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:Â 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 
The Names is my favorite book of the year, would be on my list of the Best Books of the Decade so far.
Oh my goodness. This passed me by completely. I’ll have to look at it then. Thanks for letting me know.
I have The Silver Book in the TBR so great to see it made the list! I’m hoping to get to it soon.
It sounded great. I like her writing. But it will have to wait until next year.
I’ve only read a handful of newly published books this year, but a few of the books on the Blackwell’s list do interest me – particularly the Han Kang, which seems to have had excellent reviews.
I’ve read a few newer books but not one is on the list. Btw – I just received the Barbara Noble novel and am really looking forward to it.
I’ve read and reviewed What We Can Know, but it’s not on my Best of 2025 List. I liked the view of the future, bleak though it is, but was less keen on the poets and Oxford literati.
Thanks for letting me know. He’s hit or miss for me.