turning YA books "inside out"

Today here on Letters Inside Out I have the author of Night of the Purple Moon, Scott Cramer, here to discuss how writing is like surfing. I don’t know about everyone else, but I’ve always been fascinated with surfing. Although, as an incredibly clumsy person…well, I don’t think surfing would be a good idea! If [...]

If you missed it yesterday, I had a playlist from Cat Patrick for Revived. Be sure to check it out, it includes some of my personal favorite songs. As a little girl, Daisy Appleby was killed in a school bus crash. Moments after the accident, she was brought back to life. A secret government agency [...]

As a little girl, Daisy Appleby was killed in a school bus crash. Moments after the accident, she was brought back to life. A secret government agency has developed a drug called Revive that can bring people back from the dead, and Daisy Appleby, a test subject, has been Revived five times in fifteen years. [...]

The Johnsons—mother, father, and two daughters—were a loving, and close Seattle family. Then the younger daughter Linea started experiencing crippling bouts of suicidal depression. Multiple trips to the psych ward resulted in a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, and it took many trial runs of drugs and ultimately electroshock therapy to bring Linea back. But her [...]

After taking the past two weekends “off” from reading, I’m a bit behind on reading! I figured I’d sign up for the Bout of Books Read-A-Thon to play a little catch up. The Bout of Books Read-A-Thon actually starts tomorrow (Monday), but I figured I’d go ahead and do my goals post so that if [...]