Tag: Random Posts

What’s Up with all the Dead People?

Posted September 23, 2010 by Rowena in Discussions | Tagged: | 13 Comments
What’s Up with all the Dead People?

Yesterday, Ames and I were emailing back and forth talking about everything under the sun when she was telling me about the book she’s reading. She’s reading The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson and while I’ve seen the cover around blogland, I couldn’t remember exactly what it was about. Here’s the blurb: 17-year-old Lennie […]

I’m Reading: The Julian Games by Adele Griffin.

Posted August 20, 2010 by Rowena in Discussions | Tagged: , | 4 Comments
I’m Reading: The Julian Games by Adele Griffin.

All new girl Raye Archer wants is a way into the in crowd, so when ice-queen Ella Parker picks her to get back at her ex, the gorgeous Julian Kilgarry, Raye is more than game. Even if it means creating a fake Facebook identity so she can learn enough about Julian to sabotage him. It’s […]

Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen: Michael.

Posted June 3, 2010 by Rowena in Discussions | Tagged: , | 5 Comments
Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen: Michael.

My friend B-Nice is reading Someone Like You right now and usually in the mornings at work, she’ll give me a brief summary of what’s going on in the book and we’ll spark up short discussions and one of the things that I wanted to discuss with her after she finished the book was Michael. […]

Your YA Starter Kit.

Posted June 1, 2010 by Rowena in Discussions | Tagged: | 12 Comments
Your YA Starter Kit.

So I have a friend that is new to reading and listening to her talk about the books that she’s reading and hearing the excitement in her voice when she talks about this character from that book and this person from that story gets me all excited. She’s been on a reading binge where all […]

Some DNF’s From Last Month.

Posted March 8, 2010 by Rowena in Reviews | Tagged: , , , | 6 Comments
Some DNF’s From Last Month.

Sometimes you run across some books that you thought you’d like to read and then you open them up and you’re just not into them. There comes a time in a reader’s life when you just have to put the book down. Sometimes it’s because the book just isn’t working for you and sometimes its […]