You ever start a book and find yourself mind numbingly bored, so then you open up a different one and am like, okay just a few pages and then I will go back to my obligation? THEN before you know it you have finished the interesting book and find yourself craving WAY more contemporaries? Okay, […]
Allison: Teacher’s Pest | Charles Gilman | Book Review
May 20, 2013
**Minor Spoilers for the Tales from Lovecraft Middle School series! Read at your own risk!** Teacher’s Pest, the third book in Charles Gilman’s Tales from Lovecraft Middle School series, picks right up where the last book (The Slither Sisters) ended, and just like the first two it does not disappoint! In fact, it may just […]
Art Girls Are Easy | Julie Klausner | DNF Book Review
May 20, 2013
Why’d I Pick This Book To Read?: Friends, Art Girls Are Easy by Julie Klausner was SO appealing to me. First, that cover is gorgeous, I love the sunglasses and the fierce lipstick. Second, I love books about characters who have a passion, especially if that passion is art. Third, there is totally not enough summer […]
Allison: The Watch That Ends The Night: Voices from the Titanic | Allan Wolf | Book Review
May 19, 2013
The Titanic sank into the ocean 101 years ago, and its tragic story has intrigued the world ever since. Actually even during the period in which the Titanic was being built people were intrigued about it due to all of the press buzz, the size of the ship, and the title of “unsinkable ship†even […]
Reboot | Amy Tintera | Book Review
May 17, 2013
Y’all, I am totally surprised at how much I enjoyed Reboot by Amy Tintera and the rate at which I devoured it. Seriously, I read it in like 3 days which is pretty good for a 360ish page book (note: I also tend to read multiple books at a time). I found myself really into the swoonworthy […]
Zebra Forest | Adina Rishe Gewirtz | Book Review
May 16, 2013
Perhaps this makes me sound like a total hipster, but I enjoy reading books that aren’t very commercial. I love books that have some literary merit as well as entertainment value. When Zebra Forest by Adina Rishe Gewirtz popped up on my radar, I knew I had to read this middle grade debut. First of all, […]