Regular contributor Denise Neary shares her thoughts on Brianna Karp's stirring memoir, The Girl's Guide to Homelessness. Learn more about this book on Bookreporter.com's special feature here.
Author Ann H. Gabhart has recently released ANGEL SISTER, which is very much inspired by her mother. Below, Ann discusses this mother who fostered her early obsession with the written word, and who readily shared stories of her own childhood during the Great Depression --- and the love of her family that got them all through it.
Khaled Hosseini, THE KITE RUNNER
War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace.
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Khaled Hosseini, THE KITE RUNNER
May 2011
I always love this time of year when the weather turns warmer and the days start to turn longer. It's also time to celebrate Mother's Day, one of my favorite holidays. Ask any mom and she will agree! I'm really looking forward to a restful weekend around the house with the family. It's been a hectic couple of weeks as I've made three trips in five weeks, but I got to see some longtime friends and colleagues, and, of course, read!
May 5, 2011
Lately I feel like I’m in a bit of a timewarp. My mind doesn’t deal well with an excess of information on the best of days, and right now I’m working on two big things that have me overwhelmed…but in a very good way.
Sometimes we can’t help but turn into our mothers; lucky for Paige, her mother is writer Beth Harbison, author of books such as THIN, RICH, PRETTY out on May 10 and July's ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME. As a fist-time author, Paige released a Young Adult book called
May 4, 2011
The following are lists of books releasing the weeks of May 2nd and May 9th that we think will be of interest to Teenreads.com readers.
Maybe this is a strange coincidence or optimistic foreshadowing, but we have three "summer" releases this week. THE SUMMER OF FIRSTS AND LASTS tells a story about three sisters falling in love, discovering betrayal and learning to forgive.
