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Cindy Pon at the LA Times Festival of Books
Posted on May 3, 2011 | No CommentsCindy Pon battled her way through LA traffic to attend the LA Times Festival of Books, and not only did she brave the crowds, she even let me drag her […] -
Worlds Beyond Imagination, from the LA Times Festival of Books
Posted on May 2, 2011 | 4 CommentsThree finalists for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult literature – Jonathan Stroud, author of The Ring of Solomon, Megan Whalen Turner, author of A Conspiracy of Kings […] -
Dangerous Histories, from the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Posted on May 1, 2011 | No CommentsAnyone who says people don’t read anymore clearly has never sat in the traffic snarl that annually surrounds the LA Times Festival of Books. Even the lines for public transpo […] -
The Visconti House by Elsbeth Edgar – Review
Posted on April 27, 2011 | 4 CommentsBook Jacket: Laura Horton is different. Not in any noticeable, first-glance kind of way; but inside, she’s equally uncomfortable around the snippy girls in her class and the strange boy, […] -
Warrior (aka Doppelganger) by Marie Brennan – Review
Posted on April 25, 2011 | No CommentsBook Jacket: When a witch is born, a doppelganger is created. For the witch to master her powers, the twin must be killed. But what happens when the doppelganger survives? […] -
Lemonade Mouth by Mark Peter Hughes – Review
Posted on April 21, 2011 | 3 CommentsBook Jacket: Poets. Geniuses. Revolutionaries. The members of the legendary band Lemonade Mouth have been called all of these things. But until now, nobody’s known the inside story of how […] -
Richelle Mead on the end of Vampire Academy and the beginning of Bloodlines
Posted on April 19, 2011 | 2 CommentsRichelle Mead was kind enough to let me steal her away for a quick interview during the Romantic Times convention in Los Angeles – she even braved the gale force […] -
Shine by Lauren Myracle – Advance Review
Posted on April 18, 2011 | 2 CommentsBook Jacket: When Patrick is found strung to the pump of the local gas station, sixteen-year-old Cat emerges from her self-imposed exile to avenge the horrors inflicted on her former […] -
World Building in Urban Fantasy – RT Convention 2011
Posted on April 13, 2011 | No Comments(from upper left) Kelley Armstrong, Diana Rowland, Jaye Wells, Rachel Vincent A panel of bestselling urban fantasy authors discuss how they go about creating and managing their Urban Fantasy worlds, […]