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Lynn: We have so much fun doing our year-end top ten lists that we decided to spread the fun of top ten lists throughout the year.  We’re starting by listing the top ten arcs that we scooped up at the ALA Midwinter Conference and can’t wait to read. All I really need to say about [...]

Cindy and Lynn: The wonderful author, Brian Jacques, died this last week, Feb. 5th.  It was much too soon and the legions of us who loved his books are saddened.   Jacques left us over 20 books about the furry denizens of Mossflower Wood starting with Redwall published in 1986.  Filled with adventure, humor and [...]

Cindy and Lynn: As many families gather together and are reminded to give thanks for the good things in their lives, we at Bookends would like to offer our list of things we are grateful for and wish to celebrate.  In our rushed and harried world it is easy to focus on complaints and we [...]

Cindy and Lynn: We interrupt our regularly scheduled book reviews with this good news: We were recently interviewed about the Bookends Blog by Aaron Mead over at Children’s Books and Reviews. Aaron and his wife, Angela, have the goal of “helping adults find great children’s books” and use their blog to report on books they [...]

Lynn: Happy Labor Day Weekend! We hope everyone is enjoying a relaxing weekend. Today is also a big day for our focus group. The boys turn seven! They started testing books for us when they were five and now two years later they take their job very seriously! Here is a picture of them taken [...]

Lynn: I am pleased to announce the arrival of the most beautiful baby ever and a new reading guinea pig – oops – I mean an addition to our book testing focus group. Henry Rowan arrived Saturday morning, 8 pounds 8 ounces, the first child of my oldest son and his wonderful wife. So far [...]

Lynn: I have awesome news to share on this Memorial Day. Cindy has just been appointed as one of the three judges on the Young Adult Literature Panel for the Los Angeles Book Prize. She will serve for 2010 and 2011. Huzzah! I am really excited! Cindy will be awesome and my book-nagging can kick [...]

Cindy and Lynn: It’s time to vote for your favorite Nontraditional Nonfiction Monday blog post from yesterday! The variety of entries was inspiring, and if you haven’t taken a look, please do. There are many fun ideas for book sharing among the entries. And if the dizzying array of options leaves you indecisive, then VOTE [...]

Cindy: I’m so excited! Lynn has been elected to the ALSC 2012 Newbery Committee! YAY! And now, having just read The Poison Diaries by Maryrose Wood, I’m thinking I need to find a talented apothecary who will help me brew up just the right tea to make Lynn vote for the books I want to [...]

Cindy and Lynn: Scholastic has announced the title (Mockingjay) and cover art for the final book in the Hunger Games trilogy over at their blog, On Our Minds @ Scholastic. You don’t want to miss the humor in this press release news. It will have to satisfy you until August 24, 2010, the release date [...]