I am always a little tiny bit hesitant when it comes to reading GROWN UP books, maybe because most of my reading time is spent whipping my way through young adult and middle grade books. Yet, when Mambo In Chinatown by Jean Kwok came across my threshold, I could not ignore it. I could not hesitate. […]
Review of Push by Sapphire
March 20, 2010
Push by Sapphire is the story of an impoverished, traumatized, illiterate seventeen year old African-American girl named Precious Jones who overcomes so many obstacles in trying to turn her horrid life around. I mean seriously in Push by Sapphire it’s one bad thing after another, with maybe a handful of good things that happen. To […]
Review of Fireworks Over Toccoa by Jeffery Stepakoff
March 10, 2010
I don’t often read contemporary adult romance. Not necessarily because I don’t enjoy it, but because I tend to enjoy young adult romance more. I see a book with Nicholas Sparks’ named emblazoned on the top though, and feel sort of turned off, he’s just not the right author for me. I cannot get into […]