Science fiction has returned to middle grade, but it's gone undersea.

Dark Life is a fantastic tale set in a future where the seas have risen and life is crowded on land, but a new frontier has opened at the bottom of the ocean. Ty, a…

September 14, Tuesday

BASIC WORDLE

For those who haven't encountered Wordle yet, it's an online service that takes your manuscript (or website or blog) and turns it into a graphic representation, where more frequently used words are drawn larger. Below is the Wordle for Byrne Risk.…

Today I'm participating in the MEET AN AUTHOR Blog Hop, designed specifically for readers to find and get to know new authors and discover great new reads.…

Photo from The Art of Manliness

Is there something about summer that brings out the reluctant reader? The temptations of the pool and camps and just running around being crazy seem to make curling up with a book even less attractive than normal for my two reluctant readers (Dark Omen continues to drain the new fiction shelf faster than they…

On my Ink Spells blog, I've tried to give parents some content guidelines to help in choosing books for their kids. Even so, finding good books is a constant challenge as my kids are always reading faster than I can keep up. There's three of them after all; it's hardly fair.

Usually I check the AR guide first, to see what the "target" audience for the book is: publishers develop…

I have three boys with three different learning styles and paths to reading. If you believe there is only one way to teach a child to love books, I urge you to have more than one child. And then try to teach them to read.

This great post and discussion at Imagination Soup (what a great name!) got me thinking about all the things I've done over the years to…

Last week, I ran a contest and asked people to share their recommendations for young adult books. Wow! Did I get a lot. Like most people, I take personal recommendations more seriously than hype, so thanks to my commenters for taking the time to share your most-favored-status books.



These haven't been reviewed on my Ink Spells blog, but I've put reading levels and Common Sense Media ratings on them, when…