Middle grade is one of the most charming age-group genres out there. I love that middle grade is unencumbered by love triangles. I love that kids get to be more than cardboard stand ins. Further, I like how fresh the middle grade section feels. While I usually stick to my fantasy fare, I found myself […]
Mister Death’s Blue-Eyed Girls Mary Downing Hahn Book Review
July 31, 2012
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 […]
I Hunt Killers Barry Lyga Audiobook Review
June 27, 2012
Can you imagine the sorts of messed up you might be if you had a serial killer for a dad? I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga explores the effect the sins of the father has on Jazz Dent, son of the infamous serial killer Billy Dent. While Jazz comes across as fairly well adjusted to outsiders, he […]
Size 12 Is Not Fat Meg Cabot Book Review
June 25, 2012
I had no intention of ever reading Size 12 Is Not Fat, even though I love Meg Cabot. My mind did not change until book four, Size 12 And Ready To Rock came unexpectedly in the mail and the general consensus among my friends who read the series is that it is great and worth […]
The Celery Stalks At Midnight James Howe Book Review
June 8, 2012
No matter how you slice it, the fact of the matter is that I am a fan of both zombie vegetables AND mystery solving animals. I also quite like old school book covers and vampiric rabbits. Of course, I really took to The Celery Stalks At Midnight by James Howe, third in the Bunnicula series, […]
The Book Of Blood And Shadow Robin Wasserman Book Review
April 16, 2012
I’m kind of ashamed to admit this, but I really liked The Da Vinci Code when it came out. So much so that I read Foucault’s Pendulum and Holy Blood, Holy Grail and even wrote a college paper on the Knights Templar. To say that I enjoy conspiracy theory is an understatement. You guys, I am SO glad […]