Recent Posts Tagged With 'book trailers'

• Chess Rumble by G. Neri, Illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson

  Posted on Wednesday October 7th, 2009 at 15:07 in videos, fiction, book reviews, book club, book trailers, free verse, middle readers, reluctant readers, children's literature book club selection, u-z author, e-h title

  Chess Rumble by G. Neri and illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson is one of those books that I hope people don’t judge based on the cover.  I don’t think it’s the best representation of the book.  It’s a book that I would have ...

• Let’s Talk Elephants Today! Travels with Tarra and Just for Elephants by Carol Buckley

  Posted on Friday September 4th, 2009 at 09:25 in videos, book reviews, nonfiction, picture books, book trailers, blog tour, review copy

  Can anybody tell me the gestation period of an elephant?  No?  Let me share.  An elephant is pregnant for about 22 months!  That’s almost two years people!  Can you imagine being pregnant for two years?!   Thanks, but no thanks. My boys ...

• Dork Diaries: Tales from a NOT-SO-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renee Russell

  Posted on Wednesday August 26th, 2009 at 10:23 in videos, fiction, book reviews, book trailers, review copy, middle readers, published 2009, a-d title, q-t author

  In full honesty and transparency I was a little excited to receive Dork Diaries: Tales from a NOT-SO-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renee Russell for review.  This author certainly knows how to promote herself.  First the book arrived in a box, not an env...

• Wife of the Gods, An Inspector Darko Dawson Mystery by Kwei Quartey

  Posted on Monday August 17th, 2009 at 11:45 in africa, Mystery, videos, fiction, adult, book reviews, ghana, book trailers, blog tour, review copy, tlc book tour, published 2009

  I was drawn to Wife of the Gods, An Inspector Darko Dawson Mystery by Kwei Quartey for the cover alone.  I just love how African it feels.  Wife of the Gods is a whodunit murder mystery and in full honesty if the book wasn’t set in Africa w...

• 14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy in Collaboration with Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah, Illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez

  Posted on Monday August 3rd, 2009 at 09:22 in africa, videos, book reviews, nonfiction, kenya, picture books, book trailers, blog tour, review copy

  Wow. Do not let this unassuming cover fool you.  14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy in collaboration with Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah and illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez is a purely stunning picture book that when I finished reading the author’...

• Giveaway: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (pssst . . . it’s SIGNED!)

  Posted on Thursday July 9th, 2009 at 09:31 in contests, videos, book trailers

  I’m thrilled to give away a signed copy of The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, 2009’s Newbery Award winner and all around massively popular book by a massively popular author.  I was able to pick up a copy of the book while at BEA a few w...

• Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (a preview of sorts)

  Posted on Monday June 8th, 2009 at 06:00 in videos, fiction, book reviews, young adult, book trailers, dystopian, a-d title, a-d author

  Do you know how many people will not be able to resist making a pun of Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins and say that the book is catching fire?  Well, include me in that bunch because it’s true.  I’m not writing up a full review because...

• Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

  Posted on Tuesday March 10th, 2009 at 01:02 in videos, book reviews, young adult, book trailers, review copy, w title, a author

  Everything that Laurie Halse Anderson touches turns to gold.  Her newest novel, Wintergirls is no exception.  Picking up this book and simply thumbing through it, I immediately knew that it was different.  From the three page spread that says noth...