Confessions of a Bibliovore

Title : Grump: The (Fairly) True Tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves Author : Liesl Shurtliff Copy Obtained: From publisher for an honest review Ever since he was a dwarfling, Borlen (nicknamed "Grump") has dreamed of visiting The Surface, so when opportunity knocks, he leaves his cavern home behind. At first, life aboveground is a dream come true. Queen Elfrieda Veronika Ingrid Lenore (E.V.I.L.) is the best friend Grump always wanted, feeding him all the rubies he can eat and allowing him to rule at her side in exchange for magic and information. But as time goes on, Grump starts to suspect that Queen E.V.I.L. may not be as nice as she seems. . . . When the queen commands him to carry out a horrible task against her stepdaughter Snow White, Grump is in over his head. He's bound by magic to help the queen, but also to protect Snow White. As if that wasn't stressful enough, the queen keeps bugging him for updates through her magic mirror! He'll have to dig de...

Do you love the Ink and Bone series by Rachel Caine? Would you like a chance at a great giveaway?  Want to read an excerpt?  I've got stuff for you! Smoke and Iron comes out in July To save the Great Library, the unforgettable characters from Ink and Bone, Paper and Fire, and Ash and Quill put themselves in danger in the next thrilling adventure in the New York Times bestselling series. The opening moves of a deadly game have begun. Jess Brightwell has put himself in direct peril, with only his wits and skill to aid him in a game of cat and mouse with the Archivist Magister of the Great Library. With the world catching fire, and words printed on paper the spark that lights rebellion, it falls to smugglers, thieves, and scholars to save a library thousands of years in the making...if they can stay alive long enough to outwit their enemies. First I've got an excerpt from Smoke an d Iron!  Read below! SMOKE AND IRON by Rachel Caine It had all started as an exercise to f...

Very excited today to be a part of the Great American Read blog tour hosted by The Children's Book Review ! Dover is partnering with PBS for the Great American Read America’s Most-Loved Novels. Hosted by Meredith Vieira, PBS’s 8-episode documentary, The Great American Read, celebrates America’s 100 most-loved novels — and Dover Books publishes a wide variety of these essential works as Thrift Editions, Evergreen Classics, deluxe hardcover Calla Editions™, and other affordable formats for readers of all ages. As an English teacher and major, I was super excited to be able to share this with you! Enter For A Chance To Win A Set Of 7 Titles From The Great American Read List, As Well As The Five Great English Novels Boxed Set! Two (2) grand prize winners receive: A set of 7 titles from The Great American Read list: Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll Anne of Green Gables, by L. M. Montgomery Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain The Call of th...

Lois Duncan was my most favorite author when I was growing up.  I read and reread her books.  I own them all now!  And my favorite - Down a Dark Hall. Loved it so much. Well, they have made a movie out of it! Yes, yes it's not completely the story.  I can they've changed quite a bit BUT it still keeps the basic of it! And whenever I go into a movie based on a book, I go in knowing it will be different.  Here's the trailer! Creepy!!!! Here's about the movie #DownADarkHall Site  |  Trailer  |  Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Instagram *** DOWN A DARK HALL In Theaters, On Demand, and On iTunes August 17th Kit (AnnaSophia Robb), a difficult young girl, is sent to the mysterious Blackwood Boarding School when her heated temper becomes too much for her mother to handle. Once she arrives at Blackwood, Kit encounters eccentric headmistress Madame Duret (Uma Thurman) and meets the school's only other students, four young women also headed...

I've been going back and forth with deleting this blog. Or I guess just abandon it. Since I decided to steer away from only book reviews, I have found myself not wanting to blog anymore. I used to almost feel obligated to post reviews and try and catch up on what I'd read recently. I do all my book talking on YouTube now and am still posting short incoherent thoughts over on Goodreads as well. But I don't feel like I have much to say in regards to anything else on my blog. There have been a few things here and there in my life where I felt I could talk about, but then I forgot about them and never actually got around to posting anything else. So here I am, and I am not sure if I want to continue keeping this up. Part of me does, and part of me doesn't. I've had this space for so long that I can't imagine just deleting it. But then I also don't see myself keeping up with it and actually posting anything. So I am stuck in this in-between place where I kind of ...

Today I'm happy to share with you a great new book I was introduced to called  Captian Superlative by J.S. Puller.   About the book "Have no fear, citizens! Captain Superlative is here to make all troubles disappear!" Red mask, blue wig, silver swimsuit, rubber gloves, torn tights, high top sneakers and . . . a cape? Who would run through the halls of Deerwood Park Middle School dressed like this? And why? Janey-quick to stay in the shadows-can't resist the urge to uncover the truth behind the mask. The answer pulls invisible Janey into the spotlight and leads her to an unexpected friendship with a superhero like no other. Fearless even in the face of school bully extraordinaire, Dagmar Hagen, no good deed is too small for the incomparable Captain Superlative and her new sidekick, Janey. But superheroes hold secrets and Captain Superlative is no exception. When Janey unearths what's truly at stake, she's forced to face her own dark secrets and discover what i...