Everything , Everything was one of those books that really captured how universally appealing and wonderful a YA love story can be while making me really think long after I finished the last page. Madeleine and Olly couldn’t be more different, but that’s the beginning of many great love stories, isn’t it? While […]
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Review + Giveaway: Damage Done
It’s difficult to write a review about a book like Damage Done because the story really hinges on its twists and I don’t want to give any hints about it. Julia’s twin was the shooter in a bloody an horrific school shoot from which Julia was the only living victim. Her family’s attempt to […]
Review + Giveaway: Stone Rider By David Hofmeyr
I don’t usually pay too much attention to the comparisons that publishers make when describing books, but in the case of Stone Rider, Mad Max meets The Road is a very accurate description. With a bare bones narrative style, Stone Rider tells the story of three riders who take on a no holds barred race […]
Ex Libris Audio: Red Rising
There are books that lend themselves well to the audio format, and some that are perhaps better when read. I think that Red Rising falls into the latter category. The extreme details and references to locations (the print version had a map) made me wish I had the book. I found myself vacillating between fascination […]
Ex Libris Audio: The Martian
I could go on for hours and hours about how well Andy Weir captured NASA. The bureaucracy, the passion of the engineers, the disdain the astronauts have for being told what to do…..all of it created a world that, while set in a place where NASA was adequately funded, is still realistic. At its core, […]
Book Blast: Nightborn by Lou Anders
If you like middle grade or have a middle grade reader in your home, here is a little bit about a series by the critically acclaimed author, Lou Anders. Random House has made screensavers/wallpaper, each sized differently to best fit your screen, so that you can bring a little bit of the Thrones and Bones […]
Sky Pirates By Liesel Schwarz
Sky Pirates continues Elle’s story as she fights for her missing husband. All the while, very dark forces are threatening not only her existence, but the existence of everyone who loves in the light. While I enjoyed the second book in this series, it lagged a bit in parts. Any concerns I […]
The Caller By Juliet Marillier
The Caller is the last in a trilogy that I was happy to find while browsing NetGalley one day. Juliet Marillier has may devoted fans and after reading this series, I can see why. Neryn and Flint are star-crossed lovers, still focused on their ultimate goal to free a kingdom from tyranny, but still longing […]
Unmade By Sarah Rees Brennan
It was with great trepidation that I picked up Unmade, the last in the Lynburn series. Oh, book series that has been the bringer of such glorious pain! How can I say goodbye? How will Sarah Rees Brennan find ways to torture her readers as this series ends? She finds ways, y’all, oh […]
Six Feet Over It By Jennifer Longo
I admit that I picked this book up because I am, and always have been, fascinated by grief. When I saw the jacket copy for Six Feet Over It, I knew that this story would be different, and I was right in the best possible way. While having to adjust to her strange new life […]