If I Stay by Gayle Forman is a moving book in which Mia must choose between life or death after a horrific car accident.
Retro Friday Review: The Twits by Roald Dahl
June 10, 2011
Retro Friday Reviews is a feature/meme hosted by Angie of Angieville. Basically you review an older book on Fridays. When I think of authors from my childhood, many names come to mind. At the forefront is Roald Dahl. I’m sure many of you did that thing where when you find one author who is awesome […]
Book Review: He’s So Not Worth It by Kieran Scott
June 7, 2011
Warning: Review of He’s So Not Worth It Contains spoilers for She’s So Dead To Us. He’s So Not Worth It by Kieran Scott is the second in the He’s So/She’s So trilogy. It picks up exactly where She’s So Dead To Us leaves us. In case you missed it: Ally’s dad invests all of her […]
Book Review: Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
June 6, 2011
I feel like my thoughts on feminism are perfectly summed up in Beauty Queens by Libba Bray. Now I won’t have to explain my views, but just hand people Libba Bray’s book instead. Beauty Queens by Libba Bray begins with a word from our sponsors, The Corporation, warning that some things may be subversive. In this […]
Retro Friday Review: Sword-Dancer by Jennifer Roberson
June 3, 2011
Relatively few reviewers hold such sway that their recommendations cause me to drop my current book commitments in lieu of reading their latest reviewed book. Ya’ll Angie has that power. Combine this with a glowing review from See Michelle Read and I am done for – hook, line, and sinker. The book in question is […]
Book Review: My Dear I Wanted To Tell You: A Novel by Louisa Young
June 2, 2011
My Dear I wanted To Tell You: A Novel by Louisa Young is set in England during the World War One era. It opens with a young working class boy, Riley Purefoy, main character, befriending an upper class artist family, the Waveneys. Out of generosity, the Waveney family provide Riley with upper class schooling as […]