There are some books that strike you right in the conscience. These are the books that make you think and maybe ponder your value system just a little bit. When I opened up Battle Fatigue by Mark Kurlansky, I think I was expecting draft dodgers and maybe a teenager reluctantly going to war. I think I […]
A Death-Struck Year by Makiia Lucier | Book Review
March 23, 2014
I hate to admit this, but A Death-Struck Year by Makiia Lucier has made me regret those days where I wished for the flu so I could be out of work for a couple of days without touching my vacation time — I always have this cushion of sick time. Lucier’s debut has made me realize […]
Stay Where You Are And Then Leave by John Boyne | Book Review
March 16, 2014
John Boyne’s Stay Where You Are And Then Leave is a quiet gem of a book. To me, it does not shout with action or over the top prose, instead it whispers a subtle story of family and love where you lean in to hear and listen just a little bit harder than you normally would. […]
A Mad, Wicked Folly by Sharon Biggs Waller | Book Review
February 6, 2014
Why Did I Listen To This Book? I am one jealous person, and so when I see all my friends reading and raving about A Mad, Wicked Folly by Sharon Biggs Waller and I did not get a copy, I was like super jealous, because I am a human. Then I chilled right out because I […]
Jepp, Who Defied The Stars | Katherine Marsh | Book Review
September 26, 2013
Jepp, Who Defied The Stars by Katherine Marsh has my favorite cover of 2012, seriously this book had me in fits of cover lust when I first saw it. I just love everything about it. However, as we all know, the most important part of a book is not a cover, but what’s inside. The […]
Out Of The Easy | Ruta Sepetys | Book Review
June 12, 2013
Ruta Sepetys is fast becoming one of my go to authors for a solid read. Her latest book, Out Of The Easy, is another historical fiction but set in 1950s New Orleans instead of 1941 Lithuania. Despite the different settings, I found Sepetys’ latest book to have the same emotional draw as Between Shades Of Gray. I […]