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 […]
Review of Sugar by Bernice L. McFadden
March 12, 2010
When Sugar Lacey comes to the small town of Bigelow in Arkansas, life is shaken up. Women eye her with disdain, men eye her with lust. This is the basis of the novel Sugar by Bernice L. McFadden. Sugar begins with a bang, immediately we are drawn in with a murder of a little girl. […]
Review of The House of Tomorrow by Peter Bognanni
February 28, 2010
Sebastian Prendergast does not get out much. He’s this home schooled kid who lives with his grandmother in a dome. He is also the main character of The House of Tomorrow by Peter Bognanni. Sebastian’s grandmother gets a stroke, which will have the effect of drastically changing his life, as does the introduction of punk […]
Review of The Total Tragedy of A Girl Named Hamlet by Erin Dionne
February 25, 2010
Middle school is awesome. I saw a tweet/link/blog post — something internets related the other day which asked is Middle Grade Fiction The New YA. While I see MG fiction as being awesome, I also see it as being of a completely different sphere than YA, yes both types of books are targeted at non-adult […]
Review of Gateway by Sharon Shinn
February 21, 2010
Gateway by Sharon Shinn has a rather beautiful, colorful cover featuring two people hiding behind a red parasol. Frankly, that was the most striking thing about Gateway. It had all of the elements to be really awesome: parallel universes, cultural subversion, the fact that it’s YA, and a romantical element. (Romantical is a word frequently […]