Confessions of a Bibliovore

I am a middle school media specialist - grades 5-8.   Here are some things happening in our media center!  I plan on making this at least a bi-monthly post on Fridays.  We'll see if life gets in the way! Maud Hart Lovelace Book Nominees One of the biggest things done since the media center opened was getting all the Maud Hart Lovelace book nominees, cataloged, stickered and out.  That was for a total of around 50 books which is a lot at the start of the year.  I'm happy to say they are all out and read for the kids to start reading.   Here's the display We also got new furniture.  That was exciting! And I put up some other displays By the Numbers Current Number of Books Circulated  1877 Number of Book Currently Checked out 1043 Number of books added so far this year 205 Top 5 Books Checked Out Girl Stolen The Maze Runner El Deafo Diary of a Wimpy Kid Cabin Fever Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Third Wheel

http://www.rockstarbooktours.com/ Today Melissa Landers and Rockstar Book Tours are revealing the cover and an exclusive content for BLASTAWAY, her new Middle Grade Sci-Fi which releases Summer 2019! Check out the awesome cover and the excerpt! On to the reveal!  . . . . . . . . . . I LOVE IT!!!! So cute! So fun! And I really see it as a bit different from other covers out there, so it won't blend in with everything else!   If I was wandering around Barnes and Noble and saw this cover I would pick it up for sure.  And actually - I can't wait to see it in person! About the Book Title:  BLASTAWAY Author:  Melissa Landers Pub. Date:  Summer 2019 Publisher:  Disney-Hyperion Formats:  Hardcover, eBook Find it: Goodreads Pitched as "Home Alone in space," a young science prodigy who runs away in his family spaceship must team up with a plucky mutant to save the Earth from destruction. Scheduled for publication Summer 2019. Exclusive Excerpt! At som...

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: About the Book: I vy Bloodgood’s mother is dead, and she should probably be sad about it. But she isn’t. Myra Bloodgood was confusing mix of protective and abusive, a manipulative personality who never told the truth—about where she came from, who Ivy’s father was, or why they were living their lives on the run. Now that Ivy has been sent to Darkhaven, an island off the New England coast, to live with a rich uncle she didn’t know existed, she is forced to reckon with her mother’s past. Ivy can tell right away there are long-held family secrets buried within these walls, but when she wakes up from one of her nightmares covered in someone else’s blood, Ivy fears that whatever demons her mother battled while she was alive have come to roost in her own mi...

So very excited to share that I am a Cybils Round 1 judge for Middle-Grade Fiction!  I'm super honored to be a judge, and I can't wait to get exposed to a ton of new middle-grade books! Here's my whole judging team: Sarah Sammis Puss Reboots Julie Williams Reading by the Pond Jill Lurie The OWL  Beth Mitchell Imaginary Friends  Brenda Kahn  Prose and Kahn  Debbie Tanner The Book Search Shannon Griffin Picture Books to YA If you don't know about the Cybils Award here's a bit from their website. Cybils Awards Mission The Cybils Awards aims to recognize the children’s and young adult authors and illustrators whose books combine the highest literary merit and popular appeal. If some la-di-dah awards can be compared to brussels sprouts, and other, more populist ones to gummy bears, we’re thinking more like organic chicken nuggets. We’re yummy and nutritious. Book nominations start October 1st and run through October 15th.  So go nominate books you think should b...

Very excited to be a part of the blog tour for The Last Kids on Earth!  Title : The Last Kids on Earth and the Cosmic Beyond Author : Max Brallier Copy Obtained : From publisher About the Book It's the first winter after the Monster Apocalypse. For Jack and his buddies, that means sled catapults, epic snowball battles, and one monstrous Christmas celebration. But their winter wonderland turns dark when a villainess begins hunting them. And this villainess is different--she's a human.  When the villainess steals Jack's prized monster-slaying tool, the Louisville Slicer, he vows to get it back. But it won't be easy. Jack and his friends soon discover that the Louisville Slicer is the key to a dark plan that threatens the entire world--and beyond . . . About the Author Max Brallier (maxbrallier.com) is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty books and games, including the previous books in The Last Kids on Earth series. He is the creator and writer of Gal...

There are some books I just can't wait for.   Here's where I share!  Due Out: January 8th, 2019 Five years. That's how long Coyote and her dad, Rodeo, have lived on the road in an old school bus, criss-crossing the nation. Five years. It's also how long ago Coyote lost her mom and two sisters in a car crash. Coyote hasn’t been home in all that time, but when she learns that the park in her old neighborhood is being demolished—the very same park where she, her mom, and her sisters buried a treasured memory box—she knows she'll do whatever it takes to get back in time to save it. So she hatches a crazy plan to get her dad to drive 3,600 miles back to Washington state in four days...without him realizing it. Along the way, they'll pick up a strange crew of misfit travelers. Lester has a lady love to meet. Salvador and his mom are looking to start over. Val needs a safe place to be herself. Over the course of thousands of miles, Coyote will learn that going home can...

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: About the Book: When true love is shattered by tragedy—how much would you risk to save it all? When Aggi Frank and Max Granger finally admitted their feelings for each other last December, it felt like love was beautiful and endless... until it wasn’t. A fatal car accident involving their older siblings throws their lives into sudden chaos. And with a restraining order now in place between the two bitter households, Aggi and Max’s love runs cold. Being together again seems like a distant fantasy, even though they share the same driveway. Still, Plum Lake is a small town, and staying apart can’t last forever. Aggi and Max eventually reunite at a lake-house party hosted by a mutual friend and break the ice after a year of silence. But just as they begin ...

Today I am part of the blog tour for The Third Mushroom  hosted by Rockstar Book Tours ! About the Book: Title: The Third Mushroom Author: Jennifer L. Holm Pub. Date: September 4, 2018 Publisher: Random House Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook Pages: 240 "Believe in the unexpected" with this hilarious, heartwarming, and much-anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestseller The Fourteenth Goldfish! 
Ellie's grandpa Melvin is a world-renowned scientist . . . in the body of a fourteen-year-old boy. His feet stink, and he eats everything in the refrigerator--and Ellie is so happy to have him around. Grandpa may not exactly fit in at middle school, but he certainly keeps things interesting. When he and Ellie team up for the county science fair, no one realizes just how groundbreaking their experiment will be. The formula for eternal youth may be within their reach! And when Ellie's cat, Jonas Salk, gets sick, the stakes become even higher. But is the key to eternal li...

Title : Laws of Finders Keepers Author : Sheila Turnage Copy Obtained : From publisher Pirate fever sweeps through the town after an opportunistic treasure hunter shows up looking to lay claim to Blackbeard's lost gold buried somewhere in Tupelo Landing. When the (probably) world-famous Desperado Detectives--Mo and Dale and Harm--are hired by Mayor Little's mother to find the pirate loot for her, and the high-stakes race for riches is on! But that's not the only treasure hunt in town. Mo LoBeau unearths shocking new clues that may lead to her long-lost Upstream Mother--in the riskiest, scariest, and possibly richest case of her life. Will Mo find her Upstream Mother? Can the Desperados sidestep Blackbeard's curse and outsmart a professional treasure hunter? Will Dale faint under the pressure of Valentine's Day? Could the stakes be any higher? Yes. With twin treasures hanging in the balance, Mo, Dale, and Harm realize one of them may have to leave Tupelo Landing. For...

Today I'm posting as part of the blog tour for a great new book out!  Title : I Do Not Trust You Authors : Laura J. Burns and Melinda Metz Copy Obtained : From publisher Laura J. Burns and Melinda Metz, authors of Sanctuary Bay and the Edgar-nominated mystery series Wright and Wong, are back with a story that features their signature plot twists and uneasy ever-changing alliances.  I Do Not Trust You is a thrilling journey at every turn that asks – what would you do to save the  ones you love? Memphis "M" Engel is stubborn to a fault, graced with an almost absurd knowledge of long-lost languages and cultures, and a heck of an opponent in a fight. In short: she's awesome. Ashwin “Ash” Sood is a little too posh for M's tastes, a little too good looking, and has way too many secrets. He desperately wants the ancient map M inherited from her archeologist father, believing it will lead him to a relic with the power to destroy the world. M obviously can't trust him....

A while back I received an email from Adam Jay Epstein.  He asked if I was interested in helping promote his new book Snared.  I said yes right away.  You see I've gotten a ton of kids interested in the Familiars series, so I knew I had to hear about something new from him!  I was NOT disappointed!  First about the book Title : Snared: Escape to the Above Author : Adam Jay Epstein Copy Obtained : From author Chopping blades, scorpion nests, giant spiderwebs—no one makes traps better than Wily Snare. He has never seen the sun, or blue sky, or even his parents. Wily Snare lives underground, creating traps to keep treasure-seekers away from the gold in an ancient wizard’s dungeon. He spends his days mopping up giant slug slime, avoiding poison darts, and herding undead skeletons. It’s all he knows. Until an unusual band of adventurers—an acrobatic elf, a warrior with a magic arm, and a giant made of moss—successfully defeat Wily’s traps. And they want the ultimat...