The Bad Apple by TR Burns (Tricia Rayburn) is the first of a middle grade series called The Merits Of Mischief. Seamus Hinkle finds himself at Kilter Academy after accidentally killing a substitute teacher with one bad throw of an apple. To outsiders, Kilter looks like the harshest reform school on the block. To the […]
The Summer My Life Began Shannon Greenland Book Review
June 13, 2012
I read The Summer My Life Began by Shannon Greenland on the bus ride to BEA and I have to say, it is a great read while traveling or a beach book. I found it to be absorbing, but not to require a whole lot from me on my end, except a bit of attention. To […]
The Last Princess Galaxy Craze Book Review
June 12, 2012
Friends, my honest opinion of The Last Princess by Galaxy Craze is that it was a god awful book. On the upside, it is a super quick read — only taking a few hours to get through. However, this dystopian debut did not work for me despite how quickly I zoomed through it. England has been […]
Dust Girl Sarah Zettel Book Review
June 11, 2012
Straight up, it took me a long time to warm up to Dust Girl by Sarah Zettel. I felt as though I had been dropped into it with no idea of what was going on. I didn’t immediately feel grounded in the story. Frankly, though, once I had a better sense of place and world, […]
Auracle Gina Rosati Book Review + Giveaway
June 9, 2012
This is an Allison review!! Auracle by Gina Rosati is a debut novel coming out in August 2012. It tells the story of Anna, who is your average seventeen year old girl, except that she can astrally project out of her body. Normally, she can leave her body behind without having a care in the world […]
The Celery Stalks At Midnight James Howe Book Review
June 8, 2012
No matter how you slice it, the fact of the matter is that I am a fan of both zombie vegetables AND mystery solving animals. I also quite like old school book covers and vampiric rabbits. Of course, I really took to The Celery Stalks At Midnight by James Howe, third in the Bunnicula series, […]