Confessions of a Bibliovore

I love book covers! I love walking around Barnes and Noble just looking at all the different covers.  A good cover will make me pull the book off the shelf!   It's almost like I have a crush on them :) Today I'm crushin' on: Questions I have when looking at it: What?  Just what?? Is that ink? Is it a tattoo? Why is that dripping from her fingers?  Did she do this or did someone do it to her?? About the Book: The line between best friend and something more is a line always crossed in the dark. Jess Wong is Angie Redmond’s best friend. And that’s the most important thing, even if Angie can’t see how Jess truly feels. Being the girl no one quite notices is OK with Jess anyway. While nobody notices her, she’s free to watch everyone else. But when Angie begins to fall for Margot Adams, a girl from the nearby boarding school, Jess can see it coming a mile away. Suddenly her powers of observation are more curse than gift. As Angie drags Jess further into Margot’s circle, Je...

Title: Coraline  Author: Neil Gaiman Narrator: Neil Gaiman Coraline's often wondered what's behind the locked door in the drawing room. It reveals only a brick wall when she finally opens it, but when she tries again later, a passageway mysteriously appears. Coraline is surprised to find a flat decorated exactly like her own, but strangely different. And when she finds her "other" parents in this alternate world, they are much more interesting despite their creepy black button eyes. When they make it clear, however, that they want to make her theirs forever, Coraline begins a nightmarish game to rescue her real parents and three children imprisoned in a mirror. With only a bored-through stone and an aloof cat to help, Coraline confronts this harrowing task of escaping these monstrous creatures. If you only have a second:  I can't believe I waited so long to read (listen) to this one!   If you have a few minutes:   So yes I fully admit I was way behind the times i...

Very excited today to share with you a new book by Chris Grabenstein for the blog tour of Welcome to Wonderland: Beach Party Surf Monkey. I LOVE Grabenstein's Mr. Lemoncello books, so I was excited to see about this series.   About the Book There’s always something wacky happening when you live in a motel, and P.T. (named after P. T. Barnum, of course) has grown up at the world’s wackiest! When word gets out that the hottest teen idols in Hollywood (plus current YouTube sensation Kevin the Monkey!) will be filming their next movie—Beach Party Surf Monkey—right in St. Pete’s Beach, Florida, P.T. and his friend Gloria know that the Wonderland would be the perfect location. Now they just have to convince the producers! But when things start to go wrong (crazed fans? missing stars?), it will take all of Gloria’s business genius and P.T.’s wild stories to save the movie before both it and the Wonderland are all washed up! About the Author CHRIS GRABENSTEIN  is the author of the...

Today I'm happy to share with you a new series: The Explorers! The Explorers: The Door in the Alley Adrienne Kress Featuring a mysterious society, a secretive past, and a pig in a teeny hat, The Explorers: The Door in the Alley is the first book in a new series for fans of The Name of This Book Is a Secret and The Mysterious Benedict Society. Knock once if you can find it—but only members are allowed inside. This is one of those stories that start with a pig in a teeny hat. It’s not the one you’re thinking about. (This story is way better than that one.) This pig-in-a-teeny-hat story starts when a very uninquisitive boy stumbles upon a very mysterious society. After that, there is danger and adventure; there are missing persons, hired thugs, a hidden box, a lost map, and famous explorers; and also a girl on a rescue mission. About the Author Adrienne Kress is a writer and an actress born and raised in Toronto. She is the daughter of two high school English teachers and credits them...

I love book covers! I love walking around Barnes and Noble just looking at all the different covers.  A good cover will make me pull the book off the shelf!   It's almost like I have a crush on them :) Today I'm crushin' on: Questions I have when looking at it: So many questions! Is it a tree? Is that a cemetery?? Why the ships? Who lives in that house? Is it floating the in sky? About the Book: “It’s dark magic brings him back.” Tori Burns and her family left D.C. for claustrophobic Chaptico, Maryland, after suddenly inheriting a house under mysterious circumstances. That inheritance puts her at odds with the entire town, especially Jesse Slaughter and his family—it’s their generations-old land the Burns have “stolen.” But none of that seems to matter after Tori witnesses a young man claw his way out of a grave under the gnarled oak in her new backyard.  Nathaniel Bishop may not understand what brought him back, but it’s clear to Tori that he hates the Slaughters for wha...

Very excited to be part of the blog tour for One of Us is Lying hosted by Rock Star Tours! About the Book: Title:  ONE OF US IS LYING Author:  Karen McManus Pub. Date:  May 30, 2017 Publisher:  Delacorte Press Pages:  368 Formats:  Hardcover, eBook, audiobook Find it:  Amazon ,  B&N .  TBD ,  iBooks ,  Audible ,  Goodreads The Breakfast Club  meets  Pretty Little Liars , &  One of Us Is Lying  is the story of what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive. Everyone is a suspect, and everyone has something to hide.   Pay close attention and you might solve this. On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention. Bronwyn,  the brain,  is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule. Addy,  the beauty,  is the picture-perfect homecoming princess. Nate,  the criminal , is already on probation for dealing. Cooper,  the athlet...

I love book covers! I love walking around Barnes and Noble just looking at all the different covers.  A good cover will make me pull the book off the shelf!   It's almost like I have a crush on them :) Today I'm crushin' on: Questions I have when looking at it: Who is the girl? Is the house empty? Is she alone? Is she scared?  If so - of what?? About the Book: After escaping a harsh school where punishment was the lesson of the day, seventeen-year-old Louisa Ditton is thrilled to find employment as a maid at a boarding house. But soon after her arrival at Coldthistle House, Louisa begins to realize that the house’s mysterious owner, Mr. Morningside, is providing much more than lodging for his guests. Far from a place of rest, the house is a place of judgment, and Mr. Morningside and his unusual staff are meant to execute their own justice on those who are past being saved. Louisa begins to fear for a young man named Lee who is not like the other guests. He is charismatic ...

The one thing I push more than anything with my students is the importance of reading all year - yes even in the summer.  So when The Children's Book Review asked if I wanted to help promote Dover Books Summer Reading along with a giveaway I immediately said yes!  ABOUT THE BOOKS UP FOR GRABS!  The Girl in the White Hat Written by W. T. Cummings Publisher's Synopsis:  While Grandmother's asleep, Annabelle creeps out of her room and up the stairs to the dark and mysterious attic. Among the jumble of curious items packed away in the gloom is a big white hat with a floppy brim. Annabelle can't resist trying it on and thinks, "If I were a bird and this hat were my wings, I could fly. I wish I could fly!" And she does! New hardcover edition. About the Author:  W. T. Cummings (1933–2009) wrote and illustrated four remarkable picture books, of which The Girl in the White Hat was the first. A painter of note, he received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale Universi...