Grave Mercy  by Robin LaFevers is set in the 1500s in Brittany when kings and queens, dukes and duchesses warred with each other over la...

Weather:   Cold and rainy. This is the miserable stuff that the Pacific NW is famous for.  Ugh. This past week:  I had a medical procedu...

Every Day by author David Levithan explores identity. What makes us what we are? It also addresses the old adage that love conquers all. ...

Emily and Jesse are an unlikely couple .  Jesse, a social misfit at school has been out of the closet since she was fourteen, is the daugh...

Remember the wonderful children's book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst? I thought of th...

Top Ten Tuesday ...Free Choice! Top Ten Oldies but Goodies that deserve a look or a reread. 1. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Do...

The theme of My Book of Life by Angel written in verse by Martine Leavitt is innocence lost. When Angel's mother dies of cancer her...

A reading funk plagued me the whole month of September. When my reading mojo finally returned in October I was able to finish a pile of book...

Sheila at  Book Journey Jen and Kellee at  Teach Mentor Textt Currently Reading: The Housekeeper and the Professor  by Yoko Og...

 2013 Mock Printz I rolled out Mock Printz at my school this week. So far 45 kids have signed up. Obviously, I need to purchase more co...