Prior to BEA 2012, I made myself a little promise. What was this promise? I promised myself that I would finally read the entire Harry Potter series beginning to end before I ended up in NYC. (Yes. I know. How could I have not read them before this? Honestly, I don’t know. I did read […]
The Bad Apple TR Burns Book Review
June 14, 2012
The Bad Apple by TR Burns (Tricia Rayburn) is the first of a middle grade series called The Merits Of Mischief. Seamus Hinkle finds himself at Kilter Academy after accidentally killing a substitute teacher with one bad throw of an apple. To outsiders, Kilter looks like the harshest reform school on the block. To the […]
The Last Princess Galaxy Craze Book Review
June 12, 2012
Friends, my honest opinion of The Last Princess by Galaxy Craze is that it was a god awful book. On the upside, it is a super quick read — only taking a few hours to get through. However, this dystopian debut did not work for me despite how quickly I zoomed through it. England has been […]
Dust Girl Sarah Zettel Book Review
June 11, 2012
Straight up, it took me a long time to warm up to Dust Girl by Sarah Zettel. I felt as though I had been dropped into it with no idea of what was going on. I didn’t immediately feel grounded in the story. Frankly, though, once I had a better sense of place and world, […]
The Way Of Shadows Brent Weeks Book Review
June 6, 2012
You ever read a book with a WONDERFUL and I mean that with zero sarcasm friend full of intention to joint review the book, but it turns out you are both BIG procrastinators and two years later there is still no review written of the book you read together? Now, I’d just skip reviewing The […]
Enchanted Alethea Kontis Book Review
May 21, 2012
Are you looking for a lighthearted fairy tale retelling? Maybe something in the vein of the frog prince? Debut author Alethea Kontis’s Enchanted certainly fits the bill and is a charming, well written story about family, magic, and true love. Sunday Woodcutter is the seventh daughter of a seventh son and seventh daughter, meaning the circumstances […]