Ms. Yingling Reads

Battle, Craig and Ramon Perez. Max Finder Mystery Collected Casebook #6 10 April 2012; Reviewed for Young Adult Books Central This bo...

Darn you, Brain Lair ! I have resisted tweeting until now, but in order to sign up, I had to have a Twitter account. I'm now #Msyingli...

Hautman, Pete. The Obsidian Blade. (The Klaatu Diskos #1) 10 April 2012, Candlewick Press Tucker's father is a minister in a sm...

What exactly IS middle grade? Both of these books are, even though the represent the extremes. Squish is suitable for 8-11 year olds, a...

Hopkinson, Ellen. Titanic: Voices from the Disaster. 1 April 2012, Scholastic Over the past year there has been a plethora of Titanic boo...

Saturday 11-- Cooner, Donna. Skinny. Rivers, Karen. The Encyclopedia of Me Sunday 5—McCormick, Templeman. The Little Woods 6—Gre...

At about 2:00 this afternoon, I got a tiny bit tired of reading! The tissue box on the counter magically disappeared, but I strongly suspect...

Nook problems have subsided-- it just takes forever for some pages to load. Still hard on the eyes; after all, I'm at the age when the e...

Good morning! Hope everyone is ready to make more progress on their reading today! Managed to stay up until midnight, finishing both of El...

The E Reader is NOT helping. Between having to look at nonfiction ARCS in 6 point font and then not loading two books that I really wanted (...

I have only gotten six books read! I put up reviews on Goodreads for now and will schedule them as blog posts later. 11:00-- Patron, Susan...

And we're off! (Go HERE to check in at the starting line!) Because we have been off school for two weeks, I can start earlier in th...

Ah, armpit odor and flatulence. What 6th grade boy DOESN'T want to read about those things? To varying degrees, both of these books embr...

It is with deep sadness that I report the death of Mr. Ray Bradbury, 91, yesterday. An obituary is post at the LA Times web site. I h...

Photo: Ellan Young Photography I really don't know how I missed the news that Jean Craighead George passed away on 15 May . She was...

Mike Ullery, Piqua Daily Call No. See, that is wrong. And I would hope that, in my capacity as a teacher and a coach, I would inspire my...

Fletcher, Ralph. Also Known As Rowan Pohi. 14 November 2012 Bobby Steele is not keen on being himself. His father, who has the same na...

Ah, summer. The upsides are not waking up insanely early, and being able to drink as much tea as I like. The downsides include not being ...

Nonfiction Monday was started by Anne Suen and the round up is hosted this week at True Tales and a Cherry on Top . I have to admit to rea...

Healy, Christopher. The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom. 1 May 2012, Walden Pond Press The kingdom of Harmonia has Frederic, who ...