Audiobook Review: Dead End In Norvelt by Jack Gantos Dead End In Norvelt by Jack Gantos is a semi-autobiographical young adult book set in the 1960s in a Roosevelt town known as Norvelt, I mention setting because it is an integral piece of the book and the very first thing I think of in describing […]
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente Book Review
June 30, 2011
Sometimes you (and by you I really mean I) may think nothing is going to parallel Milo’s journey and valor in The Phantom Tollbooth. What could compare to Alice’s journey to Wonderland? I think The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente will have a comfortable spot […]
Book Review: Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol
June 16, 2011
I accepted Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol on the basis of the Neil Gaiman blurb. Honestly, I didn’t realize this was a graphic novel, but HOLY CRAP I was so excited when I opened the package up and saw the pages upon pages of comics! Anya is a Russian immigrant attending American private high school. […]
Book Briefs: Boom by Mark Haddon and Radiance by Alyson Noel
April 16, 2011
I’ve done this before under the same name for picture books, and figure this might work for books I don’t have all that much feeling for either way. Ya’ll know what mini-reviews are by now, so I’ll just launch into it. Title: Boom! Author: Mark Haddon Synopsis: Boom is a middle grade novel about two […]
Book Review: Enclave by Ann Aguirre
April 13, 2011
I’ve glimpsed the future, and it kind of sucks. Enclave by Ann Aguirre envisions a post apocalyptic world where people live underground and zombie-like genetic mutations called freaks run rampant through the tunnels. Deuce, a teen girl, begins the story by going through a naming ceremony where she receives six scars to mark being a […]
Review: Spray by Harry Edge
December 8, 2010
Did anyone else play Assassin in college or at summer camp? I remember we tried to do this one year in my dorm and it lasted for about two weeks before falling apart, as more people were focused on going out/partying than playing Assassin. That and it’s not like we had a board up with […]