Today is Karin’s Book Nook’s 5th Anniversary. I can’t believe I’ve been blogging this long. It is kind of ironic that this anniversary falls during my first failure of the year to post. My goal this year was to post every day, but I’ve been off for a couple of days. I’ll get back to [Keep Reading]
UNWHOLLY is a book I’ve been waiting for since 2008 when I finished UNWIND. Neal Shusterman really set the bar high with UNWIND and I was hoping he could keep up the momentum with the next book in the trilogy. Well, he didn’t let me down. I was lucky enough to pick up a copy [Keep Reading]
Min Green is devastated. She and her boyfriend, Ed Slaterton, broke up. For two months, Min and Ed were practically inseparable. She introduced him to classic movies and he introduced her to basketball. Neither one of them particularly liked the new activities, but they went in order to please the other. As with most [Keep Reading]
In honor of World Poetry Day (Today, March 21st) I am featuring BUG OFF! CREEPY, CRAWLY POEMS by Jane Yolen. I’m not a fan of insects and frequently curse their existence when I spend any time outdoors. Mosquitoes seem to love me and will flock to me from miles around. (Sadly, there isn’t a poem [Keep Reading]
Danny Bigtree and his family were forced to move away from their Mohawk reservation in order to find work. Starting at a new school would be hard for anyone, but Danny is also the only Indian at his school in New York City and has to listen to kids call him chief and ask him [Keep Reading]
I love Daniel Waters and I fell in love with the Generation Dead series in 2007 when I got my hands on an ARC of GENERATION DEAD (the first in the series) at an English teachers conference. I’ve reviewed all of the book and posted a Q & A with him over the [Keep Reading]
Gene has a secret. One that, if ever found out, could get him killed. He has to constantly stay focused to make sure he doesn’t do anything to give himself away. That means no sweating or laughing and shaving all the hair off of his body every day. Gene is a human, one of [Keep Reading]
Ravka was once a beautiful nation, but when the Black Heretic released the Shadow Fold it was split in two – unleashing terror on the people. The Shadow Fold is a thick black fog filled with dangerous monsters that feast on human flesh. The only hope to cross the dangerous expanse is with the help [Keep Reading]
I love Maggie Stiefvater. She is totally awesome! I don’t know of any other person more talented than she is. She is amazingly artistic. Just look at this evidence: her magical Sharpie doodle, an artistic representation about an outing with her dog, her stop-action video for SHIVER, another trailer for THE SCORPIO RACES, her musical [Keep Reading]
NOTE: You need to read the first two books in this series, SHIVER AND LINGER, before you read FOREVER in order to understand the story. The tables have turned. Now, Sam is the one waiting. Even though waiting for Grace to return to human form is torture, it is nothing to the agony he feels [Keep Reading]
Victor Frankenstein wasn’t always the mad scientist we know him as today. Once he was simply a rebellious and rambunctious young man living a privileged life. It’s not until his identical twin, Konrad, becomes ill that his mind begins straying to thoughts of alchemy. Well, that and the fact that he, along with his brother and distant [Keep Reading]
