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  Title: Of Mice And Men Author: John Steinbeck Page Length: 107 pages Publication Date: 1937, 1938, 1965, 1978, 1993 (This edition published in 1993) Recommended For: High School and up, even though it is only 107 pages Summary: (from the back of the book) They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have firned a "family", clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they land jobs on a ranch in the Salinas Valley, the fulfillment of their dream seems to be within their grasp. But even George cannot guard Lennie from the provcations of a flirtatious woman, nor predict the consequences of Lennie's unswerving ...

I loved how April reviewed her book, and I have seen pretty much all other review blogs review their books in the same way. I wanted to review mine like that too, a while ago, but thought that since I didn't start like that, it'd be weird to review like that from now on. But oh well! 'Cause now, that is our review format! Title: Author: Page Length: Published Date: Recommended for: Summary: What The Reviewer Thinks: Anything else: * to all reviewers at PrincessReviews - it doesn't have to be written exactly in that format, but close.

Eeek sorry this is late :( But it is here! Title: Crescendo Author: Becca Fitzpatrick Publication Date: October 19, 2010 by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Pages: 432 Recommended for ages 13/14 and up Genre: Paranormal YA *For more info on book 1 (Hush, Hush), click here Summary (from goodreads): The sequel to the New York Times Best selling phenomenon, Hush, Hush ! Nora should have know her life was far from perfect. Despite starting a relationship with her guardian angel, Patch (who, title aside, can be described anything but angelic), and surviving an attempt on her life, things are not looking up. Patch is starting to pull away and Nora can't figure out if it's for her best interest or if his interest has shifted to her arch-enemy Marcie Millar. Not to mention that Nora is haunted by images of her father and she becomes obsessed with finding out what really happened to him that night he left for Portland and never came home. The farther Nora delves into the ...

I would just like to welcome April to our PrincessReviews team! She is now an author and can post to the site. She has already done one post, with a terriffic job! If you would like to be interviewed by April or have her review something for you, email her at PrincessReviewsA@aol.com (and as always, mine is PrincessReviews@aol.com and Amber's is AmberReviewsP@aol.com ) Thanks and welcome aboard! PS. If you want to find out how you can post for PrincessReviews, email me at PrincessReviews@aol.com

Hi, I'm April. This is my first blog post, and its actually not a review... So hopefully I don't get fired. *puppy dog eyes* What I wanted to blog about today was this lovely little article traveling around the twitter-sphere called " Filthy books demeaning to Republic education." The article by a fellow Missourian* named Wesley Scroggins has managed to anger authors and book lovers alike. In his article, Scroggins discusses the need to ban books for being sexually explicit, profane, and immoral. "In high school English classes, children are required to read and view material that should be classified as soft pornography." He then targets the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, who in my opinion is a BRILLIANT writer of a BRILLIANT book. He also mentions the necessity to ban "Slaughterhouse Five" by Kurt Vonnegut and a book called "Twenty Boy Summer" by Sarah Ockler. Of course, book fans are usually irritated when people want ...

Since I did not participate as much in BlogFest this year as I said I would, as promised, we are having our own. Here are the lists of sites that was on BlogFest that you can check out if you want to, even though the one I was supposed to put up I did have up. 1 Karissa's Reading Review 2 Kritters Ramblings 3 From the Shadows 4 At Home With Books 5 icefairy's Treasure Chest 6 Enna Isilee 7 I'd So Rather Be Reading 8 The Unread Reader 9 Tynga's Reviews 10 Manga Maniac Cafe 11 Insane Hussein 12 Broken Teepee 13 Alisha's World 14 JoJos Book Corner 15 Good Choice Reading 16 CMash Loves To Read 17 The O.W.L. 18 Leksi Designs 19 Blog de Suck 20 Every Last Page 21 Paperback Dolls 22 Creatively Green 23 Helen Smith 24 Smash Attack Reads 25 Mundie Moms 26 My Reading Room 27 Little Yayas 28 The Hiding Spot 29 Late Bloomer Online 30 From the TBR Pile 31 You Have How Many Kids?? 32 Geeky Bloggers Book Blog 33 C...

It is 1899, the last year of the 19th centry. Hannah Albury is a 15-year old orphan, who, since reaching proper age, is no longer allowed to stay at the Home for Little Wanderers, the orphanage she attends. When she is claimed "unsuitable" for any type of job in Boston, where she lives, she is sent on an orphan train out to Kansas, where there will be an auction for her. An older couple, a Reverend and his wife, feeling sorry for the girl, decide to take her in as thier own. However, Hannah is terribly sick. She has redness all over her, and whereever she goes, she leaves a salt-crystal-like trial. The doctors do not know what it is or what is causing it. But Hannah does. She knows it is that she is too far away from the sea and the ocean. She must get back. Upon telling her new owners this, they agree, but are a bit disappointed. So she catches the next train and heads back to the orphanige in Boston, where a new person has taken over. She is much nicer than the older woman....

Meg Gardiner does it again, in this novel involving forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett! Her character Jo is asked to help solve whether a famous Rock Star committed suicide or if she was murdered. This novel is filled with lots of what-ifs only to keep you guessing right up til the final page. This novel is for you if you enjoy reading Patricia Cornwell, or any other forensic writter. I can't wait to see what adventure Jo Beckett will be entangled with in Meg Gardiner's next novel!

This past summer, Shop Til You Rock had a country-wide tour across the US where you could listen to a free concert preformed by a famous band, play the new Just Dance game for free, get your hair colored and pose in front of the screen, spin a prize wheel, and enter to meet Demi Lovato. It sounds like great fun, and it is, if people know things. It was very unorganized, the preformers preformed an hour earlier then all the signes, people, and onlines said, and no one even knew where the event was to be held! It was truly a disappointment. Though some seems like it was tons of fun, just not the one I went to. I plan on going next year, and you should too. Then we can see if it's really worth all the fuss. For more info, check out http://www.shoptilyourock.com/

I know we've been telling you to go to FreeKibble without much of what it is, so here is an interview I had the pleasure of having with Mimi, the founder and owner. 1. When did you start FreeKibble? We started freekibble.com on April 1st, 2008. 2. Did you start FreeKibbleKat at the same time? If not, when did you start that? We started freekibblekat.com on June 1st, 2008. 3. How did you decide you wanted to start it? I really wanted to help out my local animal shelter, the Humane Society of Central Oregon, in a bigger way than just volunteering. (Which I still love to do)! I then came across the site freerice.com, which is a website that donates rice to homeless people. I thought that it would be great if we could do something like that but for animals. 4. How many pieces of kibble are donated per day about? Per year? Close to 1 million pieces on the weekdays and 750.00 on weekends for dog and cat combined - about 6.5 million per week! 5. In total, how much kibble h...

So sorry everyone! I have been super busy with school, and I swear, back in July when I signed up for blogfest, it was happeneing in October!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for all who stayed though and continue to/ now follow me. I promise we will have our own blogfest sometime soon. Sorry!!! And thank you! PS. No one enter any contests or giveaways. :( So no one won. :(

Blogfest is soon! Who's super ready and excited?!?!?! I know I am! We're going to have giveaways and much, much more! be sure to check it out! Bookvisions

  Life Above All is the movie version of Allan Stratton's Chanda's Secrets. It will be playing at the Toronto International Film Festival for anyone who would like to see it. Anyone wanting to see it can get times, theatres and full description at the following link: http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/tiff/2010/lifeaboveall The trailer can be seen at his website: http://www.allanstratton.com/     Thank you and spread the word!

As of yesterday, Dark Peril by Christine Feehan is in stores!   Read  Chapter 1  here!   CHRISTINE FEEHAN'S OFFICIAL HOME PAGE http://www.christinefeehan.com/   Christine Feehan Productions P.O. Box 181 Mendocino CA 95460 United States View the full email I recieved parts of this in here .

1. Do you like pie? Naturally. I don't trust people who don't like pie. No, wait, that means more for me--so everybody should stop eating pie. 2. What strategies do you use to overcome writer's block? I have a conversation (out loud, using different voices) with one of the characters in the book, just chatting about stuff, trying to keep the imaginary voice in character. I especially like asking what they think of the book so far and what they think of the way I've written them as a character. Crazy, perhaps (my wife and neighbors would tell you it is most definitely crazy) but after ten minutes or so I have a much better idea what needs to happen next. 3. How old were you when you had your first book published? What book was it? I was a wee lad of 46. Relative Danger came out in 2004 and was the darling of fans and critics alike. 4. Before you sit down to write, is there something you always do beforehand? I usually play my tenor sax for about an hour...