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About Stephanie Perry

Stephanie P. is a writer, editor, and blogger. Her secret shame is dystopian YA fiction. You can find her wherever the books and food are.

Fire Away

I just finished reading Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness, by Susannah Cahalan, and although it's a cliche to say so, I truly could not put this book down. I read it on the bus; I read it on my lunch break; I read it at home when I was supposed to be washing dishes. What about this memoir makes it so engrossing? The story begins when then-24-year-old Susannah Cahalan, a sparky and driven reporter for the New York Post, suddenly starts acting strange: erratic behavior, wild mood swings, and symptoms like numbness and hallucinations. As her condition worsens, [...]

2016-12-31T17:58:59-07:00June 7th, 2013|Tags: , , |

Graduation Gifts

Books & Gift Cards.  Perfect. It’s almost June, and that means it’s time for the annual onslaught of graduation announcements. Whether you’ve got a soon-to-be grad in the house or you’ve just received some fancy parchment-paper envelopes in your mailbox, put down the checkbook and choose one of these books as a more thoughtful and original graduation gift. Of course, the wisdom of the ages goes down a little easier when sugar-coated with cash, so don’t forget to check out our suggested gift-card pairings to add a bit of fun — after all, your graduate has earned it! What I [...]

2016-12-31T17:59:00-07:00May 27th, 2013|

Book Trailer: The Eternity Cure

Vampires! I think we can all agree that they’re drastically underrepresented in young-adult fiction, right? Well, never fear, New York Times bestselling author Julie Kagawa has come to our rescue with a vampy dystopian trilogy, the Blood of Eden series. Book 1, The Immortal Rules, came out in 2012, and Book 2, The Eternity Cure, will be out on April 30. Until then, we can take a peek at the book trailer for a hint about what to expect. (New to book trailers? See our book trailer guide.) In this trailer, captions fly over some pleasingly spooky digital animation, giving [...]

2016-12-31T17:59:00-07:00April 19th, 2013|Tags: , , , , , |
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