Author: Tanita Davis

tanita s. davis is a writer and avid reader who prefers books to most things in the world, including people. That's ...pretty much it, she's very awkward and she can't even tell jokes. She is, however, the author of eleven books, including Serena Says, Partly Cloudy, Go Figure, Henri Weldon, The Science of Friendship and the Coretta Scott King honored Mare's War. Look for her new MG, book Berry Parker Doesn't Catch Crushes September 2025 from HarperCollins Childrens' Books.

June 19, 2006

48 Hour Reading Contest: Diva Duos

THIS book is frothy and fun, and I was amused to find it had a sequel in the make. Introducing Vivian Leigh Reid, Daughter…

June 19, 2006

48 Hour Reading Contest: Feminist Future

First of all, I don’t know who decided that Candas Jane Dorsey’s A Paradigm of Earth was a YA novel. Not that it wasn’t…

June 19, 2006

48 Hour Reading Contest: Dreams and Nightmares

I know I’m posting these late! Somehow, this turned into the worst weekend EVER to do a reading contest, but never mind, I got…

June 17, 2006

48 Hour Reading Contest: Through the Wall

A.Fortis is always waxing eloquent about the ever fey Neil Gaiman, so I am taking a detour from Pratchett-mania to see what he’s all…

June 16, 2006

48 Hour Reading Contest: More Prom! Aaargh!

This book was a big surprise. Since I somehow got on a prom reading jag, I thought I was going to have to slap…

June 16, 2006

48 Hour Reading Contest: Geeks and Freaks

I wish I could say I really loved this book as much as I like the title. Alyson Noel’s novel, Art Geeks and Prom…

June 15, 2006

Book-a-rama

There is nothing as cool as a trip to the library, unless it’s a trip to the bookstore with lots of money. These things…

June 15, 2006

Post-Life Citizens Brigade

12-year-old Johnny Maxwell has been having a really odd life lately. His best mates, Wobbler, Bigmac and Yo-less think the Trying Times his parents…

June 14, 2006

Saving the World… One Game at a Time

Terry Pratchett’s book has gotten missed before, what with the reams of Discworld fantasies he’s written, but this is true Pratchett – engaging and…

June 14, 2006

Angry, angry girls

Gennifer Choldenko is a genius. Her novel, Notes from a Liar and her Dog is spot on about certain parts of growing up —…

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