Yo, I swear Jessica Spotswood must have read my brain or something, because you guys alternate fantasy history about the Salem Witch Trials is EXACTLY the sort of book I want to read and what is delivered by Born Wicked — Spotswood’s debut novel and the first of a trilogy —The Cahill Witch Chronicles.
Inside Out And Back Again Thanhha Lai Book Review
February 16, 2012
Inside Out And Back Again by Thanhha Lai combines three of my favorite things – middle grade, history, and free verse. Inside Out And Back Again is a National Book Award winning story told in four parts about Ha and her family’s immigration from war torn Vietnam to Alabama.
Okay For Now Gary D. Schmidt Audiobook Review
February 6, 2012
I’m absolutely in love with Okay For Now by Gary D. Scmidt. Whether it’s the endearing characters -in particular Doug Swieteck who worships Joe Pepitone and is concerned about being a chump, the multiple themes that all built on each other, the late 1960s setting in MY state or Scmidt’s capture of the essence of […]
May B Caroline Starr Rose Book Review
January 18, 2012
Raise your hand if you are too scared to try a book in verse, but are still curious. May B by debut author Caroline Starr Rose is a great primer for free verse. May B is a middle grade book and only 240 pages, comprised of an incredibly compelling survival story.
Dark Road To Darjeeling Deanna Raybourn Book Review
January 7, 2012
WARNING: THERE WILL BE SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW OF DARK ROAD TO DARJEELING FOR THE PREVIOUS LADY JULIA GREY BOOKS. DO NOT BE STUPID AND READ THIS REVIEW IF YOU DON’T WANT TO BE SPOILED. IF YOU READ ANY FURTHER THAT IS YOUR FAULT NOT MINE. Dark Road To Darjeeling by Deanna Raybourn picks up several […]
Icefall Matthew Kirby Book Review
December 28, 2011
Icefall by Matthew J. Kirby is one of those books that upon closing I said out loud to the empty room ‘that was a really good book’ because I just have to vocalize my feelings sometimes to make them real. With Vikings, fjords, betrayals and middle child syndrome, Icefall is pretty much a book that hits my […]