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Liz B's Favorite Books Read in 2010
- A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner. 2010
- All Unquiet Things by Anna Jarzab. 2010.
- Charles and Emma by Deborah Heiligman. 2009.
- Countdown by Deborah Wiles. 2010.
- Heist Society by Ally Carter. 2010
- Incarceron by Catherine Fisher. 2010
- One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia. 2010
- Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce. 2010
- The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan. 2010
- The Enemy by Charlie Higson. 2010
- The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood. 2010.
- The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey. 2009
- The Museum of Mary Child by Cassandra Golds. 2009
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Another Way to Launch a Review Unit - Yesterday in Mr. Gause’s third grade class, some incredible thinking was happening. This week we launched into reviews. Earlier in the week, he asked stude...1 hour ago
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Latest WTFckery: Book Bloggers Must Sign Contact to Review - I'm really starting to think 2012 may just be the year the world does end based on the drama (llama) in the first month of the year alone from the opinio...2 hours ago
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GIMME GIMME! Conferences, bloggers, and Bitterblue - Ok, first things first-- I am a book blogger. Many of my friends are book bloggers. Most book bloggers are lovely, nice people who don't throw punches ove...3 hours ago
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GIMME GIMME! Conferences, bloggers, and Bitterblue - Ok, first things first-- I am a book blogger. Many of my friends are book bloggers. Most book bloggers are lovely, nice people who don't throw punches ove...3 hours ago
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“Selfish is the Heart”, by Megan Hart - Pros: Not only were the characters extremely sympathetic, they were mature as well. Cons: Not all readers may appreciate some of the religious threads that...3 hours ago
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Out of the Darkness - Babylon 5: Legions of Fire: Out of the Darkness. Peter David. 2000. Del Rey. 266 pages. *Prologue: Hiller of the planet Mipas had always been an enthusias...4 hours ago
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Love and Leftovers by Sarah Tregay - Release Date: December 27, 2011 Author Info: Website | Facebook Publisher: HarperCollins Age Group: Young Adult Shelfability: Acquire Pages: 448 Format: ...4 hours ago
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Book Drive for Yara - Many/most bloggers by now have heard about Yara, but I wanted to add my voice to the group. Yara from Once Upon a Twilight, and one of the bloggers feature...4 hours ago
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Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake: MIchael Kaplan - Book: Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake Author: Michael Kaplan Illustrator: Stephane Jorisch Pages: 32 Age Range: 4-8 Who can resist a picture book about the ...5 hours ago
Author Blogs
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The Book of Life Podcast - So honored to be interviewed by Heidi Estrin on The Book of Life. Listen here!5 hours ago
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Cynsational News & Giveaways - Compiled by Cynthia Leitich Smith for Cynsations The Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature have been announced. In the Picture Book category, the...7 hours ago
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Fan Letter Friday - I love the spunk and hope and out-and-out charm of this letter, written by a student as if she were Hattie writing Charlie.7 hours ago
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February Book Lovin' - This year's Cybil's reading had the unexpected reaction of causing a bit of brain atrophy. I was reading frantically right up to the last day, and anxiou...12 hours ago
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Whipped Cream - a food poem/a dessert poem - Whipped Cream by Greg Pincus Whipped cream! Whipped cream! My, oh, my! Pile it, pile it, pile it high. In blobby mounds or nice and swirled, I don’t care,...13 hours ago
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blog hop give-away - Inspired Kathy emailed me and asked if I wanted to be part of a blog hop. I said, "Sure," because a blog hop sounded like a sock hop and I thought it might...15 hours ago
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Dear Blog, Forgive Me - Whoa. I totally missed Bonny Glen’s seventh anniversary. Seven years! Jiminy crickets! I meant to do something retrospectivey. I meant to do something, per...20 hours ago
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FOR THE BIRDS: THE LIFE OF ROGER TORY PETERSON - FOR THE BIRDS: THE LIFE OF ROGER TORY PETERSON, by Peggy Thomas, ill. by Laura Jacques (Calkins Creek/Boyds Mills Press 2011)(ages 8+). As a child, Roger ...22 hours ago
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2012 Tour: TX (Part 2) & CA - When we got to Austin in the evening, I took a cab downtown to meet up with a high school friend, and Carolyn went to bed. The next day, with a couple hour...23 hours ago
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The Essential Apostrophe and Gung Hei Fat Choy!!! - Some apostrophes are unnecessary, like these from the blog Apostrophe Abuse. . . [image: Photobucket] [image: Photobucket] [image: Photobucket] However, o...1 day ago
Publishers, Agents, & Editors, Oh My
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Ten Things We Did . . . : Review Haiku - WOW does she get teenage invincibility and dumbass moves right. *Ten Things We Did (And Probably Shouldn't Have)* by Lauren Myracle. Harper, 2011, 368 pag...10 hours ago
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Editorial Palavering: Martha Mihalick, Editor at Greenwillow Books / HarperColllins - (Second in an extremely occasional series of interviews with my editorial friends and colleagues.) *1. How did you come to be a children's books editor? W...1 day ago
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THE AWARDS SUGGESTION - I suggested this on my blog and now I'll do it here. We'll see how it goes. Here's my thought: What if a person could only win an honor or win ...2 days ago
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2011 in review - I've been terrible about blogging lately. But before we get too far into 2012, I thought I'd do a quick wrap-up of 2011. Not quite as detailed as my wrap-u...1 week ago
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Meanwhile, across the Pond - I'm watching a live stream of James Murdoch being questioned by members of Parliament in London, even as I write. (Thank you, Guardian newspaper.) I conti...2 months ago
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Happy Halloween from Flux - Halloween's a rather exciting time around Flux. As I slave away on the next series of podcasts (they're coming soon--promise), I thought I'd share a few co...2 years ago
Liz B's Favorite Books Read in 2009
- A Brief History of Montmaray by Michelle Cooper. 2009
- Ash by Malinda Lo. 2009
- Bad Kitty Gets a Bath by Nick Bruel. 2008
- Betsy and the Great World by Maud Hart Lovelace. 1952
- Carter Finally Gets It by Brent Crawford. 2009
- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. 2009
- Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose. 2009
- Columbine by Dave Cullen. 2009
- crazy beautiful by Lauren Baratz-Logsted. 2009
- Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter. 2009
- Flash Burnout by L.K. Madigan. 2009
- Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith. 2009
- Going Bovine by Libba Bray. 2009
- Liar by Justine Larbelestier. 2009
- Lips Touch by Laini Taylor. 2009
- My Life In France by Julia Child. 2006
- Neil Armstrong is My Uncle & Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me by Nan Marino. 2009.
- North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley. 2009
- Once Was Lost by Sara Zarr. 2009
- Only A Witch Can Fly by Alison McGhee. 2009
- Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles. 2009
- Shelf Discovery by Lizzie Skurnick. 2009
- Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater. 2009
- The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan. 2009
- The Everafter by Amy Huntley. 2009.
- The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacquelline Kelly. 2009
- The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan. 2009.
- The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook by Eleanor Davis. 2009
- The Sweet Life of Stella Madison by Lara M. Zeises. 2009
- The Treasure Map of Boys by E. Lockhart. 2009
- The Witch's Guide to Cooking With Children by Keith McGowan. 2009
- We Were Here by Matt De La Pena. 2009
- When Mike Kissed Emma by Christine Marciniak. 2009
- When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead. 2009
Liz B's Best Books 2007
- Alice in Sunderland by Bryan Talbot, 2007
- Beige by Cecil Castellucci, 2007
- Bloodsong by Melvin Burgess, 2007
- Cures for Heartbreak by Margo Rabb, 2007
- Daisy Kutter: The Last Train by Kazu Kibuishi, 2005
- Dramarama by E. Lockhart, 2007
- Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande, 2007
- Flora Segunda by Ysabeau S. Wilce, 2007
- Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich by Adam Rex, 2006
- Gilda Joyce: The Ladies of the Lake by Jennifer Allison, 2006
- Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz, 2007
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K.Rowling, 2007
- Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes, 1943
- Lessons From A Dead Girl by Jo Knowles, 2007
- Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer, 2006
- Long May She Reign by Ellen Emerson White, 2007
- Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan, 2007
- New Policeman, The by Kate Thompson, 2007
- Notes from the Teenage Underground by Simmone Howell, 2007
- Parrotfish by Ellen Wittlinger, 2007
- Professor's Daughter, The by Joann Sfar and Emmanuel Guibert, 2007
- Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr, 2007
- Talented Clementine, The by Sara Pennypacker, 2007
- Th1rteen R3asons Why by Jay Asher, 2007
- Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos by R.L. La Fevers, 2007
- World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks, 2006
Liz B's Best Books Of 2006
- Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1: The Pox Party, The by M.T. Anderson
- Babymouse: Rock Star by Jennifer L. Holm
- Book Thief, The by Markus Zusak
- brief chapter in my impossible life,a by Dana Reinhardt
- Caddy Ever After by Hilary McKay
- Case of the Missing Marquess, The: An Enola Holmes Mystery by Nancy Springer
- Cathy's Book: If Found Call (650) 266-8233
- Clay by David Almond
- Corbenic by Catherine Fisher
- Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda by J.P. Stassen
- Don't Let The Pigeon Stay Up Late by Mo Willems
- Dramacon Vol. 2 by Svetlana Chmakova
- Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
- Hugging The Rock by Susan Taylor Brown
- I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You by Ally Carter
- Kampung Boy by Lat
- Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City by Kirsten Miller
- King Dork by Frank Portman
- King of Attolia, The by Megan Whalen Turner
- Learning To Fly by Sebastian Meschenmoser
- Love Curse of the Rumbaughs, The by Jack Gantos
- Murder Of Bindy Mackenzie, The by Jaclyn Moriarty
- Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
- One White Wishing Stone by Doris K. Gayzagian, ill. by Kristina Swarner
- Penny From Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm
- Ptolemy's Gate by Jonathan Stroud
- Queen of Cool, The by Cecil Castellucci
- Rash by Pete Hautman
- Rules of Survival, The by Nancy Werlin
- Sir Thursday by Garth Nix
- Surrender by Sonya Hartnett
- Witch Catcher by Mary Downing Hahn
- Wolves by Emily Gravett
Liz B's Best Books of 2005
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- Book Report Network, The
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- Chronicle Books
- Daisyworld Press
- DC Comics
- Enchanted Lion Books
- Flux
- Graymalkin Media
- Harcourt Books
- HarperCollins
- Imaginator Press
- Kane/Miller Book Publishers
- Lee & Low Books
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Marshall Cavendish Children
- Quirk Books
- Raab Associates, Inc.
- Random House
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