Please welcome Amanda Moyer, my guest blogger for a review of Kara Linaburg's suspenseful novel, A STUDY IN TERMINAL (Monarch Educational Services, June 2022). REVIEWA Study in Terminal by Kara Linaburg is a young adult novel telling the story of Sean Brogan, a young man trying to face the demons of his past that have haunted his… Continue reading A STUDY IN TERMINAL: A YA THRILLER BY KARA LINABURG
Congratulations to Connie Saunders who won THE LITTLE THIEVES audio book from last week's blog and to Rosi Hollinbeck who won DIVA DELORES AND THE OPERA HOUSE MOUSE. ***** Tourette (too-RET) syndrome: a disorder that involves repetitive movements or unwanted… Continue reading LIST OF TEN: A YA Book Review and TWO Autographed Giveaways!
Congratulations to Linda Phillips who won an autographed copy of BE LIGHT LIKE A BIRD on last week's blog. Several years ago I bought Karen Harrington's book, SURE SIGNS OF CRAZY (Little Brown Books, 2013) at a SCBWI conference. As my bookshelves fill up with newer books, sometimes older ones take a back seat. Deciding it was… Continue reading Sure Signs of Crazy: A Review and Autographed Giveaway!
In my last post you read the backstory about Kathleen Burkinshaw's middle grade book, The Last Cherry Blossom. Now, here's the review...but be warned, I'm including a spoiler alert! Fears and Mysteries Twelve-year-old Yuriko has become accustomed to daily air raid drills and the sounds of American B-29's flying over Hiroshima. But even though the sounds are… Continue reading The Last Cherry Blossom: Review and ARC Giveaway