Posted Jun 21 2012 in Book Hungry, What I'm Reading
June’s Bookhungry pick was PARADISE by Judith McNaught and let met just say, WOW. I hadn’t read any of Judith’s work and so, had no idea what to expect. This is NOT light reading. It’s intense — emotionally, and physically simply because the book is so long. Here’s the summary: Ruthless corporate raider Matthew Farrell […]
Read More...Posted Jun 12 2012 in bad movies, Jersey Shore Shark Attack, Miscellany
I have a thing for bad science fiction – the cheesier the better. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!? You betcha. Mars Attacks! Oh, yeah. Until Saturday, my favorite Cheesiest Movie of All Time was Megapython vs. Gatoroid, a SyFy original movie starring Tiffany and Debbie Gibson. Best line: “I think we’re alone now.” “There doesn’t […]
Read More...Posted May 31 2012 in author, bullying, cyber-bullying, fiction, Patty Blount, social networking, teens, YA
So… one of my Book Hungry friends – the READING MACHINE Karla Nellenbach, suggested I do an ARC Tour of SEND. What the $%&*!@ is an ARC Tour? Glad you asked. Here’s how it works. If you can’t wait to get your hands on the actual physical ARC of SEND pictured here, email me your […]
Read More...Posted May 23 2012 in Miscellany
Please head over to the Teen Librarian’s Toolbox and check out my guest post in which I discuss how Dan came to be, how I nearly lost my oldest son to suicide and why I now listen to the voices in my head.
Read More...Posted Apr 18 2012 in Miscellany
On Saturday, April 14, 2012, we said goodbye to our mother, Marie, after a heartbreaking battle with stage 4 breast cancer. We knew death was imminent; she had been admitted to hospice just a few days earlier and her decline wasn’t just rapid, it broke records. When the medical staff felt we had mere hours […]
Read More...Posted Mar 30 2012 in author, bullying, cyber-bullying, Dan's Blog, fiction, Patty Blount, Send, suicide, teens, violence, YA
SQUEE! ! ! ! Please forgive the abuse of exclamation points but SEND HAS A COVER AND IT’S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING EVAH! Behold… Do you love it?!? Tell me you love it. Lie to me if you must. It’s really happening. My precious is A REAL BOOK! *happy dance* I um… *coughs*… went a […]
Read More...Posted Mar 29 2012 in fiction, Lucky Seven, social networking
Claire Legrand, author of The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls (August, 2012), started a game of author tag. Here are the rules: If you’re tagged, you have to do the following: Go to page 7 or 77 in your current manuscript Go to line 7 Copy down the next seven lines/sentences as they are […]
Read More...Posted Mar 29 2012 in Book Hungry, dystopian, Hunger Games, Miscellany, movie, teens, violence
My Bookhungry book club formed over a year ago around The Hunger Games book – in fact, it was our first book review. So, what better tribute (ha ha, pun intended) than to review the movie? Warning! Spoilers ahead. We saw the movie during its opening weekend and discussed it. I took my son even […]
Read More...Posted Mar 9 2012 in author, Compelling Stories, Patty Blount, social networking, Twitter
In the wake of the Franzen frenzy about Twitter this week, I thought I’d write this homage. Out of all the social networks, Twitter has a special place in my heart for helping me achieve a life-long dream. Twitter made me an author. Here’s how it happened. Back in 2009, a new boss encouraged us […]
Read More...Posted Feb 23 2012 in book club, Book Hungry, fiction, teens, What I'm Reading, YA
This month, Bookhungry chose Veronica Roth’s DIVERGENT four – er, I mean for our discussion. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, the first in a series I’m enormously excited to finish. Before my review, let me first summarize the plot. Beatrice Prior is sixteen years old. She and her brother, Caleb, are just eleven months apart, […]
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