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Literary Crush: Four from Divergent by Veronica Roth

October 22, 2013 by Diana Leave a Comment

Literary Crush: Four from Divergent by Veronica Roth

“Allegiant” is in the house! Shout out to Sandie’s friend Amanda Bell, keeper of the “Divergent” Examiner, for getting a shout-out in the Acknowledgements! Now that we and the rest of the world’s “Divergent” fans have “Allegiant” and are reading it every chance we get, we thought it was high time for us to do… 

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Filed Under: Favorites, Literary Crush, Top Features Tagged With: Allegiant, Divergent, Four, Four/Tobias, Insurgent

Favorite Quotes from Divergent and Insurgent by Veronica Roth

October 21, 2013 by Diana 2 Comments

Favorite Quotes from Divergent and Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Tomorrow, the long wait is over for those of us who have been anxiously counting down the days until the final installment of the “Divergent” trilogy hits bookstores. At long last, we can finally tear open Veronica Roth’s much-anticipated “Allegiant.” Sandie and I can’t wait to read it at the same time; in fact, she… 

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Filed Under: Books, Features, Quotes, Top Features Tagged With: Allegiant, Divergent, Insurgent, veronica roth

A Mother and Son’s Top Five Books

April 12, 2013 by Diana 2 Comments

A Mother and Son’s Top Five Books

To make all things equal I thought I’d share the books that my son and I both love. We are both avid readers (as is everyone in my family with the exception of my husband). As we tried to come up with our top five we realized there are a lot books we each love… 

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Filed Under: Commentary, Features, Top Features Tagged With: Divergent, harry potter, The Hobbit, The Hunger Games, The Lord of the Rings, To Kill a Mockingbird

Casting Call: Dream Casting ‘Divergent’ Movie

September 21, 2012 by Sandie 12 Comments

Casting Call: Dream Casting ‘Divergent’ Movie

It’s Friday, which means it’s the second week of Casting Call. This week we’re tackling the upcoming adaptation of ‘Divergent’ by Veronica Roth. Unlike last week when we all picked a complete slate of actors to play the main characters, this week we’re diversifying. Each of us has two different characters to cast, and I… 

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Filed Under: Casting Call, Features, Top Features Tagged With: books we adore, casting call, Divergent, veronica roth

Mother’s Day Special: Five Fabulous YA Moms

May 13, 2012 by Sandie 5 Comments

Mother’s Day Special: Five Fabulous YA Moms

It’s Mother’s Day, so I wanted to highlight some of my favorite literary mothers in YA. Happy Mother’s Day to all of you with children, and to those of you who are missing your own mothers this bittersweet holiday, know that you are not alone. Molly Weasley, “Harry Potter”: Allow me to quote my own story… 

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Filed Under: Features Tagged With: books we adore, Divergent, harry potter, If I Stay, literary moms, the sky is everywhere

Top Ten Tuesday: Book Endings That Left Us With Our Mouths Hanging Open

October 4, 2011 by Diana 2 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday: Book Endings That Left Us With Our Mouths Hanging Open

This week, the Top Ten Tuesday  hosted by the Broke and the Bookish is “Top Ten Book Endings That Left Me With My Mouth Hanging Open,” so we’re each sharing five of our favorites. Diana’s Picks: 1. “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” by J.R.R. Tolkien – Of all the books in the… 

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Filed Under: Features, Top 10 Tagged With: Catching Fire, Delirium, Divergent, harry potter, If I Stay, The Lord of the Rings, The Mortal Instruments, top 10

Confessions of a YA Junkie: Breanne Heldman

September 23, 2011 by Sandie 1 Comment

Confessions of a YA Junkie: Breanne Heldman

Name, if you’re out about your addiction: Totally out. Breanne L. Heldman Age: 32 How long have you been reading YA: Other than my third grade dalliances with “The Babysitters Club,” about 8 years. Who are some of your “must-read-everything-they-write” authors: I really don’t like my answer for this – it paints an off-color picture… 

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Filed Under: Confessions of a YA Junkie, Features Tagged With: Beautiful Creatures, Divergent, Matched, Stephenie Meyer, YA Junkie

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