Mister Death’s Blue-Eyed Girls by Mary Downing Han is a well-written historical fiction YA novel about the murder of two girls which shakes a small town in the 1950s. Nora, the main character, is at the heart of Mister Death’s Blue-Eyed Girls. Nora is friends with the victims, Cheryl and Bobbi-Jo and hangs out with them […]
Misty Of Chincoteague Marguerite Henry Audiobook Review
July 28, 2012
I must confess, I never went through a horse crazy phase and thus never read the classic Misty Of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry as a child. Clearly, I was missing out and of course in an effort to reclaim bits of my lost childhood, I borrowed the audiobook from the library. If you also did […]
The Invention Of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick Book Review
July 8, 2012
I love when reading is a sensory experience. The Invention Of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick is one of the most tactile, gorgeous books I have ever had the pleasure of cracking open. Every single thing about this book works for me – from the art to the plot to the pacing. You guys, between The Invention […]
Cross My Heart Sasha Gould Book Review
June 15, 2012
I’d like to do something totally 90s and ‘raise the roof’ over the fact that YA historical fiction has finally taken on RENAISSANCE VENICE. Y’all, I have this very romanticized, ideal notion of Venice – think sexy gondolas and starlit nights and ART and buildings. Yo, Cross My Heart by Sasha Gould is a debut […]
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, […]
Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein Book Review
May 25, 2012
“People are complicated. There is so much more to everybody than you realize. You see someone in school every day, or at work, in the canteen, and you share a cigarette or a coffee with them, and you talk about the weather or last night’s air raid.” -Location 601 Code Name Verity eGalley Sometimes when I […]