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Scouting Archive
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Kendare Blake, from the LA Times Festival of Books
Posted on April 24, 2012 | 2 CommentsThe hilarious Kendare Blake graciously allowed me to whisk her away to a somewhat quiet corner of the USC campus during the LA Times Festival of Books to talk Anna, […] -
John Green, from the LA Times Festival of Books
Posted on April 23, 2012 | 2 CommentsWhen John Green (author of the much lauded, New York Times bestselling YA novel, The Fault in Our Stars) took the stage at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, the auditorium […] -
Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris – Advance Review
Posted on April 18, 2012 | 2 CommentsBook Jacket: Two days before the start of her junior year, seventeen-year-old Janelle Tenner is hit by a pickup truck and killed—as in blinding light, scenes of her life flashing […] -
The Girl in the Park by Mariah Fredericks – Advance Review
Posted on April 16, 2012 | 3 CommentsBook Jacket: When Wendy Geller’s body is found in Central Park after the night of a rager, newspaper headlines scream,”Death in the Park: Party Girl Found Strangled.” But shy Rain, […] -
Kill Me Softly by Sarah Cross – Review
Posted on April 12, 2012 | 2 CommentsBook Jacket: Mirabelle’s past is shrouded in secrecy, from her parents’ tragic deaths to her guardians’ half-truths about why she can’t return to her birthplace, Beau Rivage. Desperate to see […] -
Glamour in Glass by Mary Robinette Kowal – Review
Posted on April 10, 2012 | 1 CommentBook Jacket: Mary Robinette Kowal stunned readers with her charming first novel Shades of Milk and Honey, a loving tribute to the works of Jane Austen in a world where […] -
Scott Westerfeld on all things Uglies
Posted on April 5, 2012 | 2 CommentsWay back at Comic-con 2011, Scott Westerfeld graciously allowed me to corner him at the last possible moment – on the last day, after his last signing, literally minutes before […] -
Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen – Review
Posted on April 2, 2012 | 3 CommentsBook Jacket: Many readers know the tale of Robin Hood, but they will be swept away by this new version full of action, secrets, and romance. Posing as one of […] -
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers – Advance Review
Posted on March 28, 2012 | 2 CommentsBook Jacket: Why be the sheep, when you can be the wolf? Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. […] -
The Incorrigible Blog Tour: As Agatha Swanburne Once Said…
Posted on March 26, 2012 | No CommentsYou can often find Penelope Lumley, the plucky young governess of Maryrose Wood’s The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series, asking herself: What Would Agatha Swanburn Do? (Agatha Swanburne, of […]