The year is 2083 in All These Things I’ve Done by Gabrielle Zevin and the US has gone nuts, banning the life essentials of coffee and chocolate. Anya, 16, is doing the best she can by her family meaning she takes care of her brother, Leo, who has suffered a traumatic brain injury and thinks […]
Dead End In Norvelt by Jack Gantos Audiobook Review
July 3, 2011
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 […]