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…
Young Adult
Mailbox Mondays: All Last Month
byWelcome to Mailbox Monday. I received an interesting and eclectic selection of books all last month and this is a pretty late post listing…
4.4 Throne of Glass Review: Unpacking the Magic
byI recently read (and loved) A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas so much that I decided to go ahead and…
Mailbox Mondays: YA and Yoga
byWelcome to Mailbox Monday, a meme started by Marcia of To Be Continued. Last week I got a pleasant surprise from Bloomsbury Publishing when…
Uglies
byTally can’t wait to turn sixteen and become pretty. Sixteen is the magic number that brings a transformation from repellent Ugly into a stunningly…
8 A Thrilling Fantasy Adventure: Daughter of Smoke & Bone
byMeet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real, she’s prone to disappearing on mysterious “errands”, she speaks…
Top Ten Tuesday – Hyped Books I Have Yet to Read
byToday, the bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish have asked us to list my Top Ten Hyped Books that I haven’t read. I…
Top Ten Tuesday – Ten Best Books of the Year so far
byWow! It’s mid-year already! I am always taken by surprise by how quickly the time seems to fly. I still feel like it just…
Teaser Tuesdays: Daughter of Smoke and Bone
byI started reading this book over the weekend and despite my reservations about YA Fantasy novels (I really went off them after my Fallen…
9 The Book Thief
byThere was a time in my life (mid to late teens), when I was very into World War 2 stories. These typically belonged to…