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The Loser’s Guide to Life and Love by A.E. Cannon

The Loser’s Guide to Life and Love by A.E. Cannon

Title: The Loser’s Guide to Life and Love Author: A.E. Canon Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: June, 2008 ISBN: 978-0061128462 Size: 272 pages, hardcover Genre: Young Adult Ordinary, boring Ed works a loser summer job at Reel Life Movies, where he doesn’t even have his own name tag. He’s stuck with “Sergio.” Ed’s only consolations are his two best friends. Shelving DVDs isn’t so mind-numbingly dull […]

December 3, 2008 / 0 Comments
The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck

The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck

Title: The Christmas Sweater Author: Glenn Beck Publisher: Threshold Editions Release Date: November 11, 2008 ISBN: 978-1416594857 Size: 284 pages, 5×7″, hardback Genre: Christmas When Eddie was twelve years old, all he wanted for Christmas was a bike. Although his life had gotten harder —and money tighter—since his father died and the family bakery closed…Eddie dreamed that somehow his mother would find a way to […]

December 1, 2008 / 3 Comments
A Christmas Grace by Anne Perry

A Christmas Grace by Anne Perry

Title: A Christmas Grace Author: Anne Perry Publisher: Ballantine Books Release Date: October 28, 2008 ISBN: 978-0345502032 Size: 224 pages, 5×7″, hardback Genre: Christmas A few weeks before Christmas, 1895, Emily Radley, the sister of Charlotte Pitt (last seen with husband, Thomas Pitt, in Buckingham Palace Gardens), answers a summons from Father Tyndale, spiritual leader of a small Western Ireland community. The Catholic priest is […]

December 1, 2008 / 0 Comments
Jenny’s Dream by Linda Weaver Clarke

Jenny’s Dream by Linda Weaver Clarke

Title: Jenny’s Dream Author: Linda Weaver Clarke Publisher: American Book Publishing Release Date: December 1, 2008 ISBN: 978-1589824461 Size: 280 pages, softcover Genre: Historical Romance When Jenny Roberts arrives home from college in the summer of 1908, she yearns to escape her small hometown of Paris, Idaho, and accomplish something remarkable in the world. She develops a promising friendship with Will Jones, a young farmer […]

December 1, 2008 / 0 Comments
Stonefather by Orson Scott Card

Stonefather by Orson Scott Card

Title: Stonefather Author: Orson Scott Card Publisher: Subterranean Press Release Date: October 31, 2008 ISBN: 978-1596061941 Size: 112 pages, Hardcover Genre: Speculative Novella length; not eligible for Whitney Award. When Runnel leaves his mountain valley to head for the great city of the water mages, he has no idea of his own magical talents. But he soon finds that without meaning to, he complicates and […]

November 29, 2008 / 0 Comments
The Spirit of Christmas by Hansen, Green & Bell

The Spirit of Christmas by Hansen, Green & Bell

Title: The Spirit of Christmas Author: Jennie Hansen, Betsy Brannon Green, Michele Ashman Bell Publisher: Covenant Communications, Inc. Release Date: November 2008 ISBN: 978-1598115811 Size: 5×8, softcover Genre: Christmas Not eligible for a Whitney award. Rekindle the spirit of Christmas with this touching trio of timeless stories told by some of the finest LDS storytellers — each with a heartwarming message for the Season. Will […]

November 24, 2008 / 2 Comments
Seven Sisters: The Voyage by Carolyn Hart Bennett

Seven Sisters: The Voyage by Carolyn Hart Bennett

Title: Seven Sisters: The Voyage Author: Carolyn Hart Bennett Publisher: iUniverse Release Date: November 13, 2008 ISBN: 978-0595522422 Size: 232 pages, 6×9, softcover Genre: Middle Grade Historical The early Mormon Church was forced out of several states and finally blazed a trail across unknown territory to Utah to form their own theocracy. In addition to this westward movement, converts in Europe were admonished to “gather […]

November 13, 2008 / 0 Comments
Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card

Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card

Title: Ender In Exile Author: Orson Scott CardPublisher: Tor Books Release Date: November 11, 2008 ISBN: 978-0765304964 Size: 384 pages, Hardcover Genre: Speculative, Science Fiction Series: Ender’s Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind, A War of Gifts Read review At the close of Ender’s Game, Andrew Wiggin – called Ender by everyone – is told that he can no longer live […]

November 10, 2008 / 0 Comments
Love Me by Marcia Lynn McClure

Love Me by Marcia Lynn McClure

Title: Love Me Author: Marcia Lynn McClure Publisher: Distractions Inc Release Date: November 8, 2008 ISBN: 978-0982192122 Size: 248 pages, 5×8, softcover Genre: Romance She had always loved him…forever it seemed she had loved him. Yet, when so many others loved him, too—what hope did she have of owning his love in return? Jacey Whittaker couldn’t remember a time when she hadn’t loved Scott Pendleton, […]

November 8, 2008 / 0 Comments
Dragonlance: The Survivors by Dan Willis

Dragonlance: The Survivors by Dan Willis

Title: Dragonlance: The Survivors Author: Dan Willis, Tracy Hickman Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Release Date: November 4, 2008 ISBN: 978-0786947232 Size: 320 pages, 4×7, Softcover Genre: YA Fantasy There are many stories in Krynn–and history is watching. The Journeyman is charged to use the ancient Anvil of Time to travel back along the river of time and find the lost stories that fell between […]

November 6, 2008 / 1 Comment