7.8 Exploring Life & Loss In If I Stay
byIf I Stay by Gayle Forman hit very close to home for me. The story is about an only survivor of a horrific car…
Young Adult
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What I Read Last Week
byI’ve worked myself to the bone that past month. Which means that the Man Booker reading list I started on so ambitiously three months…
Lady Midnight
byI have tried and tried and tried to read something a little serious this summer, but I don’t know what’s happened to me this…
The Mortal Instruments – Books 1 to 3
bySo, yet again, I embark on a Fantasy series. Unlike previous efforts though, when I stopped at just 1 (think A Discovery of Witches),…
Am on a binge-reading session of Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments series, and while the books have their flaws, I love the snark element…
- Teaser Tuesdays: City of Glass
8.4 Unlocking the Magic of The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Book Review
byOrphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity….
Teaser Tuesdays: Pretties
byAfter sitting on the fence for ages, I finally started and zipped through the second book in the Uglies trilogy last week. Second time…
Top Ten Tuesdays: Top Recent Reads
byToday, the bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish have asked us to list our recent 5-star reads. Since I rarely classify books as…
Teaser Tuesdays: City of Bones
byI’ve been reading this book all weekend, and it’s pretty addictive and enjoyable. I particularly enjoy the references to Indian mythology and history scattered…
One
byThis is a lovely story of sixteen-year-old conjoined (Siamese) twins, Grace and Tippi. They have been home-schooled in the past, and at 16, for…