Book Review: A Star for the Latecomer
Were there other kids out there whose parents wanted them to be big football heroes, or presidents of the class? The pressure to succeed must be felt by a lot of kids I know. To...
Mar 6, 2011 2 2 min read
Young Adult Lit
Book Review: Real Live Boyfriends
A real live boyfriend does not contribute to your angst. Real Live Boyfriends by E. Lockhart is the fourth and final book in the Ruby Oliver series. I was really looking forward...
Book Review: Thwonk
I was hiding behind a fake marble pillar. I was hiding because if he knew I'd been secretly photographing him for all these months he would think I was immature, neurotic, and...
Book Review: Teenage Waistland
"You all believe that losing one-hundred-plus pounds will solve everything, but it won't. Something far heavier is weighing on you, and until you deal with that, nothing in your...
Book Review: Cupid
Cinxia had been happy to assist Cupid. Although he was the god of love, he knew nothing about marriage. Ironically, Cupid also knows nothing about love. I picked up Cupid: A Tale...
Mini Reviews: December Fiction
Well, the new year is almost upon us and I am, as usual, behind on reviews. Since I don't want to carry over anything into the new year, I'm going to just go ahead and do mini...
Mini Reviews: Fiction
As I said in my previous post, I am really far behind, so mini reviews! Some of these date back to October, just to give a clue at how far behind I am. ...
Audiobook Review: Sunrise Over Fallujah
Once we get home, we'll have known what we've been fighting for. Walter Dean Myers takes on war again with his follow-up to Fallen Angels, Sunrise Over Fallujah. Sunrise follows...
Book Review: Princess Ashley
I kept looking at Ashley Packard and saw her as a little girl entering kindergarten all those years ago. I saw she'd been in charge from the first day she set foot in the...