Meg-Cabot

REVIEW: Zombies vs Unicorns edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier

REVIEW: Zombies vs Unicorns edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier

Dear authors, I actually remember the various blog posts that inspired this anthology. Which was better: the zombie or the unicorn? It was a hilarious debate that suited the blog format. What I wasn’t sure about was how well this idea would translate to book form. I thought a lot of it depended on the(…)

REVIEW: Insatiable by Meg Cabot

REVIEW: Insatiable by Meg Cabot

Dear Ms. Cabot, I’m not sure why I got a copy of your new book, “Insatiable” since I’m not the first DA reviewer who comes to mind when vampire books are being discussed but nonetheless it arrived in my mail and, since I hadn’t read any of your books in years, I found myself giving(…)

REVIEW:  Runaway by Meg Cabot

REVIEW: Runaway by Meg Cabot

Dear Ms. Cabot, Your books are known as some of the best YA chick lit out there. How To Be Popular was my first book of yours, and it’s combination cuteness and morality was hilarious and made for a great read. The only other book of yours I’ve read is Avalon High, which really was(…)

My First Sale by Her Royal Highness, Princess Mia Thermopolis

My First Sale by Her Royal Highness, Princess Mia Thermopolis

Wow, what can I say? This is the first time that Dear Author has hosted royalty on the site. I mean, we’ve read books about Princes (usually angry bitter ones that are healed by the love of a woman who pretends to be brazen but is really a virgin who gives up her job so(…)

REVIEW: Ransom My Heart by HRH Mia Thermopolis

REVIEW: Ransom My Heart by HRH Mia Thermopolis

Dear HRH Thermopolis*: I just finished reading your debut novel, Ransom My Heart. It’s a good novel but flawed, but what can you expect from your debut novel that you wrote while your heart was breaking over the loss of your boyfriend Michael when he went off to Japan to court the Asian honeys. I’ve(…)

REVIEW: Queen of Babble Gets Hitched by Meg Cabot

Dear Ms. Cabot: This is the third in the Queen of Babble series featuring Lizzie Nichols, a wedding dress restorer and designer. I’ve read the first one but not the second (I have no explanation for not reading the second). The book begins with Lizzie confused about an encounter with her good friend, Chaz, and(…)

REVIEW: She Went All the Way by Meg Cabot

Dear Ms. Cabot: You know that I love your work, right? That I have an inappropriate girl crush on you and all? So it’s with some dismay that I have to write this letter which talks about why I didn’t like this latest reprint of yours. Part of the problem was that the voice of(…)

REVIEW:  Big Boned by Meg Cabot

REVIEW: Big Boned by Meg Cabot

Dear Ms. Cabot: Everyone knows by now I have an inappropriate girl crush on you and that I squeal a bit every time I get a new book of yours (okay, maybe only Ned knows that I do this squealing thing . . . and now everyone else). But I wondered, after I finished, if(…)

My First Sale by Meg Cabot

My First Sale by Meg Cabot

I can’t remember when I first started reading Meg Cabot, but it was before she started publishing her Princess Diary series. I met her once at a book signing. She wasn’t quite as famous, but she was just as endearing then as she is now. Her effervescent personality, which shines through even a photograph, is(…)

Prom Nights from Hell by Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, Stephenie Meyer, Lauren Myracle

I’ve got a hardcover copy of this book to giveaway to a random commenter. You just need to post the best bad date/bad prom night story in your memory banks. The comments will close on Sunday, April 22. My worst date was in college. I hadn’t much dating experience. My parents were strict and my(…)

REVIEW:  Prom Nights from Hell by Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, Stephenie Meyer, Lauren Myracle

REVIEW: Prom Nights from Hell by Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, Stephenie Meyer, Lauren Myracle

Prom Nights from Hell is a thoroughly entertaining collection of stories from five of the top teen writers in the business. The fresh and fully realized worlds will engage the entire spectrum of readers from tween to adult. While not all of the stories are self contained as some appear to be introductions to future(…)

TokyoPop Ramps Up Production to Capture More Young Readers

TokyoPop is offering more titles this fall than ever before with titles for all ages such as the Cine-Manga for young children based on the Pixar movie Ratatouille. In its partnership with HarperCollins, Tokyopop will release two books this summer including Avalon High: Coronation #1: The Merlin Prophecy (Avalon High Coronation) by Meg Cabot, a(…)

REVIEW: Size 14 Is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot

Dear Ms. Cabot: I’m a full on fan girl of yours. I read all of your books, even your young adult ones. The first in this series, Size 12 is Not Fat, was very cute and fun to read with a hint of a future romance. This second book was a cute, fun but the(…)