If you’ve read my recent reviews, you’ll know I’m quite taken with Tortilla Sun, a new book by Jennifer Cervantes. It’s a great book for middle grade readers and their moms, and you can even learn how to make tortillas, thanks to a recipe at the back of the book and a helpful video with [...]

The fun continues here at Mother Daughter Book Club.com with the Summer Blast Giveaway. This week I’m offering Tombstone Tea by Joanne Dahme. (Please note: giveaway is closed. Congratulations to Brenda for winning a copy.) Here’s my review:
Jessie is acting on a dare when she shows up at the Laurel Hill Cemetery one night. Her [...]

This week’s Summer Blast Giveaway will be sending a copy of Operation Redwood by S. Terrell French to a lucky reader who comments. Here’s my review:
Twelve-year-old Julian Carter-Li has no idea that adventure will soon find him. All he knows is that his mother is on a grant-paid trip to China that should enhance her [...]

Three great books are already making their way to readers who have won copies in the Mother Daughter Book Club.com Summer Blast Giveaway. This week, I’m offering up a copy of Poetry Speaks Who I Am edited by Elise Paschen. (Congratulations to Bridget, this week’s winner. Comments for entry are closed.) Here’s what I had [...]

Congratulations to Sonia, who won The Adoration of Jenna Fox in last week’s giveaway. This week I’m giving away a copy of The Heretic’s Daughter by Kathleen Kent. Here’s my previous review:
When hardship hits ten-year-old Sarah Carrier’s family, they move on a cold December day from their home in Billerica, Massachusetts to nearby Andover. They [...]

Congratulations to Denise, who won last weeks book giveaway, How to Survive Middle School by Donna Gephart. This week in the Mother Daughter Book Club.com Summer Blast Book Giveaway I’m offering a copy of The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson. This teen science fiction book offers great opportunities about medical ethics, what [...]

Aaahhhh summertime….when kids (and some of us adults) get to read books purely for pleasure instead of for school assignments. I remember lying on my bed with a warm breeze blowing in the window devouring book after book all summer long. Besides being fun and relaxing, there’s also a correlation between kids reading in the [...]

Thanks to publisher Simon and Schuster, I’m giving away 10 copies of Uglies by Scott Westerfeld to one mother-daughter book club. There’s still time to make a comment and have a chance for your club to win. The contest ends this Friday, May 21 at midnight (PDT).

Rebecca Laffar-Smith at Writer’s Roundabout is featuring an interview with me today. She asked questions about book clubs, literacy, writing, and family. She’s also giving away a copy of Book by Book: The Complete Guide to Creating Mother-Daughter Book Clubs. Visit Writer’s Roundabout for all the details.

When my mother-daughter book club read Uglies we had a great discussion about the true meaning of looking pretty and what you’d be willing to sacrifice to never look old. We all had a lot to say about beauty in Scott Westerfeld’s science fictional world of the future and in our own times.
I’m happy to [...]