I’m really excited about some of the books that are coming out in October, lots of series sequels, and I’ve pre-ordered most of them. It looks like October will be a busy reading month. I’m looking forward to so many of them that I thought I’d share here! BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl (sequel to BEAUTIFUL CREATURES) THE… Read More
In My Mailbox – New Books This Week (2)
In My Mailbox is a shared posting concept/listing from The Story Siren (read about what it is and how it got started here: In My Mailbox). This will be a semi-regular feature on Teach 8 YA Book Blog.This week’s In My Mailbox is mostly due to the fall Scholastic Book Club selections being so great. Thanks to them (and Random House sending… Read More
Celebrate BANNED BOOKS WEEK – Sept. 25-Oct. 2 – Read a Book!
The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are UNABLE to say. ~ Anaïs NinBooks: save people; save lives; help us figure out what we would do in certain situations; open our eyes to parts of the world we may never know otherwise; help us figure out our own lives, thoughts,… Read More
ACES UP by Lauren Barnholdt
When I was trying to decide what book to read next last week, I decided to go with another light-hearted cute book and chose ACES UP by Lauren Barnholdt. I supposed because I’ve been watching the World Series of Poker Main Event each week on TV lately, I had poker on the mind when I gravitated toward this book. The… Read More
THE LONELY HEARTS CLUB by Elizabeth Eulberg
Sometimes I really want a light-hearted book without all the angst and drama of a lot of the popular YA books/genres out there right now, and to get a good girl-power message – even better. That’s exactly what I got with Elizabeth Eulberg’s debut novel, THE LONELY HEARTS CLUB, plus I got a little Beatles nostalgia along with it. I was drawn… Read More
WHITE CAT: THE CURSE WORKERS Book One by Holly Black
WHITE CAT is one of those books that I had heard so many good things about from so many authors that I like, that I was expecting to really like it, but it wasn’t quite what I expected. I didn’t love it, but I didn’t hate it, I was left feeling a little confused by it in the end. Ultimately,… Read More
RETURN TO PARADISE by Simone Elkeles
I need to start this review of RETURN TO PARADISE, the sequel to Leaving Paradise by talking about the author – Simone Elkeles – because she is the reason I read the first book in this series. Ever since I read Perfect Chemistry (my first Simone Elkeles book) I have loved her as an author – she writes emotional, edgy, real,… Read More
In My Mailbox – New Books This Week
OK…so this is my first New Books This Week post because I’m so excited about all the books that I’ve gotten this week, and I want to start sharing more titles that my students may be interested in reading – and give them a sneak preview of what will be showing up in my classroom library soon. This idea came… Read More
