With a cover like Naked Sushi, it is pretty obvious that there will be sexytimes in store for Jina Bacarr’s spy-based novella. Unfortunately, Naked Sushi fizzled instead of sizzled for me. I am going to chalk that up to the writing style, it just did not gel with me. Further, the characters aren’t all that developed and […]
The Golden Door | Emily Rodda | Book Review
August 30, 2013
When I see a book with dragons that look, to me like Chinese dragons, on the cover I automatically feel compelled to read it. I can’t just walk by and NOT obtain the book. Friends, the dragons on the cover of The Golden Door by Emily Rodda are not Chinese dragons, but sea serpents. I know, […]
Just One Year | Gayle Forman | Book Review
August 29, 2013
As I read Gayle Forman’s Just One Year, the companion to Just One Day I could not get this one quote from The Perks Of Being A Wallflower out of my head – “We accept the love we think we deserve.” That my friends, is what Just One Year is all about. It’s about Willem De Ruiter and the […]
Allison: The Turning | Francine Prose | Book Review
August 28, 2013
Ugh. You know what one of the worst feelings for me is? When I read a book and I’m honestly not quite sure what I just read. I mean, I like being confused, and feeling like I’m being pulled in twenty different directions without knowing which one is the right one and there is excitement […]
The Beginning Of Everything | Robyn Schneider | Book Review
August 28, 2013
You know that feeling when you read a book and you like it more than your friends did and then you feel all weird because you genuinely enjoyed something they all seemed to dislike? That totally happened with me and The Beginning Of Everything by Robyn Schneider. I actually really enjoyed Schneider’s contemporary literary young adult […]
Allison: All We Know Of Love | Nora Raleigh Baskin | Book Review
August 27, 2013
Natalie Gordon is a girl on a journey. You see four years, four months, and fifteen days ago, her mother walked out mid-sentence never finishing what she was going to say, and ever since that moment, things have never been the same for Natalie. Now she’s desperately searching for answers, traveling twenty-four hours on a […]