I enjoy love stories whose path is perhaps a bit unusual, and Finding Mr. Brightside fit the bill. While Juliette and Abram knew of each other, they didn’t really know each other, even after they were connected by tragedy. In one fell swoop, Abram and Juliette both lost parents and their […]
Category: 3.5 Birds
Better Than Perfect By Melissa Kantor
Better Than Perfect ended up being a much more interesting story than I thought it would be. Juliet is your typical over achiever. Good grades, sweet boyfriend, a highly scheduled day, high SAT scores…I could go on and on. The catalyst of her new and painful chapter is her mother’s breakdown and […]
The Island Of Excess Love By Francesca Lia Block
The first book, Love in the Time of Global Warming, was a loose retelling of the Odyssey, and in The Island of Excess Love, we take a journey that somewhat follows The Aeneid. I am not as familiar with the Aeneid, so I can tell you that if you have never […]
The Bookseller By Cynthia Swanson
The Bookseller is being compared to Sliding Doors, and it definitely had that feel to it. In one life, Kitty owns a small, barely successful book store with her best friend. Both ladies are unmarried and happy in their quiet lives. When Kitty sleeps, she enters a very real dream world where she is […]
No Parking At The End Times By Bryan Bliss
Some people find comfort in the promises of religion and others live for those promises as if nothing else matters, even if it hurts the people you love. This is the scenario we find in No Parking At The End Times, a book about a family that is led to a very sad and […]
The Storyspinner By Becky Wallace
The Storyspinner starts as many fantasy novels do, with two worlds that will be forced to interact with each other in order to fulfill a quest. The quest in this story is for a lost princess that could save both worlds. The Keepers are both feared and worshiped in the human world, so when […]
Soulprint By Megan Miranda
The world of Soulprint is very interesting. In this world, not only is the idea of a soul accepted, but they can track where it goes after death and that idea is what made me want to read this story. The question of whether a soul determines who you are is at the […]
The Conspiracy of Us By Maggie Hall
There wasn’t a lot of world building, at first, and this story will require a pretty hefty suspension of belief, but if you can get past that I think that many people will greatly enjoy The Conspiracy Of Us. There is something so entertaining about the long lost heiress/chosen one trope, and this book […]
My Heart And Other Black Holes By Jasmine Warga
The subject matter in My Heart and Other Black Holes is very dark. The two teens find themselves on a site that pairs people who wish to end their lives, but don’t want to do it alone. So, Aysel finds Roman on a ‘suicide partner’ message board. Aysel’s life has been turned upside town by […]
Rogue Wave By Jennifer Donnelly
Rogue Wave was a fun expansion of the story and detailed world building that was started in book one, Deep Blue. There were ghosts, dragons, evil monsters, and diabolical political plots, just t name a few things. The story switched between the perspectives all of the mermaids so that the reader could really see what […]