Why Did I Read This Book?: I sat in on a panel at Book Blogger Convention and the editors in the panel were really talking up The Nazi Hunters: How A Team Of Spies And Survivors Captured The World’s Most Notorious Nazi by Neal Bascomb and so after the panel, I decided I could not live […]
Templar | Jordan Mechner | Book Review
July 1, 2013
Why Did I Read This Book? Templar by Jordan Mechner appealed to me mainly because it made me nostalgic for my nerdy past. Seriously, the Knights Templar are hella interesting — even without all the conspiracy stuff and I say that as someone who was able to fill a 15 page paper on the subject […]
On Yellowcake
June 27, 2013
I finally read my first Margo Lanagan book, friends! I have to admit it was very, very different. I am okay with that, really I am. However, parts of Yellowcake did not make for the best reading when I was in need of books that are light and do not require too much on my end. On […]
Allison: Shades of Earth | Beth Revis | Book Review
June 19, 2013
If I’m completely honest with myself, Shades of Earth was my least favorite book of the Across the Universe trilogy. It wasn’t bad by any means. I mean, Beth Revis is still as incredible as ever! Things just didn’t work out in a manner that was pleasing for me as a reader. Warning: There will […]
These Broken Stars | Meagan Spooner | Amie Kaufman | Book Review
June 19, 2013
Look, I know this review is incredibly early and that These Broken Stars by Meagan Spooner and Amie Kaufman does not release until December 10, 2013. You know how sometimes you get so excited about things like surprises and you are fit to burst and accidentally let the secret slip early because YOU ARE JUST SO […]
The Summer I Became A Nerd | Leah Rae Miller | Book Review
June 18, 2013
When it’s summer, I think my brain kind of slows to a crawl. I just cannot handle big heavy lofty tomes filled with ideas and philosophy. So, I turn to books that would fall on the lighter side of contemporary. There’s something about them that my brain finds easy to comprehend. I also tend to […]