Do some books ever strike you as unconquerable – daunting because of their size and significance in literary culture? For me, that book is Moby Dick by Herman Melville. I’d always thought of it as big, long and scary. Never mind all the penis-related things I’ve heard about it and about it being this whole great […]
The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett Audiobook Review
July 13, 2012
I am one of those people who read a lot of books during childhood and saw a lot of movies but then don’t remember if a book was something I actually read or not. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett is one of those books and when I decided to add it to my […]
Capture The Flag Kate Messner Book Review
July 12, 2012
Oh say can you see by the dawn’s early light, THE Star Spangled Banner has been stolen, y’all. It’s up to four intrepid children to save the historical artifact in Kate Messner’s latest middle grade book Capture The Flag. Messner does a bang up job writing a book for kids that reminded me a lot of the film National Treasure […]
One Moment Kristina McBride Book Review
July 11, 2012
Maggie’s summer was supposed to be epic. She’s got the best friends ever, a fantastic boyfriend and is going to be a senior. One Moment by Kristina McBride shows what happens after tragedy strikes Maggie’s life in a poignant, can’t look away, tear through the pages sort of manner. Y’all, I was fairly invested in McBride’s sophomore […]
Team Human Justine Larbalestier Sarah Rees Brennan Book Review
July 10, 2012
Y’all, I clearly need to change my reading habits. Seriously, I’ve never read a book by Justine Larbaleister or Sarah Rees Brennan prior to Team Human and now I feel like I am totally missing out. There’s humor, parody, swoons and warmth in Team Human, a collaboration between the two that has me wanting to search out the authors’ back […]
Insignia SJ Kincaid Book Review
July 9, 2012
I’ve decided I quite like books about gamers despite being abysmal at gaming, myself. Insignia by SJ Kincaid is totally legit and is BONUS: about an underdog kid recruited by the army for his mad gaming skills. Insignia contains a fascinating, if depressing future and characters that I alternately wanted to hug and choke. Tom Raines is […]