BWB Review: Touched by an Alien

Title: Touched by an Alien Author: Gini Koch Page Count: 389 pages Publisher: DAW Genre: science fiction, paranormal romance Copy for review was from my personal library 50 words or less: Who knew that stabbing a raging lunatic with a pen would turn Katherine Katt’s life upside down? Now instead of being a marketing manager, she’s […]

BWB Review: Hex Hall

Title: Hex Hall Author: Rachel Hawkins Page Count: 323 pages Publisher: Disney Hyperion Books Genre: young adult, fantasy Copy for review compliments of the public library 50 words or less: Sophie is a witch, and not very good at witchery, which lands her at Hecate, a reform school for supernatural teens who lack self control. Sophie […]

Illustrated Friday: Monsters Don’t Eat Broccoli

Illustrated Friday is here! This week’s offering is a book that has the kids in my class absolutely mesmerized. We’ve read this book at least a dozen times, and every single person who’s come into my room in the last week or so has read it to the group. Monsters Don’t Eat Broccoli by Barbara Jean […]

Review: Midnight Awakening

Title: Midnight Awakening Author: Lara Adrian Page Count: 369 pages Publisher: Dell Genre: paranormal romance Review copy was one I owned already 50 words or less: Tegan and Elise are both reeling from the deaths of loved ones and vengeance is all that’s pulling them through. That’s no way to live though, as they both discover […]

Review: The Big Over Easy

Title: The Big Over Easy Author: Jasper Fforde Page Count: 383 pages Publisher: Penguin Genre: Fiction, for lack of a better description 50 words or less: Mary Mary is assigned to work with Jack Spratt solving crimes for the Nursery Crimes Division. She thinks it’s a crap job; he’s made it his life’s work. When the […]