ARMCHAIR BEA: Keeping it Real & Children’s/Young Adult Literature

Feeling a bit stuck (ironically) with this one: New projects, redesigns, collaboratives–what do you do to keep blogging fresh for you? I’ve been doing this for almost 4 years now.  I think because I am a writer at heart, I don’t have much of a problem writing a few words about a book I recently…

REVIEW: THE BLACKHOPE ENIGMA by Teresa Flavin

This was another young adult (I’d place this in the 9-13 year old age range) title that made its way into my review pile.  Something about its description, and yes, its cover, kept tempting me.   It centers around a group of young teens who are assigned to do a historical art project.  Two of the…

REVIEW: THE APOTHECARY by Maile Meloy

  With illustrations by Ian Schoenherr   Normally I don’t read young adult books for review.  I think this is due mostly to the fact that I never really read them when I was a young adult.  I sort of skipped that and went straight on to adult titles (The most notable exception being the…