by Rebecca | Apr 14, 2014 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, audrey and alice, AWESOMENESS, books, gratitude, middle grade, watch out I'm getting all verklempt, White House
It’s spring! New York was gorgeous this weekend, and I got to spend all of it wandering around town with one of my best friends, Jessica, who was visiting from Seattle. We walked, we talked, we ate some very tasty vegan chocolate-chai ice cream. We also watched...
by Rebecca | Apr 10, 2014 | ARCs, authors, Bookanistas, books, fiction lessons, onefour kidlit, this is how we read it
It’s time for another Bookanista recommendation: (my friend and fellow Bookanista) Jessica Love’s Push Girl. Here’s the jacket copy from the publisher: An inspiring, real, and fresh young adult novel about how life can change in an instant [cowritten by Jessica...
by Rebecca | Apr 2, 2014 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, ARCs, books, eventful, slightly incoherent due to revision brain, talking about writing, Uncategorized, what's up wednesday
What I’m Reading I read a ton of books (or what amounts to a “ton” for me) in March: No Surrender Soldier, Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, Leading Man, The Secret Hum of a Daisy, The Ninja Librarians, and Push Girl. Now I’m back to Barbara...
by Rebecca | Jan 30, 2014 | audrey and alice, AWESOMENESS, books, debutanting, feel the love, happy happy joy joy, mildly maudlin, Sourcebooks, Uncategorized, watch out I'm getting all verklempt
Last night, I got home to a big box on my doorstep. Sent from Sourcebooks c/o RR Donnelly, so I had an inkling what was inside. (Photo taken after I’d gone inside and grabbed a camera, and almost locked myself out in my excitement.) (Please ignore the other...
by Rebecca | Jan 9, 2014 | Bookanistas, books, busting up rocks, debutanting, middle grade, onefour kidlit, Uncategorized
It’s time for another Bookanista recommendation: Michelle Schusterman’s delightful new MG series, I Heart Band. Here’s the Book 1 back cover copy from the publisher: Band Geeks unite in this fresh new middle-grade series by debut author (and former band director)...
by Rebecca | Jan 5, 2014 | ARCs, books, covers, this is how we read it, Uncategorized, wrap ups
What I read in 2013, more or less*: (How much do I wish I’d read two more books to get a nice, neat last row?) *Based on Goodreads–I didn’t join until summer, so I might’ve missed a few books.
