Off to Bologna!

I'm off to the Bologna Book Fair, then a week of the Amalfi Coast.  I'm looking forward to new adventures, real pizza, and a good chianti with friends.  Ciao.

Some of my recent favorite books

Without going too far into the past--and I may write more on some of these books at a later time:
DELIRIUM - Lauren Oliver  -- and -- BEFORE I FALL - Lauren Oliver
    (two of the best books I've read; get them!)
REVOLUTION - Jennifer Donnelly
     (I don't know why this book hasn't won a slew of awards)
LIFE AS WE KNEW IT - Suzanne Beth Pfeffer
     (I still have to read the 2nd and 3rd books in this trilogy, but this book was amazing)
THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN - Sherman Alexie
     (Just so you don't think I'm stuck on achingly serious girl stories)
GOING BOVINE - Libba Bray
     (Wow...out there and wacky but deep)
Laurie Halse Anderson - starting with SPEAK, but for everything, including her
     wonderful new colonial America series
Rick Riordan - For reintroducing us to the classic myths with thrills and humor
HUNGER GAMES trilogy - Suzanne Collins
MATCHED - Ally Condie
HOUSE OF NIGHT series - P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
     (Sorry, but I'm hooked.  Vampire soap opera, yes!)

This is the teeny-tip of the iceberg.

What are YOU reading?

Let me first discuss my reading habits.  I usually have 3-5 books going at once:

1. Bedside book

2. iPod audio book

3. Car CD/tape book

4. Paperback in my totebag for doctor offices, coffee breaks

5. Manscripts of pre-pub novels on my laptop for reviewing

90% of the time, these are all Young Adult novels, because that is my field.  I read them.  I write them.  I review them freelance for a book scout.

I'll post some of my reviews soon.  Meanwhile, what do you read?  Anything outstanding?  Let me know.

Wordprowler is born!

Welcome to my new blog, Wordprowler.  


Giving birth is exciting, cosmic, humbling, and a little painful.  This goes for books as well as babies...and, I suspect, blogs.  As a new blog parent, I will try to take good care of my child, nurture it, treat it with respect and try not to ignore it when it screams for attention.