from Edith Hamilton’s Mythology. The Greek gods captivated me from the start. After that day in class, I scoured the library for every book even remotely hinting of Greek [...]
