This is an Allison Review! You don’t know about my past, and I don’t have a future figured out And maybe this is going too fast and maybe it’s not meant to last But what do you say to taking chance What do you say to jumping off the edge? Never knowing if there’s solid […]
Dust Girl Sarah Zettel Book Review
June 11, 2012
Straight up, it took me a long time to warm up to Dust Girl by Sarah Zettel. I felt as though I had been dropped into it with no idea of what was going on. I didn’t immediately feel grounded in the story. Frankly, though, once I had a better sense of place and world, […]
Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein Book Review
May 25, 2012
“People are complicated. There is so much more to everybody than you realize. You see someone in school every day, or at work, in the canteen, and you share a cigarette or a coffee with them, and you talk about the weather or last night’s air raid.” -Location 601 Code Name Verity eGalley Sometimes when I […]
Something Like Normal Trish Doller Book Review
May 23, 2012
Y’all, I am thrilled that I got to read Something Like Normal by Trish Doller early because I think it’s about to become my next PUSH ON PEOPLE book. I want to get loud about Something Like Normal. I want Trish Doller’s debut to get the sort of attention that paranormal debuts normally get, because you […]
Changeling Philippa Gregory Audiobook Review
May 22, 2012
Confession: I learned more about the Tudors from Philippa Gregory’s The Boleyn Inheritance than I did from 10th grade global studies and AP Euro in high school. Gregory has this talent for bringing history to life and infusing it with a hefty dose of drama. When the rumor started that she would be writing a […]
Enchanted Alethea Kontis Book Review
May 21, 2012
Are you looking for a lighthearted fairy tale retelling? Maybe something in the vein of the frog prince? Debut author Alethea Kontis’s Enchanted certainly fits the bill and is a charming, well written story about family, magic, and true love. Sunday Woodcutter is the seventh daughter of a seventh son and seventh daughter, meaning the circumstances […]