Kibuishi (creator of AMULET) is the editor of this graphic novel short story collection. Each story is very different, both in artistic style and subject matter. The common thread that connects each of these stories is a box – not the same box, but a box of some kind. There are 7 stories included in [Keep Reading]
Lena can’t get the thought of Alex out of her head. Leaving him behind the fence was the hardest thing she ever did. Knowing she won’t ever see him again tears her apart every day. Now, living in the Wilds with other rebels, she has to get used to a new life. A life [Keep Reading]
Today, Karin’s Book Nook would like to welcome Dawid Piaskowski, Founder of BookLikes to the blog. I first found BookLikes when they posted a Valentine’s Day Infographic (see below). I decided to play around with the site to see how it compared to Goodreads and LibraryThing so I imported my Goodreads library. I had trouble [Keep Reading]
Whit and Wisty are on the run. Danger is around every corner with the New Order police on the lookout. Their pictures are posted everywhere making it difficult to blend in. Whit’s magic is running low and Wisty is in the last stages of the Blood Plague. Whit has to find somewhere to hide and [Keep Reading]
I’ve been thinking about Science Fiction a lot lately. I’ve always been the type of person to go through reading phases. In approximately 2000 I remember I was in a Historical Fiction phase. I couldn’t get enough of Jean Fritz’s novels. I loved books set in Colonial Times and the Revolutionary War.
The small town of Port Gamble, Washington is rocked by the death of one of their own. Katelyn, found dead by an apparent suicide, was a teenager like many others – having friend trouble, boy trouble, family trouble, but would she kill herself? Twins Hayley and Taylor don’t think so and decide to get to [Keep Reading]
This review will be SPOILERISH if you haven’t read EVE, the first book in the series. Beware. In order to get the full appreciation for this book I would highly recommend reading EVE first. When thinking about writing a review for ONCE, it’s hard to come up with something that doesn’t give things away. [Keep Reading]
Karin’s Book Nook welcomes Kim Purcell, the author of TRAFFICKED, to the blog. My novel, TRAFFICKED, is about a girl who comes from Moldova to Los Angeles to be a nanny and ends up a modern-day domestic slave. People ask me all the time if Hannah is based on someone. They would like me to [Keep Reading]
Jazz Dent is the son of one of the most notorious serial killers in the United States. Billy Dent proudly killed over one hundred young women and told his son about each and every one of them. He made Jazz responsible for keeping the trophies from the murders in order. Jazz knows how to go [Keep Reading]
Ever since I heard the news about this app I have been checking the App store almost every day. Well, we are one step closer to being able to download it. There was a comment on February 14th from Kathy Ishizuka (kishizuka@mediasourceinc.com, @kishizuka on Twitter), the Technology Editor for School Library Journal, announcing that the app is finally out [Keep Reading]
