Crosspost: New to Me--The Cat Ate My Gymsuit

This month at The Hub, I talk about Paula Danziger's first book: The Cat Ate My Gymsuit.  Hope you enjoy this New to Me pick!

Crosspost: New to Me--Alanna: The First Adventure

I missed posting this sooner, but my New to Me post for March is up at the YALSA Hub.  I talk about reading Alanna: The First Adventure, and whether older fantasy novels suffer from the same issues as realistic fiction. 

Crosspost: New to Me--Seventeenth Summer

Now that the work on the Printz Award is done, my New to Me posts have returned!  They're now featured on The Hub, YALSA's new home for teen reading.  Visit the site to see my latest column on Seventeenth Summer.

Crosspost: New to Me: Gentlehands

So what would you do if you found out your grandfather had been a Nazi officer? That's the dilemma faced by Buddy Boyle in M.E. Kerr's Gentlehands: this month on the YALSA blog!

Crosspost: New to Me: A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

Another month, another New to Me at the YALSA blog! This month, I read A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich.

Crosspost: New to Me: A Summer to Die

It's time for a (belated) New to Me post at the YALSA blog! Check out my thoughts on A Summer to Die.

Although I'm a big fan of the original cover of this novel . . .



I have to admit that I love the paperback reissue's cover.

Crosspost: New to Me: Flowers in the Attic

January's New to Me is Flowers in the Attic. Head over to the YALSA Blog to see my take on this "classic".

As a side note . . . many of us are familiar with the traditional V.C. Andrews cover style. But check out these two new covers!

This one gets what I've called "The Twilight Treatment".



And this one . . . is it just me, or does it look like a standard romance novel?

Crosspost: New to Me: Beauty

Another month, another New to Me post at the YALSA blog! Find out what I thought about Robin McKinley's Beauty.

All my posts at the YALSA blog

Crosspost: New to Me: Annie on My Mind

Another month, another New to Me feature at the YALSA blog! October's book is Annie on My Mind.

Crosspost: New to Me: I Am the Cheese

In retrospect, this is a really creepy cover. But it's suitable for a really creepy book.

My latest post at the YALSA blog is up: a discussion of I Am the Cheese.

Crosspost: New to Me: Summer of My German Soldier

I'm getting back to writing for the YALSA blog, so I'm happy to link to my latest offering: a post on Summer of My German Soldier. Hope you enjoy!

Crosspost: New to Me: Johnny Tremain

At the YALSA blog, the latest post in my "New to Me" series is up. In this review, I talk about that historical fiction classic Johnny Tremain.

Crosspost: New to Me: Forever . . .

I'm very excited about becoming a YALSA blogger, since the YALSA blog is full of great information for teen librarians or anyone interested in working with teens. Why not amble over to the YALSA blog and check out my first post?

New to Me: Forever . . .

Hope you enjoy it!