The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
I wish I could say that The Interestings was an interesting book, but honestly I found it be lackluster at best. As I turned pages I kept asking myself, "Why [...]
The Beka Cooper Trilogy by Tamora Pierce
I know, I know, it's cheating to combine three books into one week. But I've read this trilogy before, and since I read them all in one week, I think it's [...]
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
“We took away your art because we thought it would reveal your souls. Or to put it more finely, we did it to prove you had souls at all.”
If you think [...]
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
You might remember the last time I wrote about a Khaled Hosseini novel. The Kite Runner was one of the first books I read this year, and it [...]
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
Back in my Super Nerd days of Academic Decathlon tournaments, I read a tiny book called Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya, a novel that is considered by many to [...]
The One by Kiera Cass
Who doesn't love a happy ending? Look, I'm not saying that I can't appreciate a sad one, or a bittersweet one, but I'm a sucker for a well-written "happily [...]
The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy by Kate Hattemer
Even its name betrayed the problem. Reality TV: two antonyms right next to each other. It was as bad as "jumbo shrimp" or "fun run."
There are few [...]
Sunshine by Robin McKinley
"I hadn't thought of evil as being without color but it is. Once you get past plain everyday wickedness, the color is squeezed right out of it. Evil [...]
Live Tweeting The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
By Sunday evening I was onto the final film, unextended...
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
There isn't an #ExtendedEdition of #DesolationOfSmaug [...]