I’m kind of on the fence about Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner. On the one hand, it breaks pretty new ground TO me in that a gay relationship is front and center in the book. On the other hand, the audiobook starts off pretty well done and interesting with all the different voices reading, but then I […]
Dracula Bram Stoker Audiobook Review
October 5, 2012
‘I vant to suck your blood’ does not actually appear in the book Dracula by Bram Stoker. Sad, I know. But you guys, despite all my pop culture influenced ideas pertaining to Dracula, it was a pretty damn good classic vampire book. For real, this is the book that started it ALL. I bought my copy […]
The Wise Man’s Fear Patrick Rothfuss Book Review
September 29, 2012
You know that awkward moment when you totally build the highly anticipated sequel up in your head and then you read the sequel and it does not quite live up to your expectations? That is exactly how I felt with The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss, sequel to The Name Of The Wind, a book so awesome […]
Gone Girl Gillian Flynn Audiobook Review
September 18, 2012
You know how some books are so totally out of your comfort zone and genre, but they still kind of call to you anyways? Friends, Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn called to me. It first really came on my NEED TO READ THIS NOW radar when Books Are My BFs read it and then went on a […]
Stormdancer Jay Kristoff Book Review
August 23, 2012
Perhaps the thing that stuck with me the most after reading Jay Kristoff’s Stormdancer is that I would like an arashitora – a half eagle, half tiger- of my very own. In all seriousness though, Stormdancer is a powerful read about rising up against oppression set against the backdrop of a fictional land called Shima that may […]
Secret Society Girl Diana Peterfreund Book Review
August 3, 2012
As of this juncture, I am pretty sure I will love anything Diana Peterfreund writes. Seriously, my life was totally missing something without Secret Society Girl, the first of Diana Peterfreund’s Ivy League series. GUYS! There is college! Secret societies! Feminism! A spirited, smart mouthed main character! This is THE book for me, I can’t […]