It’s books like these that allow me to offer a solid example when defending, and recommending young adult fiction to adults. It may not satisfy the older portion of the age range who tend to like the popular dark fantasy or steampunk, but for those wanting a good mystery – this is just the book. Continue reading
Oh a whim, I downloaded this from the library for my eReader. I’d heard great things about the book, and I wasn’t disappointed. I only wish I’d know it’s the first book in a planned trilogy. It would have made the ending a bit easier to take. And I would’ve waited to read it. Continue reading
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Edited with an Introduction by Pauline Nestor Preface by Lucasta Miller Fiction, 337 pages Penguin Classics, Penguin Books FTC Disclosure: Mine, all mine. Pfffft. This isn’t going to be in the usual format as I … Continue reading
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker Fiction, 341 pages Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group ISBN: 9780446194228 FTC Disclosure: Review copy courtesy of Newman Communications Instead of a summary or blurb, I offer the author’s own words … Continue reading
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt ISBN: 9780374378486 Farrar, Straus and Giroux Young Adult Fiction/Fantasy, ages 9 & up ALA Notable Book, Janusz Korczak Medal, 1976 Christopher Award for Best Book for Young People FTC Disclosure: Purchased I am not much for prologues, … Continue reading
Skin Trade by Anita Blake Book 17 in the Vampire Hunter series Occult Fiction, 496 pages Berkley Publishing Group an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) I try to be open minded when it comes to reading books of … Continue reading
Apples and Oranges by Marie Brenner ISBN13: 978-0312428808 Memoir, 265 pages Picador Book courtesy of Picador Book Club on Twitter Marie Brenner’s memoir of sibling rivalry asks a universal question: How can two people from the same … Continue reading
The Tudor Rose by Margaret Campbell Barnes Originally published 1953 Reprint/Re-Release October 2009 Historical Fiction, 336 pages Sourcebooks Landmark An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Review copy courtesy of Sourcebooks Landmark Elizabeth of York, the only living descendent of Edward … Continue reading
This is a collection unlike any other I have ever read. Some stories are barely two pages, the longest at twenty. Some are straight narrative, others lyrical – like poetry. I cannot say I liked them all equally, but I can say enjoyed this anthology. I find this to be an excellent introduction to this author, and will keep an eye out for more of her work. Continue reading
Later, at the Bar by Rebecca Barry (2007) Contemporary Fiction, 189 pages Published by Simon & Schuster Paperbacks Usually I would place a blurb here about the book from it’s cover or jacket. … Continue reading
A Lucky Child by Thomas Buergenthal Memoir, 256 pages ISBN: 978–0-316-01790-9 Release date: April 20, 2009 Review copy courtesy of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Synopsis: Thomas Buergenthal, now a Judge in the International Court of Justice in The … Continue reading
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (2001) Historical Fiction, 308 pages Published by the Penguin Group Synopsis taken from the author’s website: This gripping historical novel is based on the true story of Eyam, the “Plague … Continue reading
From Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic Little Women, Geraldine Brooks has taken the character of the absent father, March, who has gone off to war leaving his wife and daughters. To evoke him, Brooks turned to the journals and letters of Bronson Alcott, Louisa May’s father, a friend and confidant of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.
In Brooks’ telling, March emerges as an idealistic chaplain in the little known backwaters of a war that will test his faith in himself and in the Union cause as he learns that his side, too, is capable of acts of barbarism and racism. Continue reading
In the title we find the clue to what is contained within: a book that explores the meaning of “common” and “uncommon”, expressed through the mind’s eye of those who are – and aren’t. This is a story where perception rules, and how the changing of it alters us and everything around us. Continue reading