by Audrey | Aug 13, 2011 | Books
Please welcome Debra Chapoton to Pretty Opinionated. Her guest post gave me the idea to start an Author Guest Post feature. Thanks, Nicole, for asking me to talk about my children’s books which I am very happy to do, naturally. I have written a fantasy novel called A...
by Nicole Etolen | Aug 6, 2011 | Books
Title: Your Child’s Writing Life Author: Pam Allyn Publisher: Penguin Group USA Release Date: 8/2/11 One of my goals as a parent, aside from the obvious of keeping my child from swallowing anything dangerous or becoming a criminal mastermind, is fostering...
by Nicole Etolen | Aug 5, 2011 | Books
Title: No Shirt, No Shoes, No Spells Author: Rose Pressey Format: Kindle Book Genre: Perky Paranormal I’m going to start making up random genres, because some books just don’t fit into the ones already established. I know there’s a whole genre called...
by Nicole Etolen | Aug 4, 2011 | Books
Title: Planet Explorers Chicago and Planet Explorers Disneyland Author: Laura Schaefer Format: e-book Traveling with kids can be a unique (but fun) challenge at times, especially when you’re trying to find activities that they’ll enjoy as much as you will....
by Nicole Etolen | Aug 1, 2011 | Books
Title: Die For Me Author: Amy Plum Publisher: HarperTeen Date Released: May 10, 2011 My mom gave me an Amazon certificate for my birthday, and this was one of the books I bought. I’ve been really looking forward to it for a while, especially after reading other...
by Nicole Etolen | Jul 31, 2011 | Books
Title: The Devil Colony Author: James Rollins Publisher: William Morrow Release Date: June 21, 2011 You know what I love about James Rollins? He’s not a slacker. I’ve seen other favorite authors rise to the top of best-seller lists, then get really lazy,...
by Nicole Etolen | Jul 29, 2011 | Books
Title: Superaturally Author: Kiersten White Publisher: Harper Teen Release Date: July 26, 2011 I’ve been looking forward to Supernaturally ever since I finished Paranormalcy a few months ago, and since it came out the day before my birthday, I decided I would...
by Nicole Etolen | Jul 26, 2011 | Books
Title: Starcrossed Author: Josephine Angelini Publisher: HarperTeen Genre: YA Paranormal I am so excited by the wave of YA books based on Greek mythology lately. It has always been one of my favorite subjects, and 2011 has really given us a windfall of talented...
by Nicole Etolen | Jul 24, 2011 | Books
Title: The Odd Job Squad Author: Karl Fields Publisher: CreateSpace (also on Kindle) Genre: Middle Grade Books I’ll let you in on a little secret: when I was in middle school, I wasn’t exactly miss popularity. I’ve always been a bit of a black sheep,...
by Nicole Etolen | Jul 22, 2011 | Books
Title: Red Fox Author: Karina Halle Genre: Paranormal Mystery Remember how much I loved Darkhouse, which I reviewed a few days ago? Well, I think it’s possible that I loved Red Fox just a little bit more. While Darkhouse set the stage for bringing the characters...
