Man, it’s so neat reading a book that straddles the line between two market categories that I really, really, really enjoy. Y’all, I am a bit unsure of how to classify Joy Preble’s The Sweet Dead Life. It’s not middle grade, but I would not quite classify it as young adult either. If you’re looking for […]
Battle Fatigue | Mark Kurlansky | Book Review
March 25, 2014
There are some books that strike you right in the conscience. These are the books that make you think and maybe ponder your value system just a little bit. When I opened up Battle Fatigue by Mark Kurlansky, I think I was expecting draft dodgers and maybe a teenager reluctantly going to war. I think I […]
The Strange And Beautiful Sorrows Of Ava Lavender | Leslye Walton | Book Review
March 24, 2014
I am going to be straight up and honest with you — when I first cracked open The Strange And Beautiful Sorrows Of Ava Lavender by debut author Leslye Walton, I was really skeptical. I thought, a girl with wings and her struggles this is going to be dumb. Turns out the only dumb one was […]
A Death-Struck Year by Makiia Lucier | Book Review
March 23, 2014
I hate to admit this, but A Death-Struck Year by Makiia Lucier has made me regret those days where I wished for the flu so I could be out of work for a couple of days without touching my vacation time — I always have this cushion of sick time. Lucier’s debut has made me realize […]
Panic | Lauren Oliver | Book Review
March 21, 2014
I just finished Panic by Lauren Oliver and I knew I would have to pop onto the internet and tell all of my friends how they are not living their lives until they read this book — or basically I was having the same reaction to it that I have to almost ALL of Lauren Oliver’s books (Requiem notwithstanding).