hoopsielv

Hi!  My name is Laurie and I grew up in the era when Sweet Dreams, Wildfire, and First Love from Silhouette were all the rage!  
Yes, I was a teen in the 1980's.  Now I am a mom to 2 great sons who share my love of books.  

I also teach 5th-grade in my small town.  

One of the most important things I can teach all my children is to appreciate a good book!


You can contact me at
hoopsielv@teensreadtoo.com.
Reviews by hoopsielv:

29 by Adena Halpern
100 DAYS AND 99 NIGHTS by Alan Madison


ALMOST ALICE by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor


BACK HOME by Julia Keller
BEST LAID PLANS by Christine Hart
BOYS ARE DOGS by Leslie Margolis


CALLIE'S RULES by Naomi Zucker
CHRONICLES OF A NOMAD by A. A. Alvarez


DANCE RECOVER REPEAT by Alisdair Duncan


FAR FROM GRINGO LAND by Edward Myers
FIGHTING THE CURRENT by Heather Waldorf
FOOD, GIRLS, AND OTHER THINGS I CAN'T HAVE by Allen Zadoff


THE GEORGES AND THE JEWELS by Jane Smiley
GIRLS ACTING CATTY by Leslie Margolis
GOING DOWN SOUTH by Bonnie J. Glover
THE GOLD RUSH KID by Mary Waldorf
GUINEA DOG by Patrick Jennings


HE FORGOT TO SAY GOODBYE by Benjamin Alire Saenz


INVISIBLE GIRLS by Dr. Patti Feuereisen


KENDRA by Coe Booth


LAST CHANCE FOR FIRST by Tom Hazuka


MY NAME IS NUMBER 4 by Ting-Xing Ye


NEXT TO MEXICO by Jennifer Nails


PANAMA by Shelby Hiatt
PLUS by Veronica Chambers
PRAIRIE WINTER by Bonnie Geisert


REHAB by Randi Reisfeld


SAVE THE DATE by Tamara Summers
SCANDALOSA by Michele Serros
SING ME TO SLEEP by Angela Morrison
THE SISTER SWITCH by Jane B. Mason & Sarah Hines Stephens
SPLIT by Swati Avasthi
THE SUMMER OF SKINNY DIPPING by Amanda Howells


THIEF by Brian James


WAYNE by Wayne Theodore