Never Sit Down In A Hoopskirt is a novel that was hilariously penned by Cricket Rumley about southern debutantes. Whenever I read a book set in the south, I always feel the need to talk about how exotic the south is to me. Seriously, t he only southern place I have been is Orlando, Florida […]
Family by Micol Ostow Book Review
July 7, 2011
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 […]
Book Review: Hourglass by Myra McEntire
May 26, 2011
Hourglass by Myra McEntire is hefty, not gonna lie, you could smack someone with it and do some serious damage, however, it is totally engaging! You see, main lady Emerson Cole sees iterations of people from the past. This is a problem for Emerson, as no else can see these people, so she’s not sure […]
My Life, The Theater And Other Tragedies by Allen Zadoff
May 17, 2011
I am pretty much in love with My Life, The Theater And Other Tragedies by Allen Zadoff. I devoured this book in the span of a few hours. I’d say to myself just one more chapter until I finished it. Adam Zeigler, sophomore, is a techie. Techies do not mix with actors at Montclair High […]
Human .4 by Mike Lancaster
May 15, 2011
If you have not ever seen the Twilight Zone circa 1950s, you need to change your life and hop to Netflix instant and watch it. That show is like the grandfather of mind fucks. Every episode has me going what the what? And why would I start off a review of Human .4 by Mike […]
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. […]