I’ll admit, my weakness is celebrities. By now, you guys should know that I really just love reading celebrity memoirs. I love the nitty gritty gossip. I do not even care what you think about my penchant for curling up with a tell all, judge away reader friends, judge away. So, when I first encountered Famous […]
Allison: The Scarlet Sisters: Sex, Suffrage, and Scandal in the Gilded Age | Myra MacPherson | Book Review
February 13, 2015
My first introduction to Victoria Woodhull came when I was responsible for helping TA an undergraduate class. I had to pre-screen the DVD which we were going to show in class so that I could come up with questions for the quiz. I was immediately captivated by this woman and couldn’t help but wonder why […]
Fathomless by Jackson Pearce | Book Review
July 2, 2014
Fathomless by Jackson Pearce has been on my to be read pile for about two years at this point. I decided to dive into it’s pages mainly because the book was super short, I liked her one book about purity and because I am a super huge fan of fairy tale retellings. Friends, it turns out […]
The Mostly True Story Of Jack Kelly Barnhill Book Review
December 7, 2011
The Mostly True Story Of Jack by Kelly Barnhill is what I would consider to be a deeply unsettling book, especially for middle grade. Now, being unsettled isn’t bad. I’m still actually thinking about The Mostly True Story Of Jack. Kelly Barnhill’s writing plays on people’s fears without overt monsters.
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 […]