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.
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If you read this blog often, you’ll know that I really loved When I Married My Mother: A Daughter’s Search for What Really Matters—and How She Found It Caring for Mama Jo. I’ve been recommending it to everyone I know, particularly women who have elderly mothers. So I was really thrilled when author Jo Maeder [...]

Today I’m thrilled to be featured in an interview at Margo Dill’s Read These Book and Use Them! Leave a comment to win a copy of Book by Book: The Complete Guide to Creating Mother-Daughter Book Clubs.

Read my review of Aries Rising by Bonnie Hearn Hill then see the details below to enter to win your own copy. (Please note: contest is closed. See comments for the winner.) Here’s the review:
Logan McRae wants to accomplish two important goals before finishing her sophomore year in high school: get accepted into a prestigious [...]