I love that there are new adult books that exist where slam poetry is a pivot point around which the book kind of turns. Or at least, where poetry plays a role. Slammed is the first of Colleen Hoover’s series that integrates slam poetry. The sequel, Point Of Retreat, also uses some slam poetry, however, it […]
Uprooted by Naomi Novick | Book Review
May 21, 2015
Naomi Novick’s Uprooted is wholly original and yet feels staunchly rooted and steeped in tradition. Drawn to Uprooted by the various glowing reviews from my favorite authors, I picked up Novick’s latest release and spent days savoring it. I did not rip through this book because it’s the kind that demands you take your time and absorb the […]
Red Rising by Pierce Brown | Book Review
May 11, 2015
Part of taking vacation for me at least is choosing to read books that I have not yet made time for but am DESPERATE to get to. Chief among that is LONG books with lots of world building and story line and action. The very last book I read on vacation, that I finished just […]
In Your Dreams by Kristan Higgins | Book Review
April 20, 2015
I really hope that there’s more in Kristan Higgins’s Blue Heron series. After finished In Your Dreams, book four in the series, I felt compelled to go on goodreads and check to see if there are anymore books in the series. Alas, so far I do not see any listed. I devoured In Your Dreams. I thought the latest […]
Rebound by Noelle August | Book Review
March 21, 2015
I haven’t really been into the blogging community in awhile so I am not entirely sure if everyone is still all ‘we don’t like new adult’ etc. In any case, the Boomerang books by Noelle August aka Veronica Rossi and Lorin Oberweger are a breath of fresh air in the genre. They aren’t dreary, depressing reads. Instead, […]