March Book #9

Book: Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Age-range: 13 and up

It's rare to find a YA science-fiction book aimed at girls. It's impossible to find a YA science-fiction book aimed at girls and based on a fairy tale. Yet that's exactly what Ms. Meyer has done. By page 44 I pretty much knew how the entire book would turn out, but I still enjoyed the ride. This is the first in a series and I will definitely read the other ones as they come out.

Happy reading!

Thursday Thought

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but unlike charity, it should end there.
-Clare Booth Luce-

March Book #8

Book: The Forest for the Trees: An Editor's Advice to Writers by Betsy Lerner
Age-range: 16 and up

This was the perfect book for me to read this year (the Year of the Writer). It breaks down publishing into understandable bites and lets you know what will happen, when, and how. There's a lot of great anecdotes and overall it left me feeling much better informed than I was before I read it.

Happy reading!

March Book #7

Book: Forbidden Sea by Sheila A. Nielson
Age-range: 10 and up

Skip it.

March Book #6

Book: Wolves, Boys, and Other Things That Might Kill Me by Kristen Chandler
Age-range: 14 and up

Good, but not great. I would recommend reading her other book Girls Don't Fly instead.

Thursday Thought

Wear the old coat and buy the new book.
-Austin Phelps-

March Book #5

Book: Everneath by Brodi Ashton
Age-range: 14 and up

Ms. Ashton is another one of the author's I'll have the opportunity to meet on Saturday. This is her debut novel and it's amazing! It's a re-telling of the Persephone myth, in a way. It goes back and forth between past and present, showing you the life that Nikki had and the one she has now; before the Underworld (or Everneath) and after. I also love that it doesn't have an sex scenes or profanity; always a plus with me. I definitely recommend it.

Happy reading!