I picked up MAX – A Maximum Ride Novel in an airport for two reasons. 1) Seemed like a cool concept – human children grafted with avian DNA fighting against various villains, and 2) I wanted to see how James Patterson wrote for Young Adult. The flavor I felt was definitely James Patterson and I’ve […]
What a sad episode! For the first time ever on the Vampire Diaries, I think I actually may have welled up. I think that was more due to the Leona Lewis remake of the Snow Patrol song, Run at the end, but it was still an emotional episode with Bonnie’s grandmother dying after the tomb […]
Overall A Great and Terrible Beauty was good and I read it during a flight to Miami, so a solid three hours. The novel is set in the Victorian age which is the first thing that separates it from current YA books. The beginning was exciting and different, starting out with a bang, and I […]
Final round of edits completed, and we are off to the races! My agent likes the changes we have made and is happy with the final result. Now we are going to go back to publishers after months of very hard work and see if we can get this book sold! Stay tuned for more […]
Things are starting to heat up on the Vampire Diaries. I loved the flashback scenes. I thought it was really neat to get some perspective on Katherine’s character especially since she and Elena look so much alike. It’s cool (and scary awesome) to see that “vamp” side. Strangely enough, it makes me like Elena more […]
Oscar Nominations are in, and Avatar has picked up 9 of them, including Best Picture and Best Director. Not to put a downer on anything but Titanic had 14 nominations. Too early for sibling rivalry? Ok, I’ll leave that alone. I’ve got other things on my mind. So downer number 2. Seriously what is with […]