RTW: Uomo d’Acciaio
This week is the last of our YA Highway Road Trip Wednesday/A-to-Z Blogging Challenge mash-ups. Next week, we’ll be back to the regular Road Trip Wednesday. The question this week is: In Debra Driza’s...
Category: Books
Linguist Lambdin
Today’s A-to-Z post is a tribute to one of my academic heroes: Thomas O. Lambdin, Professor Emeritus of Semitic Languages at Harvard University. He retired in 1983, and as far as I know he’s...
RTW: Investment in Incredible Industry
It’s time for another Road Trip Wednesday/A-to-Z Blogging Challenge mash-up! And this week, the letter is “I” (as if you couldn’t guess), and the question is… The Veronica Mars Kickstarter success makes us wonder,...
What’s Going On?
Those of you who still keep track of my ramblings on this blog may be wondering what’s going on. I haven’t participated in a few Road Trip Wednesdays, I haven’t been posting as many...
The Making of a Middle Grade Novel
Ever wondered why it takes so long for a book to be published–at least in the traditional sense? Are you, like me, waiting for the next book in a series, hoping you’ll survive the...
Book Reviews: THE QUEEN’S ARMY and SCARLET by Marissa Meyer
SCARLET is the second in Marissa Meyer’s “Lunar Chronicles” series that launched last year with the release of CINDER. Each book in the series is a re-telling of a classic fairy tale, and while...
Book Release Day: SAFE FROM HARM by Stephanie Jaye Evans
Okay, so this is a completely unsolicited plug for a book I haven’t yet read. But my copy is in the mail and should be arriving today–and I’m looking forward to reading it! So,...
RTW: Book of the Month for January, 2013
It’s that time again! Every month, the YA Highway team ask us to select our favorite read from the past month and write about it for the weekly Road Trip Wednesday meme. Hands down,...
Books on My Radar for 2013
I haven’t said much about what fiction books I’m looking forward to this year. This is largely because whenever the question has come up recently, I’ve drawn a blank. Blame it on Christmas Cranial...
