I essentially went into Elizabeth Paulson’s Dead Upon A Time totally blind. I grabbed it from my shelves because it was exceedingly thin and threw it on my Dewey Readathon pile. Well, I figured based on the cover that it might be a creepy sort of read which would tie in well to my Halloween feelings […]
Blood And Salt by Kim Liggett | Book Review
October 28, 2015
You know those kids who read books like Goosebumps and then graduated to Stephen King and always were watching either So Weird or The X Files? I was totally one of those kids. Thus, Blood And Salt by debut author Kim Liggett really appealed to me. This book has been pitched as Romeo And Juliet meets Children Of The Corn and […]
Famous In Love by Rebecca Serle | Book Review
October 16, 2015
I’ll admit, my weakness is celebrities. By now, you guys should know that I really just love reading celebrity memoirs. I love the nitty gritty gossip. I do not even care what you think about my penchant for curling up with a tell all, judge away reader friends, judge away. So, when I first encountered Famous […]
Taking Aim: Power And Pain, Teens And Guns edited by Michael Cart | Book Review
October 5, 2015
Taking Aim: Power And Pain, Teens And Guns edited by Michael Cart is a young adult anthology centering around guns. There are a variety of stories included showing various sides of the gun control debate. In all, this is an okay anthology with some stand out stories and then some duds. In all, I could see […]
Juba!: A Novel by Walter Dean Myers | Book Review
October 2, 2015
The thing about Walter Dean Myers’s books is that there is something for everybody. Walter Dean Myers was a prolific writer with books about young adults of color that span a wide variety of genre and situations. Juba!: A Novel is the last book that Myers wrote and for the most part it is a book […]
Cleopatra’s Shadows by Emily Holleman | Book Review
September 29, 2015
Review + Summary – Cleopatra’s Shadows by Emily Holleman explores the story and motivations of Cleopatra’s sisters Arsinoe and Berenice in her debut novel.