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KICK by Walter Dean Myers and Ross Workman – REVIEW
Kevin Johnson got himself into trouble. He was caught in the middle of the night in a stolen car with a girl that had clearly been crying. When asked over and over what he was doing and why he stole...
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TIME FOR KIDS THAT’S INCREDIBLE: THE WORLD’S MOST UNBELIEVABLE FACTS &...
DID YOU KNOW??? In 1968, it was decided to scrape off the original paint on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, and repaint it. It took 27 years to finish the job. I think this is a...
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THE DESERTER by Peadar O Guilin – REVIEW
I was immediately drawn to this story when I read the synopsis, but it took me sitting down with it in my hands to figure out why. THE DESERTER is the sequel to THE INFERIOR, which I reviewed on the...
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SHATTER ME by Taherah Mafi – REVIEW
Juliette has been locked in a small cell completely alone for almost a year. Isolation is all she knows. For 264 days she has been silent. For 264 days she hasn’t touched anyone. 264 days without...
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DEATH CLOUD by Andrew Lane – REVIEW
Sherlock Holmes wasn’t always the great detective we know him as today. Once, he was a young teenage boy just learning the ways of the world. DEATH CLOUD is the first in a series of Young Sherlock...
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Q & A with Caragh O’Brien – Author of BIRTHMARKED and PRIZED
Today Karin’s Book Nook is thrilled to have a Q & A with Caragh O’Brien, the very talented author of BIRTHMARKED and PRIZED (Click on the titles to go to my reviews). 1. You mention on the “About...
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UNDER THE NEVER SKY by Veronica Rossi – REVIEW
Aria lives in Reverie, an enclosed pod where the Dwellers are kept safe from crime, disease, and the dangers of the unpredictable Aether storms. Beyond the walls of the pod lies certain death in what...
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iPad Covers by Oberson Design – REVIEW
I couple of weeks ago I posted about my Oberon Design Kindle Cover. Well, now I have something else to share and if you can believe it, it is even cooler than the Kindle Cover. Thanks to Oberon Design...
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AMERICUS by MK Reed and Jonothan Hill – REVIEW
When Neal’s best friend, Danny, is caught reading the latest release in The Adventures of Apathea Ravenchilde series he is sent to military school (the announcement at dinner that he is gay probably...
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SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT Series by Derek Landy – REVIEW
I’ve listened to the first three book on audio and thought they were absolutely fantastic. Have I read book 4 or 5? Nope, because they aren’t available through Amazon yet. I just checked and I can...
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Top 11 of 2011 – #11 WONDERSTRUCK by Brian Selznick
Today is the first day of my Top 11 of 2011. From now until December 31st I’ll be highlighting a book that made it on my top list. Playing with the form he created in his trailblazing debut novel, The...
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Top 11 of 2011 – #10 A MONSTER CALLS by Patrick Ness
This is an extraordinarily moving novel about coming to terms with loss. The monster showed up just after midnight. As they do. But it isn’t the monster Conor’s been expecting. He’s been expecting the...
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Top 11 of 2011 – #9 SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT by Derek Landy
Book 1 Meet Skulduggery Pleasant, Ace Detective Snappy Dresser Razor–tongued Wit Crackerjack Sorcerer and Walking, Talking, Fire-throwing Skeleton—as well as ally, protector, and mentor of Stephanie...
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Top 11 of 2011 – #8 BUMPED by Megan McCafferty
When a virus makes everyone over the age of eighteen infertile, would-be parents pay teen girls to conceive and give birth to their children, making teens the most prized members of society. Girls...
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Top 11 of 2011 – #7 DUST & DECAY by Jonathan Maberry
Six months have passed since the terrifying battle with Charlie Pink-eye and the Motor City Hammer in the zombie-infested mountains of the Rot & Ruin. It’s also six months since Benny Imura and...
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Top 11 of 2011 – #6 DIVERGENT by Veronica Roth
In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the...
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Top 11 of 2011 – #5 ASHFALL by Mike Mullin
Under the bubbling hot springs and geysers of Yellowstone National Park is a supervolcano. Most people don’t know it’s there. The caldera is so large that it can only be seen from a plane or...
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Top 11 of 2011 – #4 BEAUTY QUEENS by Libba Bray
The fifty contestants in the Miss Teen Dream pageant thought this was going to be a fun trip to the beach, where they could parade in their state-appropriate costumes and compete in front of the...
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Top 11 of 2011 – #3 CINDER by Marissa Meyer
Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s...
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