When I had first heard about Entwined by Heather Dixon, I was super excited to request and read it, as it has a gorgeous cover and takes on one of my favorite fairy tales, the Twelve Dancing Princesses. However, this excitement soon turned to trepidation as a few of my blogger buddies had read Entwined […]
Book Review: 10 Miles Past Normal by Frances O’Roark Dowell
May 4, 2011
Normal is overrated. No, really it is. However, not a whole lot of us really see that in high school. I remember desperately wanting to fit in while in high school and to be normal. But, well, normal girls don’t emerge from the library every day with a stack of books. Normal girls talk about […]
Book Review: A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park
May 3, 2011
Anyways, A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park actually made me think about limited water resources and the Sudan. I literally haven’t thought all that much about the Sudan since my junior year of college when I saw The Devil Came On Horseback.
Book Review: Between Here And Forever by Elizabeth Scott
May 2, 2011
I learned several important things after reading Between Here And Forever by Elizabeth Scott. Number 1) A coma and a persistent vegetative state are not the same thing. Number 2) I am the master at figuring out ‘secrets’ by the 20th page. Number 3) I want to read more Elizabeth Scott, but not for the reasons you might think.
Retro Friday Review: Stopping For A Spell by Diana Wynne Jones
April 29, 2011
Retro Friday Reviews is a weekly meme hosted by Angie of Angieville. It’s EXACTLY how it sounds, you review an older book on Friday. Stopping For A Spell by Diana Wynne Jones was one of my later Dewey 24 Hour Readathon books, I read it around 2 a.m. so please be forgiving of my fuzzy […]
Book Review: Carmen by Walter Dean Myers
April 27, 2011
You know how you read a really excellent adaptation of a story and that becomes the standard by which you set all of the other adaptations? Then you may get really disappointed when other versions don’t quite live up to your expectations. Unfortunately, Carmen by Walter Dean Myers did not live up to my expectations. […]