Okay, okay, I get it now. It took me a while to appreciate Holly Black's work. I started with her co-written series The Spiderwick Chr...

Suzanne Collin (author of the "Gregor" series) hits it out of the ball park with THe Hunger Game s. First in a series of three, t...

Basic idea: boy turns to wolf every time it gets too cold. Imagine if Twilight's Jacob character was an emo teen who turned into a regu...

Geez, what a slacker I am!!! The problem is, I've been reading so many wonderful YA books way too fast and not catching up on reviewing...

Zombies + post apocalypse=good stuff. In a futuristic America, there has been a zombie invasion that has reduced the known world to a singl...

Oh, it's been ages since I've posted a book review! In part, it's due to the busy-ness that is the holidays, especially here in...

I'm making all my Christmas gifts this year. Crazy? Always. Especially since this year, in addition to have a three-month old baby AND...

Welcome to today's guest blog by authors Ethan and Christine Rose! This husband and wife team has co-written their debut novel Rowan of...

Dejah View is excited to host Christine and Ethan Rose , authors of the new, award-winning YA fantasy novel Rowan of the Wood during their ...

There was a lot of good ju-ju about the "Reading Is Sexy" mug, so I thought I'd pass on some otherway cool holiday gift goodie...

I am totally in love with Scott Westerfeld's books. This wasn't a strong as the Uglies series, but it still hooked me. The premise ...

Sew, Mama, Sew! is blogging its second annual guide to a handmade holidays. It's a terrific site, and if you're into craftiness you...

MotherReader: The Comment Challenge: 21 Days To Community MotherReader is hosting a Comment Challenge! The goal is to post 100 comments be...

Here are two previews of upcoming YA books that have been made into movies! I can't wait!! Twilight Trailer in HD City Of Ember Trai...

I got this hardcover, if you can believe it, so that I would have a guaranteed good book to read while I was recovering from childbirth. I ...

When I first saw this book on the library shelf, I though "What a cheap rip-off of Harry Potter!" referring, of course, to the fam...

I am so in love with this series. It's a cross between Clan of the Cavebear and Mists of Avalon. This is the fourth book in the Chroni...

There, it's done. We know what happens to Bella and Edward, and our love-sick vampires live happily ever after. There was a lot of bad...

This entire novella takes place in the space of one long night. It's a story about the strange and very sophomoric encounter and romanc...

I haven't posted anything on this blog in a long time, namely because for some reason I've had a lot of trouble accessing it on my o...

I was excited to see a young adult book by Ursula LeGuin, but I was slightly disappointed. A warning: the first chapter seems like it's...

I suppose some nostalgic part of me still loves the idea of mermaids, which is why I borrowed this from the library. It's a good book f...

This Nordic adventure incorporates plenty of familiar tales and names: Odin; Beowulf; Thor, ect. The story actually revolves around a young...

I think I read this book too fast. I zipped through it while my daughter was taking a nap, which I think was only about an hour. It defini...

Stargirl still works her magic, even when she's pining over her lost love. This follow-up to Stargirl is written in letter/diary forma...

Yeah, yeah, Alice Hoffman writes a young adult book, blah blah blah. I found this to be overly prosy and immaturely crafted. It tried to h...

I absolutely loves this series. Alanna is a unique and enjoyable character; I raced through these books like candy. This last installment, I...

This third installment of Scott Westerfeld's post-apocalyptic vision had me up way past my bedtime. As in the first two, we follow Tally...

This book was recommended to me by a high school English teacher friend; he said that it was really popular with his students. I finally fo...

The sequel to Uglies is just as good. Missing is the great hippy commune out in the woods, which has been replaced—in questionable taste—b...

When I read the first paragraph, I thought this was going to be another lame teen novel. It begins, "The early summer sky was the colo...

This was given to me by a middle school librarian who wanted to suggest to me that more books be written in this format (I like to draw and ...

The concluding book of this very fun trilogy had me a tad disappointed, but over-all I had a wonderful time reading the Peter Pan books. Th...

In celebration of Philip Pullman's Golden Compass being made into a movie, you can go to the official website and answer a twenty-questi...

Nothing kinky. I mean this purely as a gender issue in sci-fi fantasy. I've been putting a lot of thought into this, especially since ...

Disclaimer: I am writing this BEFORE I've even finished a cup of coffee (and I can hardly open my eyes before two cups, generally), aft...

Another great work by Shannon Hale! I fell instantly in love with Dashti, a Mucker (you have to read the book to find out what that is!) wh...

If you aren't familiar with Bill Willingham's Fables , you're missing out. This graphic novel series follows the lives of Fable...

I just reread this book, and liked it even more the second (or third?) time around. I wanted to be all brushed up before I go to see the mo...

I'm so totally hooked on this series. They transport me every time, and I love the journey. This is the third book in the Lioness Quar...

Holy. Smokes. Bravo, Sherman Alexie, on this spectacular first novel for young adults. Of course the minute I learned this book had come o...

I started planning what to say about this book as soon as I got a few pages in to it, but I still don't know exactly what to think. It...

When I first heard about the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series it was through this book. I was drawn to it because a rave review from m...

There is a lot of honesty in this book, although it is sometimes covered up by too much effort to create a parallel world. Once you get pas...

Are you getting tired of the girl-meets-talking-bear theme yet? Yeah, me neither. This was a terrific novel that wove in elements of Nordi...

They're going to make a movie of this, aren't they. Sigh. Oh well. Read the book anyway. It's good. Book characters come to...

I get the hype. This book was excellent. It's not technically sci-fi or fantasy, but I felt compelled to read it because of the press ...

As sequels go, I found this to be a strong and entertaining follow-up on the very popular Fablehaven. Seth and Kendra must go back to Fable...

Strange book of the Hidden Hero persuasion. A young boy who has so far been treated like garbage discovers he has amazing powers of control ...

I picked this sequel up the moment I finished Alanna: The First adventure and read it in one day! I'm totally hooked! I've only rea...

It took me a while to get in to this book. For one, the copy I got from the library had the dumbest looking cover. It looked like a bad 80...

Quaint. Yes, quaint is a good word. Young girl discovers hidden fairy world in her own backyard. I thought it was a good read; it's one ...

This sequel to The Various was not exactly what I was hoping for. It didn't grip my attention the way the first did, but instead left m...

Engaging, but repetitive. If you've just finished Harry Potter, DON'T read this, because the similarities will annoy you. It's a...

This is based on a fairy tale that I've never read,but it doesn't matter. It's a great tale about a usurped princess who must li...

Beautiful nature descriptions await you in this first of three novels by Michelle Paver. Set in the Stone Age, it's a mix of Clan of th...

Boy/Girl combo must save world, but no one listens to them because they're kids. Sigh. Is this a common theme because it's easy to...

I always love books with good heroines. This girl talks to animals. So that's fun. This book touches on themes of questioning authori...

This was one of the funnest books-on-CD that I've ever heard (topped only by the Harry Potter books-on-CD). They are read by the ever-t...

What a great way to get in to Greek mythology! Loosely similar in theme to Harry Potter (boy doesn't know he has magical powers and mus...

Don't be swayed by how thick this book is. It's actually a fast read, mainly because it's composed of a mix of illustrations an...

A very odd book, but engaging somehow. Sort of like Firefly meets young adult fantasy. Whereas many books are, I feel, erroneously targete...

A retelling of Alice (or, Alyss, as it should be) in Wonderland. Fully realized and creative storytelling. There is a lot of violent aspec...

Fun, engaging. Slightly mysterious, well-drawn characters. Slightly disturbing twist at the end, at least from this mom's point of vie...

Another for the ranks of "children go reluctantly to kooky relative's house only to find themselves immersed in a fantastical world...

WOW, this book is the best I have ever read about Irish traditional music. My hubby and I have played Irish trad for over a decade, and we...