Po(sey) Sessions

Things have been really overwhelming here.  I can’t believe it has taken me almost a month to announce the contest winner! I am really sorry about that.  This cold thing has really sent my mind for a loop and then once I started feeling better I was behind on so many things. I like this time of year.  There is an unpredictability in the weather and yet it is starting to be sunny enough that there are limitless possibilities on things to do.  This past week I was working at the elementary school book fair.  It was great recommending books to people. As I look out the window though, there is 6 inches of snow that showed up in the mid of night. On to the contest winners .  Our big winner was Barb V . and she emailed me saying she would like one of two books.  And I just checked the prices and if she still wants them she will be able to get both! Barb, I’d you to email me at mopmsmomut @ yahoo.com and confirm what books you want and we will continue th...

Starts: March 1 Ends: April 30 To enter: One must buy the book (ARCs do not count of course) and send proof (receipt, picture of book, etc.) to me at: Lauren51990 AT aol DOT com Book: Willow by Julia Hoban is not released until April 2, so if someone pre-orders the book in March, that will count, and if they go out and buy the book in April, that will count. Lauren - www.shootingstarsmag.blogspot.com PRIZES: Khy is giving away Does This Book Make Me Look Fat? http://www.freneticreader.blogspot.com/ Kelsey is giving away B&N ten dollar gift card in a cute felt penguin “bag” and some bookmarks.  http://justblindedbookreviews.blogspot.com Carrie will give Zombie Queen of Newbury High by Amanda Ashby http://carriesyabookshelf.blogspot.com Kelsey is giving Paisley Hanover Acts Out by Cameron Tuttle http://readingkeepsyousane.blogspot.com/ Alea is giving away Sherlock Holmes Volume 1. http://aleapopculture.blogspot.com/ Kristi is giving a 10 dol...

What’s great about Wednesday? Nothing exactly, except that I am attempting to blog again.  And about 7 hours later than I intended at that.  So, were you wondering if I feel off the face of the earth? Well, in a way, I did.  Or, at least, my mind did. My thoughts have been majorly absent as I have suffered through a case of what I fear to be The Consciousness Plague .  What’s that?  The Consciousness Plague is a book by Paul Levinson and involves a fairly nasty but seemingly run of the mill cold.  Well this cold I have had has been nothing but run of the mill, much like what the consciousness plague ends up being.  My brain has been fuzzy for over two weeks.  I have been able to attain the minimal amount of functionality.  This included mostly parenting duties and some reading. I am only 50 pages into The Consciousness Plague and I have been for a while.  I have really been enjoying the book, but have had a hard time finding ti...

I know I have been quiet for over a week AND that my contest has ended and I haven't announced the winner. I have been quite under the weather with the horrible cold/flu thing and can't must much of anything. There were TONS of entries into the contest and thanks to everyone who helped promote it. Unfortunately it will still be a few more days until you will be hearing about a winner. I also have to apologize to Kelly Parra for not getting the second part of her Writer's Studio post up. Look for that soon! I am also behind on all my review books and my feature YA author. Catherine Ryan Hyde's feature will be extending into next month! If there's anything else...email me!

So, I slept HORRIBLY last night. It just wasn’t good at all. Me and my two daughters were both up before sunrise and anyone who knows me understand that there is something seriously wrong with this situation. I am blaming the lack of worthwhile sleep on the fact that I did forget what day it was. Not the day exactly, but the DATE. Because what is today? February 10th, 2009? THE RELEASE DATE OF FADE !!!!!! So, you may have heard me mention Wake one or two times previously, considering IT WAS MY BEST YA BOOK OF 2008 . (You seriously NEED to read it. SERIOUSLY!) Since the moment I closed that back cover I have been waiting, and waiting, for this day. And it is here, and I am happy. (Well, not here at my house, but yeah, maybe someday, maybe someday soon, maybe not.) You want to know who else likely is pretty happy? LISA McMANN ! The ever wonderful author of these book. She wrote the first draft of Wake over 7 days, making her my current author hero to emulate as soon...

It seems that around the web we have all started to admit that is it okay to judge a book by it’s cover.  If you don’t recognize the author’s name, what other incentive do you have to pick up the book? The cover to This Is What I Want to Tell You definitely stands out.  This cover may be one of the most impactful ones I have ever seen.  Not only does it stick in your mind but it is easily describable to someone else. For me the cover is both scary and intriguing.  The idea of having my mouth covered with tape fills me with feelings of panic and claustrophobia. Yes, this person can easily breathe out of their nose.  But it still makes me freak out a little. The words This Is What I Want to Tell You only adds to the impact of the cover.  The title adds the mix of emotions that can be involved with holding information back.  You may feel that you forcibly need to hold the information back because it is so exciting or so shocking.  Or when the...

RADD = Reading Attention Deficit Disorder. Are you picking up new books even when you are enjoying what you are currently reading? Do you often forget which books you are in the middle of? Have you read more than 3 books in one day without completing any of them? Then you too may be a victim of RADD. What kind of treatment is there for this disorder? I have no idea!!! Last night I wanted to read some science fiction. Now that I am a fan it seems it is all I want to read. But the hard part is that my interest in science fiction is very specialized. And I am not even sure yet how to define it. I know that I am interested in dystopias and also I am interested in books that deal with technology in some way. But I am still in “try it” mode, to see which type of books I enjoy. Last night I tried A Great and Terrible Beauty , Thief of Souls , and Life As We Knew It . While they are all good and well written books, they just weren’t what I was looking for. The library has ...