I have been in love with Daniel Waters since I got my hands on the GENERATION DEAD ARC at the NCTE Conference in 2007. I reviewed it on Karin’s Book Nook late November 2007. Shortly after posting the review I heard from Daniel and he told me that I was his FIRST EVER Reviewer! I [Keep Reading]
Today Karin’s Book Nook is proud to present Carrie Ryan, the author of THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH, THE DEAD-TOSSED WAVES, and the forthcoming, THE DARK AND HOLLOW PLACES. She was good enough to provide a guest post on her thoughts about zombies. I’m thrilled to have her here today. Carrie Ryan is one [Keep Reading]
Before Nick Gautier was a Squire for Kyrian Hunter and way before he ran into trouble with Ash, he was a ninth grader on a scholarship at prestigious private school. He is willing to put up with the constant harassment from his classmates because of the ridiculous clothes his mother buys for him and the [Keep Reading]
Today is the beginning of the Supernatural Showdown. Everyday you’ll find something new. Here is the tentative schedule: Sunday, August 8th – Introduction Post and Contest Opens Monday, August 9th – Author Guest Post (Carrie Ryan, author of THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH) Tuesday, August 10th – Top Ten Reasons To Love Zombies Wednesday, [Keep Reading]
Announcing the Supernatural Showdown – a joint venture between Karin’s Book Nook and Badass Bookie. You can expect a week of Guest Author Posts, Book Reviews, and other posts involving books feature angels and zombies. You, as the reader, will get to choose the better subject. Are you on Team Angel or Team Zombie? Decide [Keep Reading]
When looking over my book list, it seems like I’ve read a lot of zombie books lately so I thought I’d feature them as my new Read-a-Like List. Be sure to put any zombie books I’ve missed in the comments section.
Let me start out by saying, you’ll want to read the first two books in this series before picking up PASSING STRANGE. If you don’t, you’ll be lost on the ins and outs of the plots and characters. You can find my reviews for the first two books below: GENERATION DEAD #1 KISS OF LIFE [Keep Reading]
Benny just turned fifteen. In his world that means he must find a job in order to continue receiving his rations. The problem is, Benny can’t find a job he likes. He and his best friend, Chong, waited too long to get one and all the easy jobs are gone. What’s left aren’t very appealing. [Keep Reading]
Simon & Schuster – May 4, 2010 PLAY DEAD by Ryan Brown is NOT a YA novel. However, that being said, it definitely could be. The only thing that would keep this off of my middle school shelf would be the language. Other than that, this would be the perfect book for the boys in [Keep Reading]
