How about a book talk?

That's right, a book talk. This summer, besides indulging in fantasy and magic, I'm also taking 3 (count em' 3) graduate classes at Syracuse University. Life is busy, but a lot of fun. One of my classes is Youth Services in Libraries and Information Centers. Week one? Genre Study. Here in week two? Book talks. A slew of other things as well, but on the assignment front, book talks. I had never done one, so when faced with the task of choosing three books I was at a loss. They had to fit together somehow, be interesting and lend themselves to this format. I was stumped, and then, a bolt of lightning struck (that analogy would be extra awesome if I chose Harry Potter, but I didn't). Fae! That was it. Some of my favorite books in the past year have been ones that deal with Fae. So, without further ado...

So, are you interested? If you are hit up Amazon, the closest indie book shop or the local library and give them a go!

Wings (Aprilynne Pike)
Wondrous Strange (Lesley Livingston)
The Iron King (Julie Kagawa)

A Scheduled Break

I have news! I'm going back to school- for my Masters. For the next two weeks I'll be hanging out here:

The Hall of Languages at Syracuse University, where I'll be doing my summer intensive, my first step on the path to getting my Library and Information Science degree. That's right, working on this blog and doing the book of the month club at EFG and TwilightMoms has made me realize that I want to work with books and people all the time, so it's back to the classroom. It will be a grueling few weeks- 3 classes (7 credits) in 12 days- for some of those days I'll be on campus for 11 hours! Thankfully I live close by, so it will be my own bed each night and not at the dorms.

While this is exciting, it means that there will be no blogging for a few weeks. There just won't be any time! I've got a few reviews in the pipe though- Brenda Pandos' The Emerald Talisman and Aprilynne Pike's Spells. Both are great books and if you are not reading Pike's books- go get them starting with Wings. They are so wonderful!

And because I'm a big dork- check out this cool picture of the Hall of Languages from 1873. How cool is that?