Top Ten Favorite Romances
Last week, I participated in my very first Top Ten Tuesday. This week, I'm shaking things up by doing the Top Ten Tuesday on a WEDNESDAY FRIDAY. I'm a loner, Dottie! A rebel!...
Feb 15, 2013 0 5 min read
Book Review: Looking for Alibrandi
In my quest to consume all things Melina Marchetta (well, at least all contemporary realistic lit things), I sought out Looking for Alibrandi, the one book of hers I hadn't...
Top Ten Best Bookish Memories
Mama's first Top Ten Tuesday! I'm so excited to participate in this one because bookish memories are some of my favorite kinds. 1. Jimmy's Boa Bounces Back - My first grade...
Book Review: The Mark of Athena
Seriously, these monsters and gods were thousands of years old. Couldn’t they take a few decades off and let Percy live his life? I'm saying, though. Poor Percy. Finally...
Book Review: 8th Grade Superzero
"Think about it. You don't have to do something BIG. Just something right." 8th Grade Superzero by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich is about Reggie Garvey McKnight, a kid who has...
Book Review: The President’s Daughter
My friend Jasmine loves Ellen Emerson White's The President's Daughter. Buoyed by Jasmine's enthusiasm, I put in a request through ILL. When the book came in, I texted her,...
Book Review: Why We Broke Up
I love like a fool, like a Z-grade off-brand romantic comedy… I really wanted to love Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler and illustrated by Maira Kalman. Really. For one thing,...
Book Review: The Drama of the Gifted Child
I sometimes ask myself whether it will ever be possible for us to grasp the extent of the loneliness and desertion to which we were exposed as children. As I continue...
2012 End of Year Book Survey
1. Best book you read in 2012? I gave the following books five stars on Goodreads: Seven Days to a Brand New Me by Ellen Conford Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta Go the...