I’m more adventurous in my audiobook choices than books in print, and I love listening to a great memoir. Recently I listened to the sports memoir Long Shot about baseball player Mike Piazza, someone who became very successful in his field by working hard and never giving up. This is obviously not my usual YA […]
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I am thrilled to share the cover and official synopsis of Out of Play, a new book from the writing team of Nyrae Dawn and Jolene Perry. This New Adult book from Entangled Teen first got my attention on Goodreads with the pitch description “Gayle Forman’s Where She Went meets Miranda Kenneally’s Catching Jordan.” Music, […]
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Book: Sever (The Chemical Garden #3) by Lauren DeStefano, Simon & Schuster, February 12 2013 Genre/Format: Young Adult, Own hardcover, 371 pages Rating: 3.5 / 5 Stars More Info: Goodreads | Amazon| |The Chemical Garden Trilogy The conclusion to the Chemical Garden trilogy is something I’ve been dreading. There’s been so much sorrow and heartbreak thus […]
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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme that’s all about lists, and hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Auto-Buy authors – those authors whose work you love so much you’d buy any of their books, just on name alone. When I read the topic I immediately thought of a handful […]
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Mailbox Monday is a weekly event where we share our latest book arrivals. Join in to share your book loot and discover some new book blogs. Unabridged Chick is the host for February, so be sure to say hi and link up! What did you think of the Oscars? Kind of a weird night but […]
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The Movie Date is a weekly feature where we discuss movies that may appeal to YA readers. Andrew is The Reading Date’s resident movie critic and this week he shares his thoughts on the Oscars. The Oscars are already upon us, and I’m stoked: it’s been a banner year for films in general, and I’m […]
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