The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson has been one of the most talked about books in the past couple of years, and was recently turned into a film in the US starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara. My book club read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in 2010. I felt the book ... Read More »
Cara Lockwood is giving one Literally Jen reader their choice of ANY book in the Bard Academy series. Choose from Wuthering High, The Scarlet Letterman, Moby Clique, or her December 2011 e-book release of A Tale of Two Proms. IMPORTANT: To enter, please visit my Facebook page for the Rafflecopter entry form; my site is hosted ... Read More »
I wanted to read debut YA author Alexandra Monir’s Timeless before I even really knew what it was about; I was enchanted by the cover art (it wraps around to the back of the book, so you’ll definitely want to see it in person), which tells a story in itself with the help of these ... Read More »
I obsessively watch the Event Calendar on the King’s English website so I can plan ahead for which signings I might want to go to. The calendar is currently updated through February, and it’s always likely that King’s English could add a few more events to the calendar. Right now there are two in January ... Read More »
Have you enjoyed this week’s reviews on Cara Lockwood’s Bard Academy series? I certainly hope so! I’ve loved getting to know these characters all over again–and most importantly, finally getting to read that last book in the series. But will it really be the last? Well, that all depends on you guys. I’d like to extend ... Read More »
Miranda Tate’s junior year at Bard Academy is about to get even more interesting than ghosts for teachers and fictional characters from literature coming to life when her younger sister, Lindsay, angers their father and gets herself sent off to Bard Academy. Miranda knows that Parker Rodham is trouble, but Lindsay immediately latches on to ... Read More »
Miranda Tate is back at Bard Academy in The Scarlet Letterman, the second book in Cara Lockwood’s paranormal YA series. Miranda is over the moon that she is Ryan Kent’s new girlfriend, but Parker is stepping up her game and coming up with ways to wedge herself in between the two new lovebirds. A new ... Read More »
Over a year ago, I made the switch from reading solely paperbacks/hardcovers to using a Kindle. At just $79 for the most basic model, the Kindle will soon pay for itself in the savings you will accumulate from acquiring e-books. I also noticed that I read faster on the Kindle, and that it is super ... Read More »
Cara Lockwood’s first YA book, Wuthering High, has everything you could possibly want in a thoroughly entertaining read: humor, romance, mystery, suspense, a strange boarding school on an island–and did I mention ghosts? 15-year-old Miranda Tate gets shipped off to Bard Academy, a boarding school for troubled and misguided kids, after she crashes her dad’s ... Read More »
Before I gave birth to my daughter, I worked at Barnes & Noble. For a book addict like me, that’s a very dangerous job to have! My husband swears that most of my paychecks went right back to Barnes & Noble for books or treats from the café. Though my position was the Head Cashier, ... Read More »
