Gidwitz, A.  (2012).   In a Glass Grimmly.   New York:  Dutton Children's Books. 314 pages. Appetizer:   In the companion to A Ta...

Johnson, M.  (2013).   The Madness Underneath.   New York:  G.P. Putnam's Sons. 290 pages. Appetizer:   After the traumas she expe...

Viorst, J., & Smith, L.  (2012).   Lulu Walks the Dogs .  New York:  Atheneum Books for Young Readers. 144 pages. Appetizer:   Lu...

Telgemeier, R.  (2012).   Drama.   New York:  Scholastic. 233 pages. So, after getting stranded in reading In Darkness  for months an...

Lake, N.  (2012).   In Darkness.   New York:  Bloomsbury. 337 pages. I'm not gonna lie, ya'll.  I got stuck in this book.  Lik...

Quick, M.  (2011).   Boy 21 .  New York:  Little, Brown and Company. 250 pages. Appetizer:   Finley doesn't say much.  The two...

Johnson, J.J.  (2011).   The Theory of Everything .  Atlanta: Peachtree. 334 pages. Appetizer:   To say sophomore Sarah Smith is go...

Andrews, J.  (2012).   Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl .  New York:  Abrams. 295 pages. Appetizer:   Greg Gaines has a difficult goal of ...

Garcia, K. and Stohl, M.  (2009).   Beautiful Creatures .   Boston:  Little Brown and Company. 563 pages. Appetizer:   Ethan Wate wants ...

Miller, K.  (2010).   The Eternal Ones .  New York:  Razorbill. 411 pages. Appetizer:   Seventeen-year-old Haven Moore is haunted by d...

Taylor, L.  (2012).   Days of Blood & Starlight.   New York:  Little, Brown, and Company. 513 pages. Appetizer:   After the events...

To welcome in the new year, the finalists for the 2012 Cybils Awards have been announced. I'll be helping to select the winner in ...

Brody, J.  (2010).   The Karma Club .  New York:  Farrar Straus Giroux. 258 pages. Appetizer:   It all begins when seventeen-year-ol...

A few days ago, I had some visiters enjoy brunch right outside my bedroom window at my parents' house: I hope...

Green, J., Johnson, M., & Myracle, L.  (2008).   Let It Snow .  New York:  Speak. 352 pages. Appetizer:   In three interconnected ...