The Life of a Reading Coward

I recently decided that I’m a coward when it comes to reading. I’m not adventurous, or brave, or intrepid in any way at all. Instead, I often stick to the same genres, same authors, same series, etc. I am one of those people who read the same book over and over and over, but (to [...]

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Reading Lists:

Last year, my friend Kyle and I gave each other lists of 10 books to read over the summer. Here was his list for me: 1. Cry, the Beloved country-Alan Paton 2. Battle Royale-Koshuea Takami 3. Starship troopers-Robert A. Heinlein. 4. Kafka on the shore-Haruki Murakami 5. The city of dreaming books-Walter Moers 6. The painted Veil-W. Somerset [...]

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Graceling Book Trailer…Yeah…

I loved this book, Graceling by Kristin Cashore, but this trailer leaves something to be desired. Regardless, though, still enjoyed it.

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Teen Reading: Getting More Depressing

I know it’s probably pretty naive, but I still love the books with happy endings. Robin McKinley, Diana Wynne Jones, and Brian Jacques all do happy endings. So what’s up with teen books getting more depressing? I just bought The Hunger Games, because it’s intriguing and the reviews are very good, but the truth is [...]

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Review of How to Train Your Dragon

First, I just want to say that I approve of the trend lately of making 3-d movies. Coraline was amazing, and one of the few original movies I have seen in a long time. How to Train Your Dragon wasn’t very original at all – it was actually a very predictable tale of how a [...]

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Hugo/Maureen Awards

I love science-fiction and fantasy, so I was really excited to hear that the Hugo Award nominees have been announced. I was disappointed, however, to see that I have read almost none of the nominated titles! SO, I have decided to give my own award for best novel, best graphic novel, best movie, and best [...]

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Book Trailers

For my Book Marketing class this term, I’ve decided to create a book trailer. I’m one of those people who always wants to be at the movies early so I won’t possibly miss any of the trailers, because I really like trailers and I am often impressed by how they are cut and manipulated from [...]

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Publisher Branding

Publishers market their books all the time, but I was thinking that a lot of publishers do notmarket their brands as much as they could. I am very loyal to authors that I like, but oftenI don’t pay much attention to the publisher. But sometimes I do – and sometimes many other people do too. Which means [...]

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