From the talented Sarah Stevenson (who is also the author of The Latte Rebellion), the graphic for KidLitCon 2012:

Travis Jonker of 100 Scope Notes has an article in the most recent School Library Journal about using ereaders in schools. It’s also available on line, at Travis’s Excellent (Ereader) Adventure. As Travis explains, “Last year, we rolled out an ereader lending program in my fifth and sixth grade school library, and I plan to [...]

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. Crown Publishing Group. 2012. Personal copy. Part of my “vacation reads” series; that is, when I review a book for the grown ups instead of teen books.
The Plot: On the morning of their fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne’s wife Amy goes missing. He tells us how he comes home from [...]

Team Human by Justine Larbalestier and Sarah Rees Brennan. HarperTeen. 2012. Reviewed from ARC from publisher.
The Plot: Mel Duan has lived in the vampire town of New Whitby, Maine her whole life. She is not a fan of the vampires, and is happy that they stay in their part of town. Mel is not happy [...]

Welcome to The Stone Girl blog tour!
The Stone Girl by Alyssa B. Sheinmel. Knopf Books for Younger Readers, an imprint of Random House. 2012. Reviewed from eArc from NetGalley.
The Plot: Sarah Beth “Sethie” Weiss is a senior at the prestigious Franklin White girl’s school. She gets good grades, has a cute boyfriend, a perfect life. [...]

Welcome to this stop in Alyssa B. Sheinmel’s blog tour! There’s two stops here; today, an interview with Alyssa; and tomorrow, a review of The Stone Girl.
Other books by Alyssa: The Beautiful Between (2010);  The Lucky Kind (2011).
Interview:
Liz B: To begin with, I just have to say how much I adored THE STONE GIRL. Sethie [...]

The New York Times has an article about authors buying reviews: The Best Book Reviews Money Can Buy. “In the fall of 2010, Mr. Rutherford started a Web site, GettingBookReviews.com. At first, he advertised that he would review a book for $99. But some clients wanted a chorus proclaiming their excellence. So, for $499, Mr. [...]

J.K. Rowling’s book for grown ups, The Casual Vacancy, will be published on September 27.
Back in July, the cover of the book was released to some mixed reactions.
The description of the book, from the US publisher, Little Brown: “When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford [...]

Remember, back in April, when the History Press live tweeted the Titanic in real time?  So did Real Time Titanic. More info at the History Press.
I have a new “live” tweeting history account I’m following. It’s a bit more ambitious than the Titanic; it’s Real Time World War Two, at Twitter @RealTimeWWII. It’s “Livetweeting the 2nd World [...]

I’m flashing back to reviews from years past. Here is what I was reviewing in August 2005.
The Shamer’s Daughter by Lene Kaaberbol; Book 1 of the four book Shamer Chronicle. My review: “Like her mother, ten-year-old Dina is a Shamer. When a Shamer looks you in the eyes, you relive all that you have ever done [...]

Intentions by Deborah Heiligman. Knopf Books for Young Readers. 2012. Reviewed from eARC from NetGalley.
The Plot: Rachel is devastated when she overhears her Rabbi having sex with someone who is not his wife. Her parents’ arguments, she can deal with. Her grandfather’s death, she mourns. Her estrangement from her best friend, Alexis, she’s handling.
But her [...]

It’s that time of year again; time for KidlitCon!
This is the sixth annual gathering of children’s and young adult book bloggers. First was 2007 in Chicago, 2008 Portland, 2009 DC, 2010 Minneapolis, 2011 Seattle (my five KidlitCon posts here), and now, for 2012 — it’s in New York City! A big thank you goes to [...]

I was listening to SLJ’s SummerTeen, and during the Rockin’ Women of YA session Jackie Morse Kessler mentioned that she uses Jackie Kessler for her grown up books. It got me thinking of Andrea Cremer’s recent book deal to write an erotica trilogy. Sometimes authors use the same name for different genres (Ally Carter or [...]

Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone by Kat Rosenfield. Dutton Books, a member of Penguin Group USA. 2012. Reviewed from ARC from publisher.
The Plot: The night of graduation, Rebecca’s boyfriend James breaks up with her. It’s a preemptive move; Rebecca, school salutatorian, is headed off to college when summer is over. James, drop out, is [...]

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins. Speak, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA). 2011. Personal copy. (Hardcopy Dutton, a member of Penguin Group  (USA) 2010.
The Plot: Anna’s mostly absent father has decided that Anna should spend her senior year at boarding school in Paris, France. Anna is not pleased about leaving Atlanta, her [...]

I’m flashing back to reviews from years past. Here is what I was reviewing in August 2007.
Kat and Mouse Vol 1: Teacher Torture. Storyby Alex de Campi; Art by Federica Manfredi. My review: “Kat is the new kid at school and the teacher’s daughter. Mouse is the “cool nerd” whose special power is “shield of [...]

If  you’re a fan of Melina Marchetta’s Lumatere books (Finnikin of the Rock and Froi of the Exiles), some good news while we’re all waiting for Quintana of Charyn (Australia, September 2012; US, March 2013).
And as you can see from the publication dates, it’s a real wait for us in the US!
The good news: Melina [...]