Why, oh why did I wait so long to read Audrey, Wait? Despite having Audrey, Wait by Robin Benway on my shelf since November, I sort of avoided reading this book. It took some goading from Twitter to get me to crack Audrey, Wait! open. Thank goodness I did, because Audrey, Wait! is made of […]
Review of Girl In Translation by Jean Kwok
June 17, 2010
Prior to BEA I had this goal of decimating my review pile. The vast majority of this pile was comprised of YA books which I flew through. The books which were not YA, however, I was hesitant to read. Girl In Translation by Jean Kwok was one of those books I was quite nervous about. […]
Review of Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead
May 20, 2010
First things first, absolutely do not read any of the ‘official’ summaries of the Vampire Academy books by Richelle Mead if you do not want to be spoiled, or if you have not read the series. Trust me, it is better to go in blind than to spoil the experience. This review will contain minor […]
Review of Sea by Heidi R. Kling
May 19, 2010
Imagine, if you will, a book that will melt your heart simultaneously reminding you of a 1940s black and white film, despite it being set in the present. Are you picturing? Picture an exotic location, such as say, Indonesia. Now, add in a large smattering of romance and you have Sea by Heidi R. Kling. […]
Review of I’ll Mature When I’m Dead: Dave Barry’s Amazing Tales of Adulthood by Dave Barry
April 14, 2010
One of the back cover blurbs on my ARC of I’ll Mature When I’m Dead by Dave Barry states that Dave Barry is “The funniest man in America.” Now, I am not quite sure I agree with that, although Barry is quite hilarious. I’m not quite sure how to describe I’ll Mature When I’m Dead, […]
Review of Peace, Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
March 22, 2010
Peace, Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson is an epistolatory novel, meaning it’s written in letter form, told through the letters of twelve year old Lonnie Collins Motion to his sister Lili. Basically, Lonnie and his sister are in foster care, but with two different families, and Lonnie feels he must write a letter to his sister […]