The thing that I love about books by Lindsey Leavitt is that I know they are going to be about just plain nice and good people. That might sound a little bit derogatory, but stop judging. I mean it in the best possible way. Like, I love that she writes these characters that come across […]
The Chapel Wars by Lindsey Leavitt | Book Review
Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver | Book Review

I am the sort of Lauren Oliver fan that if there was an announcement that she was writing a math textbook, I would preorder that textbook despite not really understanding math. In short, I am a Lauren Oliver fan girl. So, know that I do have certain biases. Vanishing Girls is Oliver’s latest addition to the […]
Shock Value by Jason Zinoman | Audiobook Review

Why Did I Listen To This Audiobook? Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror by Jason Zinoman has the kind of title that appeals to me. I love books about pop culture. I love books about movies. I have a soft spot for horror films. Also? Shock Value […]
The Start Of Me And You by Emery Lord | Book Review

Immediately after finishing the last page, the last sentence, last word of Emery Lord’s sophomore book The Start of Me And You I had to grab my phone and text and tweet everyone about how this book had made me feel content and full to the brim with positivity. The second book by Emery Lord absolutely […]
Shadow Study by Maria V. Snyder | Book Review
After finishing Fire Study, the third in Maria V. Snyder’s Study series, I was really nervous about beginning Shadow Study. Unfortunately I felt that Fire Study was not quite on the level of the previous two books in the series. Thankfully my fears turned out to be unfounded. Snyder returns to the intrigues of militaristic Ixia and magical […]
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand | Audiobook Review

Why Did I Listen To This Book? You know how Audible keeps advertising the same books to you over and over and over again? And then a movie is made out of the book that Audible keeps advertising to you? And then finally it’s like FINE YOU WIN AUDIBLE AND THE UNIVERSE! And you give […]