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Archive for January, 2014
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The weekly web ramble (1/31)
Posted on January 31, 2014 | No CommentsLinks from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – The 2014 ALSC Media Award winners (Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, & more) – YALSA’s picks for top ten best in YA fiction (and here’s […] -
Beauty and the Beast – new trailer
Posted on January 29, 2014 | 1 CommentI can’t decide if this is fascinatingly stylized or just too over the top, but either way I find it rather hypnotic… Beauty and the Beast aka Belle et La […] -
The Fault in Our Stars – trailer
Posted on January 29, 2014 | No CommentsOh boy, I’m already getting choked up at just the trailer – we’re just all going to have to pretend to not notice each other sobbing in the theater… The […] -
Maleficent – new trailer
Posted on January 27, 2014 | 1 CommentLove the creepy “Once Upon a Dream” cover (by Lana Del Rey), and casting Angelina Jolie as the Evil Enchantress was truly a stroke of genius – but I still […] -
Birthright (Darkest Fear #1) by Cate Tiernan – Review
Posted on January 24, 2014 | 3 CommentsBook Jacket: Vivi has known the truth about her family – and herself – since she was thirteen. But that doesn’t mean she’s accepted it. Being Haguari isn’t something she […] -
The weekly web ramble (1/24)
Posted on January 24, 2014 | No CommentsLinks from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – What fictional city should you actually live in? (Buzzfeed has the answer!) – 12 fascinating facts about famous literature – The […] -
Sheila Turnage talks Tupelo Landing
Posted on January 23, 2014 | 1 CommentSheila Turnage’s Three Times Lucky was a book that made me laugh out loud, repeatedly, and was easily one of my favorite reads of 2012 – and given that it was […] -
The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley – Review
Posted on January 22, 2014 | No CommentsBook Jacket: On a spring morning in 1951, eleven-year-old chemist and aspiring detective Flavia de Luce gathers with her family at the railway station, awaiting the return of her long-lost […] -
The weekly web ramble (1/17)
Posted on January 17, 2014 | No CommentsLinks from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – The 2014 Edgar award nominees – 40 book-to-move adaptations coming our way in 2014 – Book Riot has a preview of […] -
The Boxtrolls – teaser
Posted on January 14, 2014 | 2 CommentsSo it turns out Laika Studios – the company behind Coraline and ParaNorman – has a new stop-motion-animated film coming out this year. Who knew? The BoxTrolls hit theaters September 26.