Immediately, the reader is engaged in Firelight by Sophie Jordan. The book starts with a bang, Jacinda our lady of draki is doing some illegal flying with her BFF when suddenly, they wind up in the middle of a hunt. BT-dubs, draki are dragons who have evolved to become people who turn into dragons. Makes […]
Review of The Karma Club by Jessica Brody
July 2, 2010
When you mess with karma, karma will mess with you. The Karma Club by Jessica Brodyexplores the eastern philosophy of karma in a contemporary setting. Madison Kasparkova has been fairly lucky. She’s got good friends and an almost-perfect boyfriend. Things are definitely going her way, until one day her boyfriend burns her by cheating on […]
Review of Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
November 29, 2009
ife As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer is a fine piece of YA post-apocalyptica. Life As We Knew It takes the format of a journal written by Miranda who is sixteen and living a super-normal life until in the space of a single day, everything changes.
Review of When You Are Engulfed In Flames by David Sedaris
November 1, 2009
Let me preface this by saying I love David Sedaris so much, I cannot read him in public. If you didn’t already know, Sedaris writes memoirs, and his memoirs are hilarious anecdotes about his life. Whenever I flipped the page when reading Me Talk Pretty One Day, I would double over in laughter. The effect […]
Review of 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
August 31, 2009
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson is a modern day coming of age story. It centers around Virginia ‘Ginny’ Blackstone, a 17 year old girl who is given a letter in a blue envelope. The letter tells her to fly to London, but she can’t bring any crutches. What ensues is a fantastic adventure.
Review of Madapple by Christina Meldrum
August 7, 2009
Madapple by Christina Meldrum alternates between the narration of Aslaug, the protagonist and a court trial. Aslaug is on trial for the murder of her aunt and cousin. Madapple blends religion, science, mythology and botany. It almost seems Meldrum is trying too hard to weave separate elements, but I think she succeeded in creating a story which left me consistently guessing. I […]