by Michelle | May 20, 2007 | Graphic Novels, YA
If you’re a fan of James Bond, you’ll love Alex Rider. Sure, he may only be fourteen, but he knows his way around a karate kick and a Portuguese Man-of-War. Complete with gadgets – zit cream that can eat through eight inches of metal, anyone? –...
by Michelle | May 10, 2007 | Patron Recommendations
A patron recommends… Dorothy Garlock’s River Rising: “A light, entertaining story.”
by Michelle | May 5, 2007 | Fantasy, Fiction
One day, ta and inkonvellum discovered that they were reading the same book: Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass. Several days of rather, er, interesting discussions ensued. A sample: inkonvellum: “I don’t know if I like the bear. He’s kinda...
by Michelle | Apr 22, 2007 | Fiction, Non-fiction
jmcg is a staff member who, with insistent prompting from ta and inkonvellum, will hopefully be providing more recommendations for Read This! She may even be tempted to write a profile! But for now, this is what she’s got for you… Television Without Pity:...
by Michelle | Apr 17, 2007 | YA
“I am concussed.”* I was so pleasantly surprised by John Green’s Looking for Alaska that I became concussed. Okay, so that’s not entirely true – I was surprised by just how much I enjoyed this novel, but I wasn’t the one concussed;...
