The Wig in the Window by Kristen Kittscher

Young and Yang Mysteries #1. HarperCollins (June 2013) Library Best friends and seventh graders Sophie Young and Grace Yang have made a game out of spying on their neighbors. On one of their midnight stakeouts, they witness a terrifying, bloody scene at the home of their bizarre middle-school counse…

A Word on Blog Tours

I don't know if I've ever wrote a post about blog tours on this blog before but I know I have mentioned how time consuming they can be - IF I go crazy and pick all that I can possibly want. It's like NetGalley with me. I pick as much as I can and then I fall short or take forever to rea…

Blood Tests, Unschooling, and Being Proactive

I had to get my blood taken out of my body Saturday. It was one of the scariest experiences of my life because I've always thought that if a doctor ever needed to do that to me I wouldn't be able to. But, I did it even if as I stood up I got extremely dizzy and needed to lie down. I also go…

Audio Blog Tour: Lethal Circuit by Lars Guignard

Michael Chase #1. Fantastic Press (Aug. 2013) Blog Tour
A Chinese satellite is on crash course with Earth. 
It contains enough plutonium to irradiate a large city.
And that's the good news... In the tradition of Tom Clancy, Michael Crichton, and Robert Ludlum, comes a new hero. Michael Chase is a t…

Blog Tour: Destiny by Cindy Ray Hale

Destiny #1. Self-Published (Nov. 2013) Lola's Blog Tours Destiny Clark, a young Mormon girl living in Tennessee, is wildly infatuated with Isaac Robinson, the headmaster's son at her Baptist high school. When they're cast together in the school's production of Les Misérables, Destiny…

Blog Tour: The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom

Standalone. HarperCollins (Nov. 2013) TLC Book Tours The First Phone Call from Heaven tells the story of a small town on Lake Michigan that gets worldwide attention when its citizens start receiving phone calls from the afterlife. Is it the greatest miracle ever or a massive hoax? Sully Harding, a g…

Blog Tour: Nightmare City by Andrew Klavan

Standalone. Thomas Nelson Publishers (Nov. 2013) YA Bound Tours Tom Harding only wants the truth. But the truth is becoming more dangerous with every passing minute. As a reporter for his high school newspaper, Tom Harding was tracking the best story of his life when, suddenly, his life turned very, …

The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani

The School for Good and Evil #1. HarperCollins (May 2013) Library
At the School for Good and Evil, failing your fairy tale is not an option. Welcome to the School for Good and Evil, where best friends Sophie and Agatha are about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime. With her glass slippers and d…

Trailer Reveal: The Junction of Sunshine and Lucky

If you haven't noticed the countdown on the side of the blog... there is one. On February 15th, I'm happy to say I'm having the author of The Junction of Sunshine and Lucky (release date: February 6th) Holly Schindler on She's Got Books on Her Mind for a guest post. The first guest …

October 2013 Reads Wrap Up

I'm facing the facts that I'm reading less and less these days. With 35 books left in my yearly Goodreads Challenge I know I probably won't make it. So my list this month will be rather short. Once the semester's over I'll go crazy reading but until then I will settle with readi…
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