Retro Friday is a meme hosted by Angieville. Basically the premise is that you review a retro book on Friday. As this is my first time participating in Retro Friday, I thought I would review a novel near and dear to the hearts of everyone except for me. Honestly, I sort of feel like the […]
Review: Hunger by Jackie Morse Kessler
October 25, 2010
Lisabeth Lewis does not have an easy go of it. Plagued by an inner demon known as the thin voice, Lisa is anorexic. Food occupies the vast majority of her thoughts.
Review of Annexed by Sharon Dogar
June 16, 2010
Were you assigned Diary of A Young Girl in school? If not, I am willing to bet you know who Anne Frank was and all about the annex. We all know Anne’s ultimate fate,but it doesn’t make her diary any less touching. Knowing the ending doesn’t detract from the emotional impact. Annexed by Sharon Dogar tells the […]
Review of A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
May 31, 2010
Mattie Gokey dreams of a life where she is not bound by the confines of her small Catskills town. This beautifully worded historical fiction novel, A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly explores feminism, education, familial duty and the crossroads between being a girl and a woman. If it was possible to get a crush on […]
Review of Owl In Love by Patrice Kindl
March 26, 2010
Maybe some of you may recall my tweet about Owl In Love by Patrice Kindl being a creeper. I still stand by that tweet. I will say, I did warm up to Owl In Love by Patrice Kindl a bit, but definitely feel a little too old for it. Owl In Love by Patrice Kindl is […]
Review of Daughters of Witching Hill by Mary Sharratt
March 16, 2010
So you know how Salem had a bunch of trials for witches in the 1600s? Well, Daughters of Witching Hill by Mary Sharratt has nothing to do with Salem. It takes place in England, in this place called Pendle Forest. The story is first told in first person through the eyes of Bess Southerns, this […]