Thursday Thirteen Update: Mmm, Published!

Erin and her advanced copy!

Ok, it's not so much an update as it is an announcement. And not so much on the Thursday Thirteen itself, but on someone who reviewed on it. On April 12, Erin from Mmm, Waffles guest-reviewed The Goose Girl for the Thursday Thirteen. Well, guess what? As of last week, she is now a published author! Erin wrote an article, "The Dystopian Future in Joss Whedon's Work," that is not only to be published online but in book form, too. Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion will be available May 4 and is touted as the unofficial essential guide to the Whedonverse. Over 40 contributor were brought together to give their thoughts on every aspect of Joss Whedon's works, like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly. And our lovely Miss Erin is one of them! You can read her thoughts about reaching this personal milestone here at her blog. Be sure to follow her, too. I believe she's going places and can take us along for the ride. 


Congrats, my dear friend!


And to the rest of us, ¡Buen Provecho!

The Thursday Thirteen: THE GOOSE GIRL by Shannon Hale

Hooray! We have our first guest reviewer for today's Thursday Thirteen! But first, a quick recap: books reviewed in 13 words or less. Emoticons count, punctuation doesn't. Made-up words fabuliciously accepted. Ok? Ok!


Today's brave reviewer is new blogger Erin from Mmm, Waffles. She's reviewing one of her all time favs, 2005's award winning THE GOOSE GIRL by the stupendous Shannon Hale. 


Ahem.


A girl fights an impostor for her own identity. A lyrical, strong journey.


Let's all give Erin a big round of cyber applause! And a big thank you from me :) If you'd like to have your own Thursday Thirteen featured here, email it to me at shielacblank(at)aol(dot) and I'll get it posted.


Until next time... 


Happy Reading and ¡Buen Provecho!

The Thursday Thirteen - PETER NIMBLE AND HIS FANTASTIC EYES by Jonathan Auxier

To all my blogging buddies (BBs) who are A to Z-ing this month, this Thursday Thirteen's for you! 


For my new BBs, bienvenidos to the Thursday Thirteen, where we review books in 13 words or less. Anyone can play, punctuation does not count towards word limit, but emoticons do :) That's 1. If you'd like to be featured here, email me at shielacblank(at)aol(dot)com and I'll get it posted.


Today I review 2011 debut PETER NIMBLE AND HIS FANTASTIC EYES by Jonathan Auxier.
Hang on to your butts...


Blind thief boy finds vanished kingdom. No eyes required to see greatness.


Until next time...


Happy Reading and ¡Buen Provecho!

The Thursday Thirteen: THE TRUE MEANING OF SMEKDAY by Adam Rex

It's Thursdays so that must mean it's time for the best thirteen words of the week! Where we review books in 13 words or less. Anyone can play, punctuation does not count towards word limit, but emoticons do :) That's 1. If you'd like to be featured here, email me at shielacblank(at)aol(dot)com and I'll get it posted. Try it, you'll like it :)

Today's review is the 2007 Middle Grade book THE TRUE MEANING OF SMEKDAY by Adam Rex.

Here we go. Ahem.

Sassy girl, sweet alien save Earth from worse enemy. Hilarity ensues. Edutaining read!

And there's your lucky thirteen. See you next week!

Happy reading and ¡Buen Provecho!

The Thursday Thirteen: THE RUNNING DREAM by Wendelin Van Draanen

Bienvenidos to the Thursday Thirteen! Where we review books in 13 words or less. Anyone can play, punctuation does not count towards word limit, but emoticons do :) That's 1. If you'd like to be featured here, email me at shielacblank(at)aol(dot)com and I'll get it posted.

Today I'm reviewing Wendelin Van Draanen's 2011 YA novel THE RUNNING DREAM.

Oh, and I've added another rule - I told you we'd evolve them as we went along ;) - made up words count. Like this:

Track star loses leg, dreams of competing. Learns impossible means try harder. Inspireading!

There's your lucky thirteen. Until next week...

Happy reading and ¡Buen Provecho!

The Thursday Thirteen - THE HOUSE OF THE SCORPION by Nancy Farmer

Bienvenidos to another installment of THE THURSDAY THIRTEEN where we review books in 13 words or less. Anyone can play, punctuation does not count towards word limit, but emoticons do :) That's 1. If you'd like to be featured here, email me at shielacblank(at)aol(dot)com and I'll get it posted.

Today, I review Nancy Farmer's award winning 2002 novel, The House of the Scorpion. Here we go:

Cloning and mind control on dystopian Mexican border; heart-pounding and -breaking adventure.

Happy reading and ¡Buen Provecho!

The Thursday Thirteen: THE DARK DIVINE by Bree Despain

Bienvenidos to the first installment of The Thursday Thirteen: books reviewed in thirteen words or less. Fun, quick, and challenging! To join in the fun, email me - shielacblank(at)aol(dot)com - your 13-word review and I'll post it here on Thurdays. We'll evolve the rules as we go. For now, punctuation doesn't count, but emoticons do.

Today, I review THE DARK DIVNE by Bree Despain. Check her out at http://www.breedespain.com/.

Here we go:

A Christian werewolf romance? You betcha! Original, dark, and sweet. Like chocolate :)


Whew!


Happy reading and ¡Buen Provecho!


There's still time to enter to win a hard back copy of Tom Leveen's edgy YA novel PARTY here. Good luck!