Let’s face it, high schoolers can be real assholes. Not all of course, but with the pressure to be in, sometimes the only way of being cool is by bringing others down. Girl on the Other Side by Deborah Kerbel is a short, gut-punch of a book featuring the intertwining of characters Lora Froggett and […]
Review of The Dark Divine by Bree Despain
December 8, 2009
I didn’t like The Dark Divine by Bree Despain at first. I know, what a way to start off a book review right? To be honest, in the beginning it felt like a Christian fiction novel which is a genre I tend to avoid. I also did not like the love interest, Daniel, at first […]
Review of Japan Took The JAP Out of Me by Lisa Fineberg Cook
December 1, 2009
Japan Took The JAP Out of Me By Lisa Fineberg Cook is a memoir about a woman who lives in Japan for a year. She’s a stereotypical Jewish American Princess, which is definitely not a bad thing, but it makes for some funny culture show moments. I thought Lisa was intriguing, in America, she’s a […]
Review of Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
November 29, 2009
ife As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer is a fine piece of YA post-apocalyptica. Life As We Knew It takes the format of a journal written by Miranda who is sixteen and living a super-normal life until in the space of a single day, everything changes.
Review of The SuperStress Solution by Roberta Lee
November 25, 2009
Let me be honest here, I was probably the most irritating person ever while I was reading The SuperStress Solution by Roberta Lee. I would stop my reading and point out to whoever was in the room, be it my boyfriend, his mom, or even the dogs, oh did you know…scents cause people to be […]
Review of The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig
November 24, 2009
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig is an adult historical fiction romance. It alternates between modern day England and Post-Revolutionary France. The Secret History Of The Pink Carnation alternates between three main characters, Eloise, Amy Balcourt, and Richard Selwick. It’s basically a spin-off of The Scarlet Pimpernel. I felt the Secret […]