Here’s a solid book for YA readers who like their paranormal stories with an historical twist (or historical fiction fans who might like a bit of paranormal flavor).
Continue readingThe Diviners by Libba Bray
Author: Louise
This Is What You Just Put in Your Mouth? by Patrick Di Justo
Gift it to your buddy who is fascinated by household chemistry, but keep it away from the friend who always equates natural with healthy. And above all, don’t take it too seriously.
Continue readingFreeman by Leonard Pitts, Jr.
Overall, I’m glad I got a chance to read this and to hear the author speak at a local event.
Continue readingA Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
What’s not to love?
Continue readingWe Are Pirates by Daniel Handler
I can’t in good conscience recommend this book at all.
Continue readingAll the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
I’m just not quite sure how to offer a recommendation or a rating for this one.
Continue readingMy True Love Gave to Me edited by Stephanie Perkins
This is truly a sweet little collection of stories.
Continue readingThe Barefoot Queen by Ildefonso Falcones
Even in paperback it is much thicker than I expected. This little beauty clocks in at over 650 pages.
Continue readingTess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
This story is about oppression, double standards, and the cruelty of pitting strict social rules against the realities of nature. Tess Durbeyfield is essentially a sacrifice to the small god of Victorian values and progress.
Continue readingClariel by Garth Nix
Clariel is a prequel of sorts to Garth Nix’s popular Abhorsen series. I first read Sabriel, the first book in this series, about a decade and a half ago.
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