Follow your favorite blogs!

Bloglovin' helps you follow the blogs you read by letting you know when they update.

Sign up »
Book Love
kdkbooklove.blogspot.com
56
A fabulous book blog for teen and young adult readers (teachers and librarians can peek, too). Visit Book Love for reviews, author highlights, journal reviews and other fun stuff!
#24160 in All , #56 in Literature

Book Love Plays Hooky!

Its spring break in Michigan, and this particular Book Lover is taking the week off. See you in 7!

01 apr 12

BOB: Round 2 - The Carnage

Oh, BOB Lovers... This Battle of the Kids Books is just not good for my heart! After the first rounds losses (Im still grieving Doug Swieteck), Round 2 came back and dealt yet another blow.What start...

29 mar 12

Stupid Fast

Stupid Fast by Geoff Herbach, Sourcebooks Fire, 2011, 320 pp, ISBN: 1402256302Recap:Felton Reinstein is fast. Stupid fast. Unfortunately, his best friend just moved to South America for the...

28 mar 12

Delirium

Delirium by Lauren Oliver, HarperCollins, 2011, 448 pp, ISBN: 0061726826Recap:"Love, it will kill you and save you, both."Hence, the reason why everyone eighteen and older has to submit ...

27 mar 12

Life: An Exploded Diagram

Life: An Exploded Diagram by Mal Peet, Candlewick, 2011, 416 pp, ISBN: 076365227XRecap:- Several generations of loveless (or at least romance-less) marriages- Star-crossed young lovers- The Cuba...

26 mar 12

Top 10 Reasons to Love Today

1. Babe Lincoln has been sleeping in his crib for naps for an entire week now. Wow. (Yes, hes almost 6 months old, but Im a snuggling enabler)2. Between Shades of Gray won the first match of Round 2 ...

25 mar 12

BOB: Round 1 - The Carnage

Well folks, the first round of the Battle of the Kids Books is over, but not without a few heartbreakers. I admit it... I got a little bit cocky about my BoB predictions. After the first 5 battl...

22 mar 12

Book Love Road Trips!

Guess what... Today is my first guest post ever! You can find me over at The OWL as a part of the March of Middle Grade. Hope you come say hi!image from here

19 mar 12

Okay for Now

Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt, Clarion Books, 2011, 368 pp, ISBN: 0547152604Recap:When Dougs dad loses his job, their family is forced to pick up and move to stupid Marysville. And moving is n...

18 mar 12

Mmmm... Not Lovin It

I am on a mission. A mission to review everything I read this year. Well... all of the YA and MG that I read. (Im sorry Sandra Boynton, Moo Baa La La La will not be seen here, even though we just rea...

16 mar 12

Dead End in Norvelt

Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2011, 352 pp, ISBN: 0374379939Recap: Jack Gantos is grounded for the summer. The whole summer. The only way that he can get o...

15 mar 12

The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale

The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale by Carmen Agra Deedy and Randall Wright, Peachtree Publishers, 2011, 256 pp, ISBN: 1561455954Recap:Skilley is a cat. Pip is a mouse. Both have a grea...

14 mar 12

Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition

Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition by Karen Blumenthal, Flash Point, 2011, 160 pp, ISBN: 159643449XRecap:Bootleg travels all the way back to the Pilgrims comin...

13 mar 12

Twas the Night Before BOB: Predictions

Twas the night before BOBAnd all through my homeFingers were crossed(I bet Im not alone)Sending up prayersThat the judges wont failAnd by that I meanThat my favs will prevailBetween Shades of Gray,Ak...

13 mar 12

Daughter of Smoke and Bone

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2011, 432 pp, ISBN: 0316134023Recap:Karous past is a mystery - even to herself. She has no idea where the hamsa...

11 mar 12

Anyas Ghost

Anyas Ghost by Vera Brosgol, First Second, 2011, 224 pp, ISBN: 1596437138Recap:Anya just wants to blend in. Shes lost her Russian accent, lost all kinds of weight, and is scrupulously sure to st...

10 mar 12

Are NIVs are the New Vampires?

No, not those NIVs! Im talking about Novels in Verse (henceforth to be referred to as NIVs).Last month I read three, and noticed in the comments that a lot of people are gaining interest in the genre...

09 mar 12

Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart

Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart by Candace Fleming, Schwartz and Wade, 2011, 128 pp, ISBN: 0375841989Recap:Amelia Lost traces both the life and the disappearance of one...

08 mar 12

The Fault in Our Stars

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Dutton Juvenile, 2012, 336 pp, ISBN: 0525478817Recap:Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters both have cancer. They meet in support group in the Literal H...

07 mar 12

Crossed

Crossed by Ally Condie, Dutton Juvenile, 2011, 367 pp, ISBN: 0525423656Recap:*Spoiler Alert* If you havent read Matched, you might want to stop now and take care of that!Cassia and Ky have both ...

06 mar 12

Um... Are These the Same Book?

So for the past few days Ive been reading Crossed at home and listening to Delirium in the car. And... Ive come to the conclusion that they are more or less the same book. Check out my nifty cha...

05 mar 12

Good Fortune

Good Fortune by Noni Carter, Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2010, 496 pp, ISBN: 1416984801Recap:Ayanna was taken from her home, from her mother, in Africa when she was only four yea...

05 mar 12

Reached: The Cover is Up!

Ta Daaaaaaaaa! The third cover for Ally Condies Matched trilogy.  I see this image and think "Revenge." Not so much Cassia... Then again, Ky did paint Cassia in a red dress at ...

04 mar 12

Wonderstruck

Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick, Scholastic Press, 2011, 608 pp, ISBN: 0545027896Recap:Two very separate lives, decades apart, become inextricably linked through the magic of howling wolves (not ...

03 mar 12

Prized

Prized: Birthmarked Book #2 by Caragh M. OBrien, Roaring Brook Press, 2011, 368 pp, ISBN: 1596435704Recap:The second book in the Birthmarked trilogy, Gaias story follows her escape from the Encl...

02 mar 12

March Madness and Book Battles!

March is coming in like a lion! This month is full of some crazy, exciting stuff and I do not mean NCAA brackets or The Bachelor finale (although both of those things are awesome, too).Crazy, excitin...

01 mar 12

My Month of More "Colorful" ; Reading

29 days ago, I challenged myself to read only books written by or about people of color. This challenge was partly inspired by Black History Month, and partly due to a realization that since leaving ...

29 feb 12

Under the Mesquite

Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall, Lee and Low Books, 2011, 224 pp, ISBN: 1600604293Recap:Lupita is the eldest daughter of eight siblings. When her mothers cancer wont stay in remiss...

28 feb 12

CMon Now, Are Girls in Pretty Dresses Really the Problem?

Lately Ive noticed lots of complaining about the plethora of covers featuring girls in fancy-schmancy dresses. And yes, those covers do get old after a while. (Except the dress on the cover of The Se...

27 feb 12

The Whole Story of Half a Girl

The Whole Story of Half a Girl by Veera Hiranandani, Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2012, 224 pp, ISBN: 0385741286Recap:Sonia is half Indian and half Jewish, but that has never really seemed...

26 feb 12

You are no longer following . Undo?