If you buy one book based on my recommendations in 2012, let For Darkness Shows The Stars by Diana Peterfreund be it. Friends, this book pierces my soul. I took my sweet time with this read, because I feel there’s a disservice if you read it in one big gulp instead of taking time to […]
The Miseducation of Cameron Post Emily M. Danforth Book Review
May 31, 2012
I love it when a book takes me by surprise, especially when I go in expecting to like it but then come out head over heels in love. It’s a wonderful thing, coming out of reading felling a sense of compassion and empathy. The Miseducation Of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth is a profound and […]
Stuck In Neutral Terry Trueman Book Review
May 30, 2012
Prior to getting Life Happens Next in the mail unexpectedly, I had never heard of Stuck In Neutral by Terry Trueman which is kind of a travesty since it’s a pretty good book and I would have missed out on it. Published in 2000, Stuck In Neutral is a Printz honor book about fourteen year old Shawn McDaniel […]
A Want So Wicked Suzanne Young Book Review
May 24, 2012
One of the things that I love about reading books by Suzanne Young is that I just tear right through her books. I sit down to read, look up 2 hours later and am done. A Want So Wicked is the compelling follow up to Young’s heartbreaking A Need So Beautiful. In A Want So […]
Angelfire Courtney Allison Moulton Book Review
May 18, 2012
I thought I would change up my review style a little bit for Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton as I am in a bit of a review writing funk. Instead of long, drawn out paragraphs which I love writing, I thought I’d list out some reasons why you should totally add Angelfire to your to be read […]
Just Write: Here’s How Walter Dean Myers Book Review
April 26, 2012
Are you thinking of writing a book and not quite sure where to begin? Walter Dean Myers draws from his many years of experience, with over 100 published books, in Just Write: Here’s How, his guide to writing a novel aimed at actual young adults. Full disclosure: I have no interest in being an author. I […]