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 […]
Changeling Philippa Gregory Audiobook Review
May 22, 2012
Confession: I learned more about the Tudors from Philippa Gregory’s The Boleyn Inheritance than I did from 10th grade global studies and AP Euro in high school. Gregory has this talent for bringing history to life and infusing it with a hefty dose of drama. When the rumor started that she would be writing a […]
The Rebel Wife Taylor M. Polites Book Review
May 10, 2012
“I am Gus Sedlaw. I cannot forget my name. Augusta Belier Blackwood-Sedlaw. And then Branson, a name I will bear like the mark of Cain until I die. Eli’s name that was put upon me. Ten years ago, I was not married. But wanted to be, I think. Who knows what I wanted or what […]