The Book Pixie: About My Blog and Me

Books Read in 2013

~January~
1) Witch's Brew by Heidi R. Kling
2) Shadowlands by Kate Brian
3) The Gleaning by Heidi R. Kling
4) The Voice by Jennifer Anne Davis
5) Destiny's Fire by Trisha Wolfe

~February~
6) Weather Witch by Shannon Delany
7) Blaze by Laurie Boyle Crompton
8) Being Henry David by Cal Armistead

~April~
9) Notes From Ghost Town by Kate Ellison

~May~
10) This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Opel

~June~
11) Emblaze by Jessica Shirvington
12) That Time I Joined the Circus by J.J. Howard
13) Insomnia by J.R. Johansson
14) Blood Feud by Alyxandra Harvey
15) A Spy in the House by Y.S. Lee
16) The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
17) The Day Before by Lisa Schroeder
18) Some Quiet Place by Kelsey Sutton
19) The Boy on the Bridge by Natalie Standiford

~July~
20) Light in August by William Faulkner
21) Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick

~Books Read in 2012~

~January~
1) The Education of Bet by Lauren Baratz Logsted
2) The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

~February~
3) Love and Leftovers by Sarah Tregay
4) Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi
5) Fever by Lauren DeStefano

~March~
6) Eggs by Elizabeth Clarke
7) The Hard Goodbye by Frank Miller

~April~
8) Days Gone Bye by Robert Kirkman
9) Drinking at the Movies by Julie Wertz
10) The Death Ray by Daniel Clowes
11) Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud

~May~
12) The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan
13) Fracture by Megan Miranda
14) The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa

~June~
15) You Are My Only by Beth Kephart

~July~
16) Dead Letter Office by Kira Snyder

~August~
17) Blood Warrior by H.D. Gordon

~September
18) Embrace by Jessica Shirvington

~December
19) Venom by Fiona Paul
20) Amber House by Kelly Moore
21) Defy the Stars by Stephanie Parent
22) Nobody by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Books Read in 2011

~January~
1) Flirt Club by Cathleen Daly (MG)
2) The Sky is Every Where by Jandy Nelson
3) The False Princess by Eilis O'Neal
4) Will Work for Prom Dress by Aimee Ferris
5) Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman (MG)
6) The Mermaid's Mirror by L.K. Madigan
7) Flash Burnout by L.K. Madigan
8) Blood and Flowers by Penny Blubaugh

~February~
9) Mad Love by Suzanne Selfors
10) The Water Wars by Cameron Stracher
11) In the Shadow of the Lamp by Susanne Dunlap
12) A Touch Mortal by Leah Clifford
13) Mind Gap by Marina Cohen
14) Delirium by Lauren Oliver
15) Steel by Carrie Vaughn

~March~
16) Miles from Ordinary by Carol Lynch Williams
17) Priscilla the Great by Sybil Nelson (MG)
18) Wither by Lauren DeStefano
19) Purple Daze by Sherry Shahan
20) The Liar Society by Lisa and Laura Roecker
21) Wake Unto Me by Lisa Cach
22) All You Get is Me by Yvonne Prinz
23) Drowned Sorrow by Vanessa Morgan
24) Drought by Pam Bachorz

~April~
25) Lost on Spirit River by Tommy Batchelor (MG)
26) Red Glove by Holly Black
27) Family by Micol Ostow
28) The Back Door of Midnight by Elizabeth Chandler
29) My Life, the Theater, and Other Tragedies by Allen Zadoff
30) Born at Midnight by C.C. Hunter
31) Accomplice by Valerie Sherrard
32) Entwined by Heather Dixon
33) Moonglass by Jessi Kirby

~May~
34) Supernaturally by Kiersten White
35) Instructions for a Broken Heart by Kim Culbertson
36) Hourglass by Myra McEntire
37) Haunted by Joy Preble
38) Ten Miles Past Normal by Frances O'Roark Dowell
39) Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma

~June~
40) Tempestuous by Lesley Livingston
41) Tighter by Adele Griffin
42) Settling by Shelley Workinger
43) Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari
44) Cold Kiss by Amy Garvey

July
45) Personal Demons by Lisa Desrochers
46) Favorite by Karen McQuestion
47) Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
48) The Queen Bee of Bridgeton by Leslie DuBois
49) Betrayed by Ednah Walters
50) Forgotten by Cat Patrick
51) The Wizard of Dark Street by Shawn Thomas Odyssey (MG)
52) The Survivors by Amanda Havard

August
53) Crescent Star by Nicholas Maes
54) Stupid Fast by Geoff Herbach
55) Original Sin by Lisa Desrochers
56) Kane Richards Must Die by Shanice Williams
57) The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore
58) Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley

September
59) The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
60) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
61) Deadly Cool by Gemma Halliday

October
62) Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

November
63) Exiled by M.R. Merrick

December
64) Kiss of Death by Lauren Henderson
65) Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
66) The Iron Quill by Shelena Shorts
67) Rippler by Cidney Swanson
68) Darkness Becomes Her by Kelly Keaton
69) Lovetorn by Kavita Daswani

Monday, May 18, 2009

About My Blog and Me

About My Blog
The Book Pixie is a book review blog dedicated mostly to YA & MG literature. However, if I read a non-YA/MG book, you can pretty much be guaranteed to see it on here because A) I post reviews on EVERY book I read and B) If I read it, then chances are there are other YAs out there who would like to read it as well.

Some things you can find on my blog are: reviews, interviews, guest posts, contests, sneak peeks, weekly memes, book news, and mixed in bits of randomness. Not to mention my exclusive, unless someone is using it without my permission, feature called Noteworthy Passages which I came up with back in January 2010.

You can always rest assured that my reviews will be honest and unbiased but also fair. The last place you are going to find book bashing is on my blog. (Ok except for the occasional Twilight post but note these are not reviews. I have reviews on all the books and they are fair. You have to understand I have a love/hate relationship with the Twilight series. Besides, it isn't the books I ridicule but the blown out of proportion publicity they get.) I find people who bash authors and there books to be totally disrespectful of the time devoted to writing those books, whether you liked it or not.

About Me
Hmmmm. What is there to say about me? Well I'm a college student majoring in English (writing concentration) and minoring in Animal Science and Dance. Besides reading, I'm extremely passionate about photography. Some of which I actually have for sale. (You can see my website here.) I also love making book thongs and am starting to make jewelry now as well. My newest favorite thing to do would have to be Ballroom dancing, a love I've discovered since coming to college. Oh and I have a twitter account especially for spreading the word about amazing book deals and promoting indie authors at @PixieBookDeals.

What I like to read:
Mostly YA and MG though I do enjoy books outside these categories such as war books, classics, adult contemporary, etc.

Favorite Authors:
~Scott Westerfeld
~Marissa Doyle
~Deborah Kerbel
~Marina Cohen
~Lesley Livingston
~Lauren Oliver
~Lisa Schoreder
~Shelena Shorts

Favorite Poet:
~Robert Frost

Favorite Poems:
~Fireflies in the Garden
~Canis Major
~The Road Not Taken
~Fire and Ice

Favorite Colors:
Green & Black