It's the FINAL day of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader, Not A Wr...
It's the FINAL day of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader, Not A Writer. To find more blogs participating click on the names of the blogs.
It's also the FINAL day to fill this form to win a book from this week!
For my final post we're going to dive into the wonderful world that the lovely Suzanne Collins has created, The Hunger Games.
Friday's Five is a new meme hosted by Steph over a Steph's Stacks . It's the time of the week where five of your favorite b...
Friday's Five is a new meme hosted by Steph over a Steph's Stacks. It's the time of the week where five of your favorite books are featured and given some love!
Last week we fell in love with John Green all over again, this week's list is a sample of some of the books that shaped me.
Welcome to day three of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and tp://iamareadernotawriter.b...
Welcome to day three of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and
tp://iamareadernotawriter.blogspot.com/2011/07/announcing-banned-books-week-giveaway.html">I'm A Reader, Not A Writer. To find more blogs participating click on the names of the blogs.
Today is another series day! The Internet Girls series (ttyl, ttfn, and l8tr, g8tr) by the wonderful Lauren Myracle!
Here's a quick little summary of the first in the series, ttyl:
Welcome to day six of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader, Not A Writer....
Welcome to day six of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader, Not A Writer. To find more blogs participating click on the names of the blogs.
Today we're going more of the way of biography, with Suzanna Kaysen's wonderful memoir, Girl, Interrupted.
Welcome back to Waiting on Wednesday! "Waiting On" Wednesday is an awesome meme hosted by Breaking the Spine ! This week you...
Welcome back to Waiting on Wednesday! "Waiting On" Wednesday is an awesome meme hosted by Breaking the Spine!
This week you are getting a double dose of Maureen Johnson! For she is also on my Banned Book Week Hop post for The Bermudez Triangle. But that is neither here or there on this post! This post is to rejoice in the fact that she has a new book out and that book is The Name of the Star!
So it's day five of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader, Not A Writer. ...
So it's day five of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader, Not A Writer. To find more blogs participating click on the names of the blogs.
Only three days left, remember that there's an awesome giveaway going on right now if you click here.
Hey! Welcome back! It's day four of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader...
Hey! Welcome back! It's day four of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader, Not A Writer. To find more blogs participating click on the names of the blogs.
Today's book is one of my favorite and completly changed me when I read it in middle school forever ago. It's Lois Lowry's The Giver.
Jonas's world is
perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear or pain.
There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the Community.
When Jonas turns twelve, he is singled out to receive special training
from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and
pleasure of life. Now, it is time for Jonas to receive the truth. There
is no turning back.
In the
Denver-area case, Mark S. Hanson argued the book, read aloud in his
11-year-old daughter's class, was dangerous because of its portrayal of
suicide, euthanasia and infanticide in a neutral to positive light.
He thought that was especially bad in a state with the nation's
fifth-highest suicide rate and in the same school district as Columbine
High School. Although parents are required to be notified when
controversial materials are used in classrooms, Hanson said he was not
notified about The Giver because it was approved in 1994.
"A lot has changed in our community and some things should be re-evaluated," Hanson said.
He read the book after his daughter told him about the chapter in
which the twin boy is killed. He said his daughter was upset, but he
declined to discuss details.
In the book, Jonas is upset when he discovers infanticide. But Hanson
does not think other examples in the book are as clear-cut, including
the ending when Jonas saves a baby and rides off into a snowstorm
without warm clothes.
Welcome to day three of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader, Not A Writer....
Welcome to day three of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader, Not A Writer. To find more blogs participating click on the names of the blogs.
And the book, or should I say books, of the day are, drum roll please, the Harry Potter series!
It's hard to believe that these wonderful books are banned and challenge everywhere because people can look past certain things and see what they truly are, well written books with meaning and structure. This doesn't just go for Harry Potter, but for all books that unfortunately get this cruel punishment.
Hey everybody! It's day two of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader, Not ...
Hey everybody! It's day two of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader, Not A Writer. To find more blogs participating click on the names of the blogs.
Today is the first day of the Banned Book Week Hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader, Not A Writer . ...
Today is the first day of the Banned Book Week Hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader, Not A Writer. To find more blogs participating click on the names of the blogs.
For those who are not aware of what Banned Book Week is, it is "an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Held during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted banning of books across the United States (from the ALA Website)."
During the next few days I'll be posting a few of my favorite banned books and a reader's choice at the end. Feel free to comment on how you feel about this issue!
ALSO! You have a chance to win one of the books that I'll be featuring!!
To enter the giveaway click here and fill out the form!
First book of the week: Looking for Alaska by John Green
Welcome back to Shelf Candy Saturday!!!!! Again, as always, this wonderful meme is hosted by that awesome mother-daughter duo over at Fi...
Welcome back to Shelf Candy Saturday!!!!! Again, as always, this wonderful meme is hosted by that awesome mother-daughter duo over at Five Alarm Book Reviews!
This week we're going simple and mysterious with the wonderful Augsten Burrough's "A Wolf at the Table".
So I was given this award by the lovely Zareen (a.k.a Taco) over at Reach for the Stars...and the Books awhile back and I honestly don'...
So I was given this award by the lovely Zareen (a.k.a Taco) over at Reach for the Stars...and the Books awhile back and I honestly don't know why I have delayed displaying it til now. I really am honored that she chose me for this. Zareen is one of my awesome blogger friends and I don't know what I'd do without her support!
The Liebster Blog Award was reputedly started in Germany. The award was created to give recognition to hard-working bloggers with less than 200 followers. You receive this award from a fellow blogger that feels your blog is both worthy & important to them. Once you receive the award, you should follow these rules of acceptance:
Friday's Five is a new meme hosted by Steph over a Steph's Stacks . It's the time of the week where five of your favorite b...
Friday's Five is a new meme hosted by Steph over a Steph's Stacks. It's the time of the week where five of your favorite books are featured and given some love!
If you know me, you know I LOVE John Green. So for my first Friday Five, or should I say four, I'll be featuring my four favorite stories by him (I'm doing all his novels because they are truly my favorites of them all)!
So welcome to my first Waiting on Wednesday post! "Waiting On" Wednesday is an awesome meme hosted by Breaking the Spine ! ...
So welcome to my first Waiting on Wednesday post! "Waiting On" Wednesday is an awesome meme hosted by Breaking the Spine!
So this week I can NOT wait for Marie Lu's first installment of the Legend series to come out!
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Hardcover:336 pages
Expected publication:
November 29th 2011
What was once the
western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually
at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the
Republic's wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy
being groomed for success in the Republic's highest military circles.
Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is the country's most wanted
criminal. But his motives may not be as malicious as they seem.
From
very different worlds, June and Day have no reason to cross paths -
until the day June's brother, Metias, is murdered and Day becomes the
prime suspect. Caught in the ultimate game of cat and mouse, Day is in a
race for his family's survival, while June seeks to avenge Metias's
death. But in a shocking turn of events, the two uncover the truth of
what has really brought them together, and the sinister lengths their
country will go to keep its secrets.
So Cassie has announced the winners of her Clockwork Prince ARC contest on her blog ! It ended up being a three way tie between a beautifull...
So Cassie has announced the winners of her Clockwork Prince ARC contest on her blog! It ended up being a three way tie between a beautifully animated trailer for CA, an Infernal Devices Monopoly that you can actually play!, and this guy:
His was my favorite!
To see the second place winners and runner ups head over to Cassie's blog!
ALSO! Cassie is now in the Tumblr world! So be sure to check out that as well!!
Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, three hundred years in the future. Never could she have known that her frozen slumber would come to an end fifty years too soon and that she would be thrust into the brave new world of a spaceship that lives by its own rules.
Amy quickly realizes that her awakening was no mere computer malfunction. Someone - one of the few thousand inhabitants of the spaceship - tried to kill her. And if Amy doesn't do something soon, her parents will be next.
Now, Amy must race to unlock Godspeed's hidden secrets. But out of her list of murder suspects, there's only one who matters: Elder, the future leader of the ship and the love she could never have seen coming
If you are like me, you have to read the book before the movie. I am a big supporter of this. If there is a movie that is based on a b...
If you are like me, you have to read the book before the movie. I am a big supporter of this. If there is a movie that is based on a book or something else, which is basically almost EVERYTHING out there now, I HAVE to see the original or read the book first. Majority of the time the book is better than the movie. In my experience there is only a very small percentage where it's the opposite, but a VERY small percentile.
Shelf Candy Saturday is a weekly meme hosted by Five Alarm Book Review , where you post any cover of a book that you like, new or old,...
Shelf Candy Saturday is a weekly meme hosted by Five Alarm Book Review, where you post any cover of a book that you like, new or old, and give a little shout out to the person who's designed that awesome cover that you like so much!
My Pick This Week:
The Illustrated Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronteand illustrated by the wonderful Dame Darcy. This newer variant of the beloved classic, is simply amazing! Dame Darcy's illustrations just enhance all that you feel during your reading of this already amazing book.
Cover Designer:
Dame Darcy is a world renowned illustrator and has done a lot of work in the comic world along side Alan Moore and her own comic Meat Cake
The Penguin Teen Facebook page finally released the book trailer for Maureen Johnson's latest novel, "The Name of the Star"....
The Penguin Teen Facebook page finally released the book trailer for Maureen Johnson's latest novel, "The Name of the Star".
I'm super excited that Maureen is starting a new series up. Though her light and endering former books are amazing in their own right, I SUPER excited that she is diving into a darker world. I can not wait to endulge myself into another one of Maureen's wonderful worlds!
“Must he be here?” Gabriel growled to Tessa the second time he had nearly dropped a knife while handing it to her. He put a hand on her...
“Must he be here?” Gabriel growled to Tessa the second time he had nearly dropped a knife while handing it to her. He put a hand on her shoulder, showing her the sight line for the target she was aiming at a black circle drawn on the wall. She knew how much he would rather she were aiming at Will.
As the website says: “The Man at the Counter” is a short film that tells the story of a young boy who spends the summer working at a cof...
As the website says:
“The Man at the Counter” is a short film that tells the story of a young boy who spends the summer working at a coffee shop in a small town. One day, an old man comes into the store and orders a tall coffee. He smiles, leaves a tip and winks, and heads for door. On his way out, the boy notices that the man pockets a handful of sugar packets. The following day, the old man does the same thing; orders his coffee, leaves a tip, and takes a bunch of sugar packets. As this pattern continues, the boy grows more and more frustrated in trying to solve the mystery of the stolen sugar packets. Finally, the boy confronts the old man, and when the answer isn’t at all what he expected, he is forced to deal with some of life’s most basic questions.
Just by the trailer, and a little more insight from the synopsis, "Counter" looks like it's going to be one of those great short films that will make you question your own self. I'm particularly excited about seeing this film, mainly because of the reemergence of Tom Everett Scott (That Thing You Do!; "I AM SPARTICUS!"). In addition to Scott's appearance, we are also re-introduced to Ian Hyland, whom many of you may know from the dramedy, Spanglish, as The Boy. It's nice to see him in a even more maturing role than in Spanglish.
To stay up to date or to show support for this seemingly amazing short, be sure to check out TheManAtTheCounter(dot)com, or follow them on Twitter.
It's always great to support great indie endeavors like this and I'm so glad to be in the know about this gem!
(Plus it's like a secret club, indie films, books, etc. And we all know secret clubs are fun!)
Hi lovely blog hoppers, or if you just happened across my lovely blog, welcome!! We're going on a fantastic underwater adventure t...
Hi lovely blog hoppers, or if you just happened across my lovely blog, welcome!! We're going on a fantastic underwater adventure today courtesy of the lovely Ishita of The Reading Fish!
So I have two offers for you today on my little bloggity blog for you in addition to the awesome read-a-thon goodies from Ishita and my fellow blogger on the hop!
Option #1: A Copy of "Siren" by Tricha Rayburn!
Option #2: A Copy of Disney's "The Little Mermaid" DVD
Kinda old school and not really a book per se, but who doesn't love that story?!
The winner will also get handmade bookmarks made by me!!
Thanks to everyone who participated! The winner has been contacted and notified. This has been a great experience all around with this blog hop! Stayed tuned for more giveaways/hops/and other fun things!
