Book Talk: GOING OVER, by Beth Kephart

Book Talk: GOING OVER, by Beth Kephart

Going Over Beth Kephart (Twitter) Chronicle Books (Aoril 2014), Hardcover (ISBN 1452124574 / 9781452124575) Fiction (YA), 264 pages Source: ARC from publisher, for blog tour tied to launch Someday, I may stop saying that each new Beth Kephart book I read is the best yet, but in order for that to happen, she’ll have to stop outdoing herself. She hasn’t reached that point yet. Going Over, Kephart’s latest work of young-adult fiction, is as ambitious […]

WW: (Going Over) The Wall

WW: (Going Over) The Wall

Beth Kephart’s new YA novel, Going Over, takes place in Berlin during the decade before the Wall came down, and is coming out in time to commemorate that event’s 25th anniversary. This is a suitably graffiti-covered piece of the Wall at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California. An InLinkz Link-up Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Email Address […]

GOING OVER Q’s & A’s with Beth Kephart (Blog Tour + Giveaway)

GOING OVER Q’s & A’s with Beth Kephart (Blog Tour + Giveaway)

I rarely do blog tours these days, and I’m not sure I’ve ever done an author interview in seven years of blogging here, but when I was invited to participate in Chronicle Books’ blog tour for Beth Kephart’s newest YA novel, Going Over, I wasn’t about to say no. And because Beth and I have grown to be friends over the last few years, I felt pretty comfortable about engaging in a little Q&A with […]

What’s What: Sunday Salon 4-6-2014 (Pre-FoB edition)

What’s What: Sunday Salon 4-6-2014 (Pre-FoB edition)

What I’m reading in print / on screen It felt like most of what I read last week was spreadsheets! I’m in my work’s annual storm cycle, when things converge so that I’m closing the accounting records on a month and a year at the same time, and trying to juggle demands from both the external auditors and internal management. I’ve been short on time for reading books or blogs, and while I did make […]

WW: Shades of Pink

WW: Shades of Pink

Prolonging Birthday Week just a little longer, with a last glimpse of a surprise gift from my husband. An InLinkz Link-up Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Email Address Subscribe Join 2,318 other subscribers