Mailbox Monday

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Sporadic Mailbox Monday participant that I am, this week’s haul is really two weeks’ worth of books from a variety of sources.  I love stocking up on good reads as the weather gets colder; the stocking up part is complete, now I’m just waiting for the cold weather. I’ll take it from the top of [...]

What’s on tap in 2011: YA selections

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In my continuing series on upcoming reads in 2011, today I’m offering up some of the YA books eagerly anticipated here at Book, Line, and Sinker.  Last week I revealed my nonfiction picks, and next week fiction will be on the docket. YA fiction is something I enjoy personally and professionally. My high school students [...]

Review: Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

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Title: Before I Fall Author: Lauren Oliver Genre/Pages: YA Fiction/480 Publisher: March 2, 2010; Harper Collins Rating: 4 Bookmarks Source: Purchased for my Kindle Nat’s One-Sentence Synopsis:  When popular high school student Samantha Kingston is ‘gifted’ with the chance to relive the last day of her life–over and over–she learns how her actions and words [...]

This book has everything except…

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I am finishing up an audio book (that shall remain nameless) and have to say that this author has spared the main characters NO tragedy or conflict.  It’s gotten to that point that I’m listening more to see what new tragedy will crop up and not to see how the book ends. In six audio [...]

Review: Mia the Magnificent by Eileen Boggess

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Title: Mia the Magnificent: The Mia Fullerton Series Author: Eileen Boggess Genre/Pages: YA*/161 Publication: Bancroft Press; January 4, 2010 Rating: 1.5 BOOKMARKS Source: Review copy courtesy of Harrison at Bancroft Press 16-year-old Mia Fullerton faces all sorts of challenges in sophomore year, and if she can make it through unscathed, it will be a miracle. Mia the [...]