Trailer: A Wrinkle in Time's 50th Anniversary!

I had to post this fabulous trailer for Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time (50th Anniversary Edition) which is available today! Isn't it awesome?



How many of you haven't yet read A Wrinkle in Time? How many of you are going out to nab it this week after seeing the trailer?

Trailer Tuesday: Incarnate and The Alchemy of Forever

This week we have two books that feature immortality in their own unique ways. INCARNATE by Jodi Meadows follows Ana, a new soul born into a world where everyone else has been reincarnated for thousands of years. In THE ALCHEMY OF FOREVER, a potion allows you to "swap bodies" before you die, thus allowing you to live forever...if you do it right.

Enjoy!


Incarnate by Jodi Meadows
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Click here to read or write reviews for this book.





The Alchemy of Forever by Avery Williams
Release Date: January 3, 2012
Click here to write a review for this book.

The Busy Beaver

The busy but careless beaver spends his days following random impulses, rarely thinking things through and leaving in his wake a devastated forest filled with stumps, half-nibbled trees and injured, homeless animals. But then one day the beaver finds himself on the wrong side of a falling tree, which as it turns out, is just the thing to knock some sense into him. After reflecting on his behavior, he decides to make some changes. Soon, the now wiser and gentler beaver is getting down to the business of making things right, much to the delighted surprise of his forest friends.  To read more of my review, click here. 

Review: The Map of Me by Tami Lewis Brown

Is it grand theft auto if it’s your daddy’s truck? Is it kidnapping if she’s your sister? Is it even wrong if you’re chasing your runaway mother? In THE MAP OF ME, Margie never even pauses to ask these questions. As soon as she sees her mother’s note that says, “I have to go,” she grabs her annoying sister, Peep, her daddy’s keys, and hits the road. This wouldn’t be too shocking if Margie wasn’t twelve years old.

Click here to read my full review.

Eddie Gets Ready for School

Now that Eddie can get ready all by himself, his morning routine is anything but ordinary!  My boys and I laughed so hard at this book! Eddie is your typical little boy. He has a checklist for getting himself ready for school, which includes, waking up, and getting dressed. To read more of my review, click here.

Machines of the Future: Space Tourism

The final frontier is no longer the exclusive domain of professional astronauts. More and more, ordinary tourists are venturing into the great beyond. Written in a clear, kid-friendly style and accentuated with fun, detailed illustrations, Space Tourism gives readers an exciting overview of this burgeoning industry. To add context, there are simple explanations of the science behind space travel (such as a super description of how rockets work) and even direct quotes from space-tourism experts, who share realworld experiences and introduce easy experiments and activities (such as building a "gravity simulator" with cardboard and string).  To read more of my review, click here. 

The Call of the Cowboy

When the bear wants to spend the afternoon photographing birds, the exuberant cowboy inadvertently makes a nuisance of himself as he loudly chews bubble gum, hops on a pogo stick and slurps a pop. When the ninja just wants to read quietly, the cowboy is wildly distracting as he drums on rocks, bats a paddleball and gabs on his cell phone. The cowboy's boisterous mood prompts the ninja and the bear to drop their respective activities, leaving their pal alone to wonder why no one wants to be with him. Can he find the peace and quiet he needs to figure it out? To read more of my review, click here.

Review: Lie, by Caroline Bock

I don't know what I was expecting when I first started reading LIE. Obviously, not stories of fluffy kitties and puppies frolicking together in flower-covered meadows... but, I don't think that I was expecting such an intense story, either. It was a shock to the system, to say the very least.

To read the rest of this review, click here.

INCARNATE Theater Treasure Hunt

Welcome to the INCARNATE Theater Treasure Hunt!

This week, 48 bloggers are celebrating the release of INCARNATE by Jodi Meadows by participating in a treasure hunt with clues, activities, and lots of prizes including signed books and THE COOLEST handknit fingerless mitts made by Jodi herself.

You've reached a CLUE blog, which means somewhere on this page is a clue to finding the hidden page with a grand prize entry form on Jodi's website. Follow 26 clues to get there!

For more information on the INCARNATE Theater Treasure Hunt, check out Jodi's post.

For now, check out Jodi's mad knitting skills. She actually knitted Ana, the main character from INCARNATE. That kinda blows me away.

The knitting talent. It burns.

Like the Sylph in INCARNATE.

(For those who have no idea what I'm talking about right now, the answers are in the book!)

And now, please enjoy the Trailer of Awesome for INCARNATE. 

Thanks for stopping by during the INCARNATE Theater Treasure Hunt! Good luck!

My clue for the password is . . .

Fourth word: r
Remember, there are no spaces in this password!


Click here for more INCARNATE Theater Treasure Hunt fun:
Letters Inside Out
B's Book Blog!
Mon Palais

A Breath of Eyre

Emma Townsend feels like an outsider at her exclusive prep school.  Not even her childhood friend Gray makes her feel alive.  The only thing that does is reading.  Then she receives a leather-bound copy of the book Jane Eyre on her birthday and nothing is the same.  A Breath of Eyre is a romantic YA with paranormal elements.  If you love Austin, you'll love this book too.

Click here to read more

Mythbusters Science Fair Book

Taken straight off the hit show, Mythbusters, this book stocked full of science experiments is sure to please science lovers of all ages! This book is easy to follow and gives the experimenter step by step instructions to follow, along with explanations of how the experiments ends. To read more of my review, click here. 

Released This Week

Here are some of this week's Young Adult book releases. To learn more about each book, click on its cover art to be redirected to its page on Young Adult Books Central.

January 24, 2012

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Trapped on the D.C. Train! (Capital Mysteries #13)

Before this book, I had never read any book of the Captial Mysteries series. Boy, was I surprised at how fun they are! I actually read this book with my 6 year old and he absolutely loved it, and so did I. Marshall and KC are best friends and they are currently following the Vice President to her farm via train. KC is the president's stepdaughter, so that is why she and Marshall get this fun opportunity to follow the VP!   To read more of my review, click here. 

Review: Showoff by Gordon Korman

Gordon Korman’s Swindle team is back and in Showoff, they’ve gone to the dogs. When Luthor, the massive Doberman, destroys a dog show and injures a champion dog, his family faces a massive lawsuit and are forced to take him to the pound. Griffin and his friend Ben can’t let Luthor be left there—but the only way to keep the dog safe would be for him to win Best In Show at a national championship. Is it possible to do this before Luthor eats his competition?

Click here to read my full review.

The Berenstain Bears and the Easter Story

I really appreciate the fact that there are books out there that help make Jesus' death and resurrection easier for children to understand. This book does just that. It opens the door for family discussion, and even have discussion questions and activities in the back that the entire family can do together.   To read more of my review, click here.