PRAISE HANDS FOR JULIE MURPHY. All of the emoji praise hands for Julie Murphy. For serious I want to just throw a ticker tape parade for her latest book, Dumplin’. I want to press it into the hands of anyone who has ever been made to feel bad about how they look. I want to press […]
The Immortal Heights by Sherry Thomas | Book Review
September 14, 2015
I swear 2015 is my year of finishing trilogies – especially trilogies that I’ve read due to blogging (Chaos Walking, y’all). I have just finished the last word on the last page of Sherry Thomas’s Elemental Trilogy and WOW WHAT A READ. To the point where I am talking in all caps because I do […]
Mechanica by Betsy Cornwell | Book Review
September 3, 2015
I am definitely that one person who gets ridiculously excited about fairy tale retellings. I even went to go see the latest Disney live action Cinderella in theaters. Mechanica by Betsy Cornwell is sort of a steam-punk and fey retelling of Cinderella. I will admit going into this book, I drew a comparison to Cinder by Marissa […]
The Cure For Dreaming by Cat Winters | Book Review
August 26, 2015
I am solidly a fan of Cat Winters. She writes excellent young adult historical novels featuring young women with so much temerity and passion. Whether she’s writing about the Spanish Influenza or women’s suffrage, Cat Winters is an author to watch for. The Cure For Dreaming is one such book that you should have on […]
The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows | Book Review
August 17, 2015
The story of my reading life is WHY DID I NOT READ THE BOOK I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT SOONER? And you know what? I am kind of okay with that because it means that there is always another good book just around the corner for me. Like, for instance, The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows. […]
Astray by Amy Christine Parker | Audiobook Review
August 12, 2015
Why Did I Listen To This Book? A few years ago I read and loved Gated by Amy Christine Parker. It is this awesome book about this girl named Lyla who lives in a Community that is run by this man named Pioneer who insists that the outside world is evil and so the Community keeps […]