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Review: The Soul Saver by Dineen Miller
The Soul Saver, by Dineen Miller Reviewed by: Lori Twichell Genre: Supernatural Drama Publisher: Barbour Publication Date: May 1, 2012 Lexie Baltimore is a sculptor with a mission from God. Each time she dreams a face she goes to her studio, sculpts that face into a bust and then watches for where and when she will meet that person. God nudges her to the right place at the right time and then her mission is done. This time though, things get a little more personal. The face that she sculpts is that of a handsome man name Nate who is a pastor of a local church. When she meets Nate, it’s…
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Review: Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Delirium, by Lauren Oliver Reviewed by: Lori Twichell Genre: YA Romance/Dystopian Publisher: HarperTeen Publishing Date: February 2012 Love is not a feeling. It’s not a simple emotion. Rather, it’s a disease called amor deliria nervosa. It’s not contagious, but you can be infected. When you are infected, everything breaks down. You stop eating. Sleeping. The world revolves around love. That’s why it’s so dangerous and sometimes, fatal. And that’s also why society decided that love needed to be stopped. It was outlawed and a few years after that, a cure was developed. Now, at the age of 18, everyone is forced to have the procedure. You know by the mark on their neck…
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Faux Marketing Firms.
*Note: This article originally appeared at Beyond the Buzz Marketing. There are a lot of people out there who have started social media companies and branded themselves as marketing companies. The same also goes for web design and graphic firms. Because logos, websites and print materials are so integral to the foundation of marketing, they have claimed the title of ‘marketers’ or ‘professionals in marketing.’ But there’s a big difference in those two things. Someone who puts together graphics can tell you a great deal about what the general public sees when they come to a website or what will be attractive in terms of logo and design for the…
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Review: A Midsummer Tight’s Dream
A Midsummer Tights Dream, by Louise Rennison Reviewed by: Lori Twichell Genre: YA Comedy Publisher: HarperTeen Publishing Date: June 26, 2012 Tallulah Casey is back at Dother Hall studying performing arts and she’s not a newbie anymore. She knows most of the people, the layout of the school and understands (for the most part) how things run. So this time, she’s ready and there’s a lot more at stake. One of the girls has gotten discovered by a Hollywood producer and is off to find fame and glory. A couple of the other girls have boyfriends and Tallulah has gained some of her own “additions” that look like they’ll make this semester…
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Review: Withering Tights
Withering Tights, by Louise Rennison Reviewed by: Lori Twichell Genre: YA/Comedy Publisher: HarperTeen Publication Date: June 26, 2012 Tallulah Casey is ready for the rest of her life to begin. At fourteen and a half she feels she’s stumbled through the opening lines and now she’s on the track to become a brilliant actress, or dancer, or something theatrical. That’s why she’ll be spending six weeks at a performance theater college saying goodbye to Tallulah and hello LULAH! There are some dicey moments when she arrives that lead her to believe it might not be nearly as perfect as she imagined. First, she finds out that she doesn’t have a bed…
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A Wolf in Kid’s Clothing: Upcoming Trends in YA Fiction
This morning I was looking through catalogs of upcoming releases in Young Adult books. I’ve already been pretty vocal around here on the trends that are happening in YA fiction, so people won’t be surprised to learn that I’m bugged about it. But you might be surprised at what some of the new trends are. Not talking about vampires, demons, fallen angels or other supernatural things. This is something new. I was looking specifically for YA books to review, so I was browsing the teens and young adult sections when I came across a cover that looked more like the poster for Magic Mike than a YA novel and I…