The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski was a whirlwind read for me. I had no idea what to expect except that I had placed it on my pile of 40 books to read by BEA and pretty much every single person I know was all like YOU NEED TO READ THIS RIGHT NOW. And I […]
The Orphan Of Awkward Falls | Keith Graves | Book Review
April 19, 2014
Mad scientists, automatons, and lunatics abound in Keith Graves’ The Orphan Of Awkward Falls, a fun speculative fiction middle grade book. I was totally over the moon to read The Orphan Of Awkward Falls because A) I love books that have orphans in them and B) The Book Smugglers gave it a good review. Hopes were high […]
Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson | Book Review
April 14, 2014
In a well ordered universe, you would read Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson. I am pretty solid in my belief that Morgan Matson has written THE contemporary young adult book of the summer. I mean, if you want something a bit lighter than We Were Liars. Full disclosure, I am head over heels in love with […]
Defy The Dark | Edited By Saundra Mitchell | Book Review
April 13, 2014
I kind of love reviewing short story anthologies because to me, they are easy to review. I just pop up the name of each story, summarize it and give a little paragraph of my opinion for each story. That’s not terribly hard and the review basically writes itself. I pulled Defy The Dark edited by Saundra […]