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Criminal, by Terra Elan McVoy (book review by guest blogger Alison Law) –...
It’s guest blogger day on Blogathon 2013, so let’s welcome “Southern Spines” blogger Alison Law to BooksYALove! She’s bringing us a quick peek into Terra Elan McVoy’s newest book, Criminal (which is...
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Spy School, by Stuart Gibbs (book review) – secret agents, wannabe agents,...
Planning ideal future career, Investigating opportunities, Tripping over both feet - CIA material or not? Ask kids what they want to be when they grow up, and they’ll give a list of amazing, exciting...
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Magic visions, compelling stories – this week’s SYNC audiobook features
Hurry to download this week’s free audiobooks from SYNC by June 19th, and dive into two different worlds of magical visions. Remember that although each week’s complete audiobooks are only available...
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A Corner of White, by Jaclyn Moriarty (book review) – barrier between worlds...
Colors so strong that they’re living entities, Skies so gray that they smother all cheerfulness, One white piece of paper forges a forbidden link between worlds. Elliot’s family and neighbors try to...
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Relish: My Life in the Kitchen, by Lucy Knisley (book review) – yummy graphic...
Mom the chef, Dad the gourmet, Lucy the adventurous eater (and secret junk food lover). Memoir, graphic novel, and best-of-best recipes for your delectation fill this yum-worthy tale of artist Lucy...
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Stealing Kevin’s Heart, by M. Scott Carter (book review) – accidental death,...
Goofing around on motorcycles, Just one split-second and everything changes, Best friend gone, how can life go on? The trauma of seeing his best friend killed in a motorcycle crash leaves Alex unable...
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The Immortal Von B., by M. Scott Carter (book review) – music, cloning, love,...
Ludwig von Beethoven, here, in the flesh, young and healthy! Impossible… except it’s true! Of course, Josie showed someone else Dad’s super-secure genetics lab when he told her not to. Of course, her...
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Anthem for Jackson Dawes, by Celia Grant (book review) – cancer, friendship,...
Cancer? Stuck in a pediatric ward? What 13-year-old wants any of that? When her friends don’t make the trip into London to visit her in the hospital, when the first clumps of her hair start falling out...
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Breakfast on Mars and 37 Other Delectable Essays (book review) – YA authors...
“Which five historical figures would you invite to dinner?” “Describe a time when you lied for a good reason.” Ah, the dreaded essay-writing assignment in school or for a contest or for college...
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Maid of Secrets, by Jennifer McGowan (book review) – spying for the Queen,...
World Wednesday takes us to the early days of Queen Elizabeth I’s court amid intrigue and international turmoil. Her Majesty is protected quite visibly by her trusted royal guards and oh-so-secretly by...
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SYNC audiobooks – humorous reads!
So, hopefully you’ve been downloading the free SYNC audiobook pair each week when I remind you. But are you secretly thinking, “audiobooks aren’t really reading”? Nay, my friends! Research has shown...
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Splintered, by A. G. Howard (book review) – Alyssa in Wonderland, forever?
“Off with her head!” Red Queen and White Queen, Wonderland was never as benign as the animated Disney movie version led us to believe! Even the newer movie of Alice’s return to Wonderland isn’t as...
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Nix Minus One, by Jill MacLean (book review) – save his sister, a dog, himself?
A dog, beaten and ignored. A girl, risking and reckless. A boy who must step out of his safe-place to save them… I lived in Newfoundland in early grade school (on a now-closed Air Force base), so I...
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Secret Ingredient, by Stewart Lewis (book review) – psychic to young chef:...
Two food-obsessed dads, One music-mad brother, The world’s best best friend, and a long-ignored question bubbling up, demanding an answer. Maybe the psychic’s unsought observation is true, and every...
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Funny you should ask – humorous fiction favorites
Searching for some light-hearted summer reading at your local library or independent bookstore? Take along this BooksYALove list of favorite funny books, and cool off with a good laugh! Click any title...
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A Girl Called Problem, by Katie Quirk (book review) – move our village,...
Move our whole village? School for all the children!! Leaving behind our memories and starting from scratch? In 1967, Tanzania was still “becoming” a single country after the merger of Tanganyika and...
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Will & Whit, by Laura Lee Gulledge (book review) – hurricane blackout, fears...
Let’s get this all straight: Will is a teen girl (full name Wilhemina), Whit is Hurricane Whitney striking inland Virginia, and this great graphic novel has heart written all over its black and white...
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Bubble World, by Carol Snow (book review) – virtual world, real love?
Parties, cute clothes! More friend-time, less classwork. Perfect world – or total illusion? Freesia’s parents think she’s getting the best education available (and have the big tuition bills to prove...
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Replica, by Jenna Black (book review) – clones, cops, and secrets
Executive Board members get memory backups regularly, Executive families scramble to marry into the Board, mere Employees do all the work, take all the risks, hide their own secrets… Don’t send me to...
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If I Ever Get Out of Here, by Eric Gansworth (book review) – rez life, the...
“Band on the Run” “Bohemian Rhapsody” “Live and Let Die” Music takes Lewis out of his tumbling-down house on the Tuscarora Reservation in the mid-1970s, where water comes from the pump outside and the...
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