Strings Attached by Judy Blundell is seedy night clubs personified. With each turn of the page, one can practically smell the cigarette smoke wafting. The year is 1950 and Kit Corrigan has moved to New York City from Providence, Rhode Island in hopes of catching her big break and landing a role in a Broadway […]
Retro Friday Review: Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas
March 18, 2011
Retro Friday is a meme hosted by Angieville where you review an older title on Fridays. I love the 90s, bro. Almost as much as the 80s. I grew up in the 90s, or rather, was a child during the 90s, teen during the early 2000s. Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas is a YA […]
Book Review: Sean Griswold’s Head by Lindsey Leavitt + Giveaway
March 3, 2011
So, when I first started reading Sean Griswold’s Head by Lindsey Leavitt I was concerned that I would unconsciously associate Sean Griswold with Clark Griswold from the vacation movies. Luckily, I was pretty absorbed by Sean Griswold’s Head that I didn’t think about greased up sleds or squirrels or anything, just the book. GUYS, Lindsey […]
Review: Fall For Anything by Courtney Summers
January 27, 2011
If anything, Courtney Summers can write an almost magically compelling book. Her novels are like train wrecks (not the writing, that part is excellent), no matter how hard it is to see, it’s impossible to look away. Fall For Anything is Summer’s latest novel and another book that just bows me over with it’s raw […]
Review: Fixing Delilah by Sarah Ockler
December 2, 2010
Delilah’s life is pretty messed up. She was a relatively good student, who rarely got in trouble. However, with the culmination of accidentally stealing lipstick, having a dirty photo of her show up on a school gossip blog, and getting caught out past curfew, it is clear something is wrong and she is in need […]
Glass by Ellen Hopkins: ‘It’s like glass, when we break’
September 26, 2010
There is a song from an obscure 90s movie called Angus, that I can’t get out of my head. It sort of reminds me of Glass by Ellen Hopkins. The song is called Am I Wrong and it’s by Love Spit Love. Basically, there’s just one line that reminds me of the book, “It’s like […]