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Friday, November 13, 2009

Book Tour: Too Many Visitors for One Little House by Susan Chodakiewitz

Summary

The crabby neighbors of El Camino can’t bear all the music, fun and laughter at the house of the new family on the block as aunts, uncles, cousins and grannies arrive for a big noisy reunion. Too Many Visitors for One Little House is a joyful story about the importance of being included..

My Thoughts

This was an adorable children’s book with charming illustrations. The house filled with relatives reminded me of the upcoming holidays and how my own family will be getting together soon. It’s also a good reminder for including others who may be alone or have no plans of their own. Sometimes that nosy neighbor peeking out the window is just lonely!

The story is lighthearted and humorous and enjoyable for adults as well as children. There is a comical variety of family members that provides every reader with someone to identify with. The illustrations are soft and colorful but they also have very clever patterns and textures added in. I had to touch that fuzzy sweater to see if it really was fuzzy or not (it wasn’t but I thought it was!) and the family dog looked so soft. There was so much to look at on every page!

I will happily be sharing this book with the little people in my family. This might be something fun to do together on Thanksgiving Day. I know that I will be happy to read it again!

About the Author

Susan Chodakiewitz is a writer, composer and producer. She is the founder of Booksicals Children’s Books- Encouraging the love of reading through the arts. Through her company Booksicals she has created the Booksicals on Stage literacy program which is currently presenting musical performances of the picture book Too Many Visitors for One Little House at schools, libraries, and special events.

Susan lives in Los Angeles in a lively household filled with music, three sons, a husband, a Dalmatian and lots of visitors. Susan loves picture books and when she wrote a musical based on one of her favorites, she realized it was time to start writing her own picture books. Too Many Visitors for One Little House is Susan’s debut book.

About the Illustrator

With a sense of humor and identification to the characters, Veronica Walsh debuts illustrations in Too Many Visitors for One Little House. Ms Walsh studied art and design at California State University, Long Beach and worked as a graphic designer for many years. She lives in So Cal with her husband and three cats.

Thank you to Pump Up Your Books! for a review copy of the book.

Author’s website

Booksicals website

Pump Up Your Book! website

Tour Schedule:

Monday, Nov 2
Book Review and book giveaway at 4 the Love of Books

Tuesday, Nov. 3
Interview at Pump Up Your Book
Interview at Paperback Writer

Wednesday, Nov. 4
Book Review at Cafe of Dreams

Thursday, Nov. 5
Book Review at The Princess and the Monkey

Friday, Nov. 6
Book Review at Geek Girl Reviews

Monday, Nov. 9
Book Review or Interview/Book Giveaway at Bookin’ with Bingo

Tuesday, Nov. 10
Book Review or Interview/Book Giveaway at Bookin’ with Bingo

Wednesday, Nov. 11
Interview at Examiner

Thursday, Nov. 12
Book Review at Libby’s Library News

Friday, Nov. 13
Book Review at Wrighty’s Reads

Monday, Nov. 16
Book Review at Starting Fresh

Tuesday, Nov. 17
Interview at The Hot Author Report

Wednesday, Nov. 18
Book Review at The Crypto Capers Review

Thursday, Nov. 19
Book Review at One Person’s Journey Through a World of Books

Friday, Nov. 20
Guest Blogging at The Story Behind the Book

Monday, Nov. 23
Book Review at Merry Weather

Tuesday, Nov. 24
Book Review at Must Read Faster

Wednesday, Nov. 25
Book Review at Pudgy Penguin Perusals

Thursday, Nov. 27
Book Review at Jen’s Bookshelf

Monday, October 19, 2009

Blog Tour and Review: Ginger High by Melissa Burmester

Summary
The novel begins in 1901 where a series of murders take place. All of the victims have bite marks on their necks. Could it be vampires? The story jumps forward to modern days and focuses on teen Daisy Fisher. After her school is burnt down, Daisy is sent to a new school in New York. Ginger High is a private school for students with extraordinary powers and abilities. She befriends some of the students who can teleport, heal others, and create fire. She soon finds out that people came to Earth from a parallel world called the Kingdom of Animists. A murder occurs at Ginger High, bringing the supernatural beings Amanta, Matthias, and Taeru from the parallel world. While they investigate the death, Daisy struggles with her supernatural powers, and with her mysterious new friend, Fredrick. Amanta must deal with a long time, buried family secret. What are powers? And what is with this crazy school?

My Thoughts
I am so impressed with this talented, young author! She writes this debut novel very well using good grammar and sentence structure. Her story is clever and imaginative with many details about this world and the parallel universe she created. I loved the cover too and thought it was a great choice for this book. While the characters were interesting, it would be helpful to me if they were a bit more developed. I was often confused with the quick changes back and forth between each world and the many different people and had a hard time making those transitions. I appreciated the detailed back story but there were times I couldn't quite connect all the dots to follow along. But I have to stress again how impressed I am with this teenagers efforts. I can't even imagine accomplishing so much at this age! I look forward to reading more from Melissa and expect her to have a long career in writing. She is currently at work on the next book in this series.

About The Author
Melissa Burmester is presently living in East Moriches, NY with her twin brother George, her parents and their cat Cosmo. Melissa has been writing about vampires and the supernatural since the age of twelve. She has written a few short stories, but “Ginger High” is her first novel. She is presently attending Westhampton Beach High School, and is planning a career as a writer and a teacher.

Thank you to Pump Up Your Book Promotion Virtual Book Tours for a review copy of this book.

www.gingerhigh.com
www.melissa-gingerhigh.blogspot.com
www.pumpupyourbookpromotion.com

Publisher: Infinity Publishing
Release date: 5/09
Pages: 229
Price/format: $14.95/trade paperback
Type: YA paranormal

Monday, September 7, 2009

Mailbox Monday

It's the beginning of a new week so it's time for Mailbox Monday and mine was overflowing! Marcia is our host for this fun meme. You can join the fun by leaving a link to your post about all of the books you got last week. Happy reading!

Ten books from Hatchette Books for review.