Family by Micol Ostow is a free verse fictionalization of the Charles Manson murders. The story is told from the point of view of Melinda Jensen, a troubled 17 year old who desperately seeks affection. As she is a runaway, she sleeps on park benches. And so while passed out on a park bench she meets […]
Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice Book Review
July 6, 2011
I think that I am so conditioned by my overall reading choices that I come into books with certain expectations, despite there being nothing in the publisher summary about my expectations. Unfortunately, these preconceived notions ultimately set me up for disappointment as was the case with Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice. Louis de […]
Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs Book Review
July 5, 2011
Confession: I am terrified of children. Especially those serious ones that just stare at you, which is why Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs was not ideal bedtime reading for me, but great pre-work breakfast reading. So Jacob is living a relatively charmed life, I mean he doesn’t have much in the way […]
Dead End In Norvelt by Jack Gantos Audiobook Review
July 3, 2011
Audiobook Review: Dead End In Norvelt by Jack Gantos Dead End In Norvelt by Jack Gantos is a semi-autobiographical young adult book set in the 1960s in a Roosevelt town known as Norvelt, I mention setting because it is an integral piece of the book and the very first thing I think of in describing […]
Retro Friday Review: Generation Dead by Daniel Waters
July 1, 2011
Retro Friday is a meme hosted by Angieville where you spotlight an older title on Fridays. Generation Dead by Daniel Waters puts a romantic spin on the zombie troupe. Teenagers born after a certain date can come back to life after the day because of the chemicals in their food. However, not everyone comes back. […]
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente Book Review
June 30, 2011
Sometimes you (and by you I really mean I) may think nothing is going to parallel Milo’s journey and valor in The Phantom Tollbooth. What could compare to Alice’s journey to Wonderland? I think The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente will have a comfortable spot […]