Book Reviews

Book Review: A Wrinkle in Time

"No, Meg. Don't hope it was a dream. I don't understand it any more than you do, but one thing I've learned is that you don't have to understand things for them to be." I...

Book Review: Diary of a Fairy Godmother

Mama took the lead and went on about how I'm first in charm school and how "she'll be the wickedest witch wherever the four winds blow." Doesn't Mama know it's bad luck to...

Book Review: I, Tina

The fact is, I had no love from my mother or my father from the beginning, from birth. But I survived. To tell the truth, I haven't received a real love almost ever in my...

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Book Review: Storm

Do not be the slowest zebra. I was looking through my friend's comic collection, and she showed me Storm by Eric Jerome Dickey. Eric Jerome Dickey! I used to love his books....

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Book Review: Icon: A Hero’s Welcome

When you can fly, there's no burden you can't bear.  When you can fly, gravity can't touch you.  When you can fly...you can do anything. I love the cartoon Static Shock, and...

Book Review: Nappy

The librarian suggested Nappy by Charisse Carney-Nunes after hearing a conversation I was having with another woman in line about finding a natural hairstylist.  Carney-Nunes...

Book Review: Witch Week

The note said:  SOMEONE IN THIS CLASS IS A WITCH. The librarian recommended the audiobook version of Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones (narrated by Gerard Doyle) to my daughter...

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Book Review: Calamity Jack

I think of myself as a criminal mastermind...with an unfortunate amount of bad luck. Calamity Jack, the sequel to Rapunzel's Revenge [my review is here], by Shannon & Dean...

Book Review: The Surrogates

Surrogates are a vain attempt to improve upon God's already perfect will.  They represent the worst efforts of men to supercede God and become gods themselves. I picked up The...