I'm passing on an idea for a reading challenge this 2010 but I going to propose it with a twist. Here's the challenge as outlined b...

Hum? I have mixed feelings about this book. It is definitely not the lighthearted book that I expected. In fact it is really a fairly hea...

I just finished this memoir written by Nic Sheff a recovering meth addict. The first third of the book recounts, in great detail (too m...

The 2010 Printz Award Winner is: Going Bovine by Libba Bray "Sixteen year old slacker, Cameron, sets off on a madcap road trip ...

Tomorrow, at the end of its mid-winter meeting, the American Library Association announces the award books for books published in 2009. Alo...

A new year. A new challenge. Whitney at Youth Services Corner is presenting us with a wonderful reading challenge. For 2010 I will join ...

I love my job! This past Thursday I had one of the top five experiences of my long teaching career. Sixteen students met with me for over...

Later this week I will meet with a group of students from my school to hold our first ever Mock Printz Award Workshop. In preparation for ...

1. The Help by Kathryn Stockett 2. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery 3. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien 4. ...

In the manner of small coincidences I ended up reading and listening to these two books during the same time period and they both are stor...