Ms. Yingling Reads

Oddly, both of these titles are the second in a series, so I will have to hunt down the first, but I did enjoy Sabine Durrant's Bon Voya...

Note: New R.L. Stine books are much nicer to read than yellowed, falling apart books. Not that this makes a real difference in circulation, ...

I'll blame the heat and humidity on my opinion of these, since I will go ahead and buy them. Vail's Lucky was a little too much li...

7/21/2008--Thanks to Charlotte, who commented on which of the Sutcliffe are better. When I get back to the library, I will have to check. I...

Good Enough was quite good! Patti is finishing up her senior year in high school, and her parents have put a lot of pressure on her. Get th...

Feel I should explain the poor quality of summer blogging. When I use the computer at home, I have incredibly slow internet (so High Schoole...

Hey, I'm all for shameless self-promotion. The unusually astute Review X has posted a blogger profile of me on her site. She does great ...

Having trouble getting your children to read over the summer? Finding that you aren't getting any reading done over break either? It has...

Amjed Qamar's first novel, set in Pakistan, is something that every malcontented 14-year-old U.S. girl needs to read. Not only is it an ...

Well, reluctant ten year old refused to read this, but I thought it was great fun. The best part was the characters-- Kat, Jac and Kat's...

I'm not quite sure how to categorize this oddly compelling book. Is it science fiction? A problem novel? Hmmm. Eli's wealthy father ...

Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping by Judith Levine was more interesting as a place to start a conversation with my children about our...

Stine's Curtains is not for the squeamish. Between the various bouts with fake and real blood (a dead swan in an upper bunk doesn't ...

Made a mad dash into the public library and picked up a bunch after my Survival Spanish class. Here are two phrases that may be useful to li...

Blind Date was actually kind of complex, and more of a boy book. Boy accidentally injures teammate's arm in a football game, then is ap...

David Sheff's Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction is not an easy book to read, especially when I am i...

So excited! Was random winner in the MotherReader 48 Hour Reading Challenge! Get a book! Next year I will try to be much more organized abou...

Since most of my time recently has been spent limping about, dunning students for overdue books, telling teachers that I don't have any ...

This yearly event hosted by Mother Reader (http://www.motherreader.com) coincided with my third weekend off my feet, so I did get some readi...

Ambivalent about this one. There is going to be a massive series, I'm sure, and it's an incredibly convoluted fantasy that will appe...