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Book Review: Highway to Hell
I’m not much of a badass demon slayer. Superheroes always have a cool origin story, but not me. I’m not on a quest for vengeance or atonement. I’m not the chosen one. I’m...
Book Review: When You Reach Me
“Well, it’s simple to love someone,” she said. “But it’s hard to know when you need to say it out loud.” That quote doesn't really encapsulate the main plot of When You Reach Me...
2010 Young Adult Reading Challenge
J. Kaye is hosting a YA Reading Challenge that runs Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2010, and since the bulk of my reading is YA lit, it seemed like a gimme to sign up. Heck, it almost feels...
Book Review: Such a Pretty Girl
They promised me nine years of safety but only gave me three. Such a Pretty Girl is by Laura Wiess. It is called her debut novel, but I know better. (And, yes, I know, pen...
Book Review: Catching Fire (Hunger Games #2)
And if a girl from District Twelve of all places can defy the Capitol and walk away unharmed, what is to stop them from doing the same?...What is to prevent, say, an uprising?...
Women Unbound: Start of Challenge Meme
Start of Challenge Meme 1. What does feminism mean to you? For me, feminism means exactly what the dictionary says it does: the belief that women should have the same...
Women Unbound Reading Challenge
I have decided to sign up for the Women Unbound reading challenge that runs from November 2009 - November 2010. (I decided last month, but I'm so behind on my posts that I'm...
Book Review: Flygirl
“If you’re colored you get the short end of the stick. If you’re a woman, you get the short end of the stick. So what do we get for being colored and women?” Jolene sighs. ...
Book Review: Juliet, Naked
Would it really have been so much worse to spend those years alone? Why did there have to be someone else in the room while she was eating, watching TV, sleeping? A partner was...