"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." -Jorge Luis Borges Yesterday was Library Snapshot Day . Unf...

Support Teen Lit Day: April 14, 2011.    (Sponsored by Readergirlz ) Here's how: 1.  Copy the bookplate below and paste/tape it in a...

Broke and Booksih Books I think would make awesome movies. OK!  I admit that I read a whole lot more than I watch movies so I may actua...

Sadly, my Spring Break "Staycation" is nearly over. It will officially end at 5:30 AM PDT tomorrow when I rise to start another ...

What are the proper uses of literary conventions? Let's talk a minute about the use of literary conventions, shall we?  Why do we us...

When slavery has torn apart one's heritage, when the past is more real than the present, when the rage of a dead baby can literally r...

A Few More Pages First lines from The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath: It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosen...

I just completed another of Amanda Grange's books, Mr. Knightley's Diary , a retelling of Jane Austen's Emma .  I had fully in...

I have a very smug feeling right now that something very magical and extraordinary has just happened to me. All of the sudden I am on the ...

Sheila at Book Journey I'm on my Bookish Spring Break Staycation right now.  I have lots of books that I am reading and previewing, s...