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Book Trailer Review: Ruby Red

A trend we've been seeing lately is the "book trailer," a short web video advertising an upcoming or just-out book. Here's one I recently watched for Ruby Red, by Kerstin Gier (read my review of the book): While a one-minute-long animation can't go into much detail about the story, I think it gets the basic concept across pretty clearly: a teenage English girl suddenly faces the unexpected downsides (and possible romantic perks) of her newfound time-traveling powers. Sure, it sounds cool... but not if you have to learn a bunch of boring history, ditch the makeup and cellphone, and you can't [...]

2016-12-31T17:59:16-07:00May 25th, 2012|Tags: , , , , |

6 Creative Book Gifts They’ll Love – Really!

Most readers have a cringe-inducing book-gift memory or two. One of my earliest childhood memories is getting into big trouble at a birthday party when I unwrapped a book from my next-door neighbor and cheerfully announced that I already owned it (well, he should have known — he came over to play almost every afternoon). But don’t write off giving books as presents! With a little ingenuity, and a clever presentation, you can give books for every occasion — from weddings to housewarmings to baby showers — that your friends and family will genuinely appreciate. If you're looking for [...]

2024-03-20T18:11:45-07:00May 24th, 2012|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Let’s Have a Readover!

You guys, I CANNOT BELIEVE this weather! It's the first week of May and I'm staring out a rain-speckled window at the torrential, all-day downpour that is very much raining on my parade. I'm supposed to go out tonight, but instead of putting on a raincoat and dragging around a soggy umbrella and ruining my hair, do you know what I really want to do? I want to have a readover! A readover is a slumber party for nerds that I just made up. But instead of playing Mystery Date and freezing each others' bras, we'll put on our coziest [...]

2016-12-31T17:57:23-07:00May 4th, 2012|Tags: , , |
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