Y’ALL Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi has a male love interest who isn’t a douchenozzle. HALLELUJAH!! Okay, so Shatter Me is mad hyped and while it is FANTASTIC, it’s not quite what I built it up to be in my head. Speaking of which, can we please stop comparing books which are nothing like The […]
Peter Nimble And His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier Book Review
October 24, 2011
Peter Nimble And His Fantastic Eyes is a truly magical read about a blind orphan, Peter Nimble obvs, who is the greatest thief in the world, but may be destined for more than stealing. He may even be destined to be a hero.
Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder Retro Friday Book Review
October 21, 2011
Book Review- Poison Study by Maria V Snyder has INTRIGUE, MAGIC, secrets, slow burns AND SEXYTIMES!
Hooked by Catherine Greenman Book Review
October 20, 2011
Hooked by Catherine Greenman is not your typical pregnancy novel. There is no ‘you will get pregnant and you will die.’
Guys Read: Thriller edited by Jon Scieszka Book Review
October 19, 2011
Guys Read: Thriller edited by Jon Scieszka, who also wrote the introduction, begins with a bang.
Troubletwisters by Garth Nix and Sean Williams Book Review
October 18, 2011
Y’all, Garth Nix knows how to write a prologue, or at least I’m going to assume Nix wrote the prologue, but hey, it could have been Sean Williams. Anyways, with middle graders, you have to hook them and reel them in. Troubletwisters definitely begins with a bang-literally. Jaide and Jack Shields are twins. (Sidebar: I think twins are a trend in MG SFF) Their dad is about to return from a business trip and they are watching. With excitement, they bring his bag upstairs, touch a metal rod and all hell breaks loose with these white eyes leading to the twins being sent to live with Grandma X -an estranged mysterious relative.