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X #atozchallenge

May 2, 2013 by Pammy Pam 2 Comments

X has got to be the trickiest letter in the alphabet to begin a book title with! …with which to begin a book… whatever, you get my meaning. I found two books for you today. One is a book I used last year; it’s relatively little known so I thought it was worth repeating. It’s Xenocide by Orson Scott Card. For those of you unfamiliar, it’s part of the Ender’s Game series. The next title took me a while to {Read More}

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Pammy Pam is an educator librarian who is drawn to the little ones. In her purse you’ll find a cup of coffee, a book, and her iPhone. She loves social media, writing book reviews, and curating children’s literature. She is an information specialist, maven, connector, coffee drinker.

Filed Under: A to Z Challenge, books, Young Adult Tagged With: A to Z blogging challenge, Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Books that start with X, Jane George, Orson Scott Card, X-It, Xenocide

Blogging from A to Z Challenge–RECAP

May 2, 2013 by Pammy Pam Leave a Comment

Unconventional Librarian A to Z Challenge

So, April has come and gone and with it the Blogging from A to Z Challenge! Many unexpected things came up that made the challenge more challenging but since I dig a challenge, I kept on plugging. Here’s a collage of all of the books I highlighted during the challenge See any of your faves in there? Tell me about them! Introducing Pammy PamPammy Pam is an educator librarian who is drawn to the little ones. In her purse you’ll {Read More}

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Filed Under: A to Z Challenge, Young Adult Tagged With: April A to Z Blogging challenge, blogging from A to Z

Z #atozchallenge

April 30, 2013 by Pammy Pam 4 Comments

It’s Z day!!!! woo hooo!!! Z day means we’ve finished the challenge! Let’s get this party started! Wow. Here’s what Goodreads says about Zoe: A girl’s letters to her best friend reveal two lives derailed by anorexia in this haunting debut that’s Laurie Halse Anderson’s Wintergirls meets The Sixth Sense. Zoe knows she doesn’t belong in a hospital—so why is she in one? Twin Birch isn’t just any hospital. It’s a strange mansion populated by unnerving staff and glassy-eyed {Read More}

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Filed Under: A to Z Challenge, books, Young Adult Tagged With: anorexia, bulimia, eating disorders, J.R Angellela, Nora Price, Warm Bodies, Zoe letting go, Zombies

Y #atozchallenge

April 29, 2013 by Pammy Pam 2 Comments

It’s Y day! I only have one book for you today but it’s a doozy. It’s called Y by Marjorie Celona. As you can see, Bailey liked it too. Briefly, Y is the story of a baby left abandoned on the steps of a YMCA. Here’s my review. Her life was not easy. It’s a tough read but really makes you think. The cover does not do it justice. What about you? Read any books that start with the letter {Read More}

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Filed Under: A to Z Challenge, books, Reviews, Young Adult Tagged With: Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Marjorie Celona, Take control of your TBR challenge, TBR challenge, y

W #atozchallenge

April 26, 2013 by Pammy Pam 3 Comments

Whew, welcome to W! Let’s get right down to it, shall we? Wintergirls by the prolific Laurie Halse Anderson. This time the story is of two girls struggling with anorexia. How does Anderson keep coming up with these provocative books??? This is for sure a MUST READ! I’d say pair it with Donna Cooner’s Skinny. Where she Went by Gayle Foreman is the follow up to If I Stay a love story which ultimately, ends (that’s not a spoiler is {Read More}

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Filed Under: A to Z Challenge, books Tagged With: anorexia, bulimia, Forge, Gayle Foreman, If I stay, Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak, Where She Went, Wintergirls

V #atozchallenge

April 25, 2013 by Pammy Pam 2 Comments

Here we are at V day! It’s hard to believe we made it most of the way through the alphabet, but yep, we did! Don’t give up on us just yet, cuz I still have more to share! Can you take a guess at what book(s) that start with the letter V? The two I have for you are Vicious Deep by Zoraida Cordova. Here’s the scoop from Goodreads: For Tristan Hart, everything changes with one crashing wave. He was {Read More}

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Filed Under: A to Z Challenge, books, Young Adult Tagged With: A to Z blogging challenge, Adriana Trigliani, April A to Z challenge, Blogging from A to Z Challenge, GoodReads, The Savage Blue, Vicious Deep, Viola in Reel Life, Viola in the Spotlight, what books start with the letter v, Zoraida Cordova

U #atozchallenge

April 24, 2013 by Pammy Pam Leave a Comment

Wow! Is it really U day? I have three titles for you today! Three titles that are very different from each other. Let’s take a look: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin. Mara Dyer doesn’t think life can get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there. It can. She believes there must be more to the accident she can’t remember that killed her friends and left her mysteriously {Read More}

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Filed Under: A to Z Challenge, books, Young Adult Tagged With: A to Z blogging challenge, April A to Z Blogging challenge, Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Michele Hodkin, Mike Lupica, Neal Shusterman, The Unbecoming of Marla Dyer, The Underdogs, Unwholly

T #atozchallenge

April 23, 2013 by Pammy Pam 6 Comments

Happy T day! Finding a book with the letter T was difficult. Why? Because in the book industry, you don’t count the beginning words like: the, a, an, etc, and I wanted to keep the same approach to this challenge. So here’s what I came up with: The Things a Brother Knows by Dana Reinhardt, sounds like a good read for the guys: Finally, Levi Katznelson’s older brother, Boaz, has returned. Boaz was a high school star who had it {Read More}

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Filed Under: A to Z Challenge, books, Young Adult Tagged With: Afghanistan, Dana Reinhardt, Jame Richards, Johnstown, Johnstown flood, Marines, Middle East, War, war veterans

S #atozchallenge

April 22, 2013 by Pammy Pam 6 Comments

Here we are at S day! How’ve you enjoyed the alphabet so far? Find anything interesting? I hope so. Here’s what I’ve got for you today: It’s Son by Lois Lowry. So is the final book in The Giver quartet. I must admit that I read this book out of sequence but was delighted to discover that it still made sense. I highly suggest everyone read this series. I had the pleasure of hearing Lois Lowry speak last year at {Read More}

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Filed Under: A to Z Challenge, books Tagged With: Blue, Lois Lowry, The Giver, The Giver Quartet, The Messenger

R #atozchallenge

April 20, 2013 by Pammy Pam 2 Comments

Today is R day! Once’t again I’m rushing because I have a busy day at the bookstore. The books I have for you are: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater, The Returning by Christine Hinwood, Rift by Andrea Cremer, and Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry. They all look good, no? I think, however, my vote goes to The Returning, which sounds like it might be a quiet sleeper: An intense story of love, loss and turmoil in the aftermath {Read More}

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Filed Under: A to Z Challenge, books, Young Adult Tagged With: A to Z Challenge, Andrea Cremer, Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Christine Hinwood, Jonathan Maberry, Maggie Stiefvater, Rift, Rot and Ruin, The Raven Boys, The Returning

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Narnia! It’s all in the wardrobe just like I told you!

let the wild rumpus begin

It would be so nice if something would make sense for a change.

I solemnly swear that I am up to no good

If you want to make a song more hummy, add a few tiddely poms.

I can’t do anything,” says Peeta, “unless you count baking bread.”

Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another

It’s not that there’s anything so wrong with Keith—well, his eyes are sort of uneven.

It’s so much more friendly with two.

Not all those who wander are lost

I’ve never been lost, but I was mighty turned around for three days once.

Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them

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What is the use of a book, without pictures or conversations?

It’s always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don’t.

It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain

Oh well… I’d just been thinking, if you had died, you’d have been welcome to share my toilet

In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf.

All children, except one, grow up