Publication date: 2010 Pages: 362 Word count: 104491 Ages: YA “Be good, Gaia,” Capt. Grey told her, his voice grave. She still refused to look at him, but she could feel the heated flush of anger again in her cheeks. “Cooperate with the guards. For your own sake,” he continued. “Be good yourself, Captain,” she said […]
This is just a quick post about something that’s been on my mind for a while. It’s sad that there are so many preconceived ideas about YA novels, ideas that show those who speak about them, very often haven’t read any. I’m writing for adults, children and Young Adults and in one of my writer’s […]
Publication date: 2015 Pages: 350 Word count: ? Ages: YA They are all innocent until proven guilty. But not me. I am a liar until I am proven honest. What a book! I finished it a while ago but I’m still stunned. Sometimes you read a book and the topic shocks you. Then you read a book […]
Publication date: 2014 Pages: 198 Word count: ? Ages: YA Last year I read my first Dana Reinhardt novel (The Summer I Learned to Fly) and liked it a great deal. The story was cute, the characters lovable but what I liked the most was the tone and the voice. I knew I would read another […]
Publication date: 1993 Pages: 180 Word count: 43,617 Ages: MG 4 – 8 I wanted to read Lois Lowry’s The Giver for ages. Not only because it was a Newbery Medal winner but because it has become one of the great MG classics and has even been made into a movie. The Giver was written at a […]
Beauty is a Sleeping Cat 
Thanks, Caroline. I’m not usually lucky like this, and now I won a book from you and one from Lizzy as well. If you need any info from me, e-mail me: mybookstrings@gmail.com
Congratulations to Lindsay and TJ!
Congratulations to Lindsay and TJ! So jealous of them!
Thank you so much, I am really thrilled to win this one, and just to let you know it has arrived safely today with me. I am fascinated reading about life in the former East Germany. Apologies for being slow to pick up on this, we were away on a few days holiday last week. All the best for the upcoming German Literature Month!
You’re welcome. I’m glad you got it already. Hope you will like it. It should be interesting. No worries about the holiday delay. 🙂