Perfect for the child that is just about to enter school, and just in time for school to start with a release date of September 1, 2011, Back-to-School Rules by Laurie Friedman is an adorable read. While most back-to-school books focus on what to do, this children’s picture book takes the opposite approach and teaches children what not to do. The main character, Percy Isaac Gifford, is more than happy to share his wisdom with your children, which he imparts by giving ten simple things every child should know not …

Everyone knows the story of Red Riding Hood. It is a story that is told and has been told through the ages. Honestly, Red Riding Hood was Rotten by Trisha Speed Shaskan is a children’s picture book, being released August of 2011, that retells the story of Red Riding Hood. Part of The Other Side of the Story Series, and published by Capstone Publishers, it is told from the Wolf’s point-of-view. I picked up this book because I love these types of stories, fairy tales, folk tales, and fables, rewritten …

Okay, ladies! Get ready to think hard and leave a video-reply! I am very curious about what everyone thinks about audio books?!?!? Do you love ‘em, hate ‘em? Why or why not? What is your favorite audio book?
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Say whaaaa?! Yeah, it’s true! You’ll soon be able to enter for a chance to win a trip to the set of The Hunger Games! Here are the details from ET Online:
On Friday, June 24, 2011 at 12:01AM Eastern, Lionsgate will launch “The Win A Trip To The Set Of The Hunger Games Sweepstakes” on the film’s Facebook page. By pressing “like” on the Facebook page and following the instructions provided, fans can complete the sweepstakes entry form for an entry into the contest. Fans can gain additional entries by …

I am pulling out all of the stops for Kelly’s challenge! I thought it would be fun to have her read STEAMPUNK! You know you want to as well! So she is reading…

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It is a rare thing when I finish a book and immediately want to read it again. There is only a short list of these books from my entire lifetime so far. The list includes Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables, George Orwell’s 1984, Christopher Paul Curtis’s The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963, Lois Lowry’s Gathering Blue, Laurie Halse Anderson’s Fever 1793, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Series, a few others, and, now, Myra McEntire’s Hourglass.
I finished Hourglass a couple of days ago, and I have been wondering how to put …

Okay, Stefanie…Here’s the book I selected for you! Enjoy…

So many questions have been thrown out there, and this is my attempt to answer them all! AND…I have added a couple of my own as well.  I really would love to hear what our readers think about these same questions too. What are YOUR answers to the same questions we are asking each other?? Comment and let us know!

This week’s challenge resulted in a few more challenges coming back to me than I was expecting…

I decided that the closest thing I’ve read to a modernized fairy tale is The Iron Fey Series by Julie Kagawa.
The people I would want to interview  are Lee Pace and Bill Condon.
I didn’t read much until I was in college, and even then it was mainly classics!

Krystal, I bestow upon thee thy reading challenge. (That sentence will make sense once you’ve watched the video. Well, it should anyway. )