Author Archives: Jenn
Review: The Rapture by Liz Jensen
Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Doubleday (August 11, 2009) ISBN-10: 0385528213 Source: Publisher Sixteen-year-old Bethany Krall is a patient at Oxsmith Adolescent Secure Psychiatric Hospital. She was committed two years ago after brutally murdering her mother. Bethany’s last psychologist was … Continue reading
Read-a-thon Update: Charities I’m Reading For!
During April’s Read-a-thon, I decided I wanted to read for a charity. That charity was Books For Soldiers, a non-profit corporation who provides books to American soldiers deployed overseas. I pledged to donate $5 per book I read. I read … Continue reading
It’s Monday! What are You Reading This Week?
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading This Week? This is a weekly event to list the books completed last week, the books currently being reading, and the books to be finish this week. It was created by J.Kaye’s Book … Continue reading
In Which My Son and I Review Horrid Henry & the Mummy’s Curse
Reading level: Ages 9-12 Paperback: 112 pages Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky (July 1, 2009) ISBN-10: 1402217765 Source: Publisher As with the other Horrid Henry books, Horrid Henry and the Mummy’s Curse is made up of four hilarious stories about Horrid Henry’s … Continue reading
Guest Post: Robert Greer, Author of Spoon
Please welcome Robert Greer, author of Spoon, as he discusses his vision for the novel. My novel Spoon is as much a coming-of-age novel about a nineteen-year-old rancher’s son, TJ Darley, as it is about a mysterious loner’s clairvoyance and … Continue reading
Review & Giveaway: Spoon by Robert Greer
Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing (October 1, 2009) ISBN-10: 1555916899 Source: Publisher Young TJ Darley was driving down a Montana highway when he sees a hitchhiker. The man, half Indian and half Black, wore an expensive hat but no … Continue reading
Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-a-thon!
The 24 Hour Read-a-thon is a little over a week away and I’m ecstatic! I participated in April and had an absolutely wonderful time! I learned a great deal during the last read-a-thon. Here are just a few of them: Choose … Continue reading
In Which My Son Battles Lord Vader..
This past Saturday, my boys pulled out their Star Wars costumes and dressed up to attend the release party of LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary at one our local Borders. My oldest son dressed as a Storm Trooper and … Continue reading