YA Book Club: The Fault in Our Stars

/ February 24, 2012/ books, Reviews, ya book club/ 4 comments

This month’s selection for the YA Book Club was John’s Green’s The Fault in Our Stars.When I found this out, I twitter-yelled at YA Book Club’s brainchild, Tracey Neithercott. That conversation sounded a lot like this: Me: Why are you making this happen NOW? I’d like to get through a month without crying.Tracey: I wish I could send tissues through

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Best Book of January

/ February 1, 2012/ book covers, books, Reviews/ 4 comments

Holy hell, Lurkdom! How did it become February??? I don’t know either, but time needs to learn to slow down. I have things to do, you know? Of course, I’d probably get them done faster if I didn’t read freaking 13 books. Out of all these books, only one stood out as five star material. EVERNIGHT by Claudia Gray. Blurb

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Review: Fill in the Blank Plotting

/ October 18, 2011/ books, plotting, prewriting, Reviews, writing process/ 5 comments

I promised to review Fill-in-the-Blank Plotting more than once, but never got around to it for some reason. My apologies for that. Fill-in-the-Blank Plotting by Linda George is the easiest book on writing ever. She explains how to combine The Hero’s Journey and the Three Act Structure into a tighter, more cohesive plot. If you’re not familiar with either of

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Best Book of September

/ September 28, 2011/ books, Reviews, Road Trip Wednesday/ 18 comments

Every Wednesday, YA Highway asks their readership a simple question to answer on your blog. Once you answer, you link your blog in the comments for other readers to hop on board. This is Road Trip Wednesday. Today’s topic: What’s the best book you read in September? Unlike last month where I couldn’t up my book count because of Camp

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