I'm trying to catch up with some book reviews, it's sometimes hard to find time to actually sit and get my thoughts together after reading a book, so I usually put it off. I would take notes, but my reviews aren't extensive anyway, so I'd rather refrain from doing that. In the meantime, I'll do … Continue reading Guilty Reader Tag
A congressman's daughter who has to be perfect. A star quarterback with a secret. A guy who's tired of being ignored. A clarinet player who's done trying to fit in. An orphaned rebel who wants to teach someone a lesson. A guy who wants people to see him, not his religion.They couldn't be more different, but before the … Continue reading Review: Time Bomb
Rosie Radeke firmly believes that happiness can be found at the bottom of a mixing bowl. But she never expected that she, a random nobody from East Liberty, Ohio, would be accepted to celebrity chef Denis Laurent's school in Paris, the most prestigious cooking program for teens in the entire world. Life in Paris, however, … Continue reading Review: Love á la Mode
Patrick was sure of three things at this point. His captors were definitely not human, they weren’t on Earth to make new friends and he was the only one in a position to stop them.The King of Pluto had spent the better part of two decades spreading his empire across the Galaxy. With magic on … Continue reading Review: The Birth of a Rebellion
So I have seen this Book Blogger Confession Tag in my feed and I decided to give it a go. I'm trying to find ideas to blog that aren't reviews and tags seem like a good way to introduce myself into the book blogger community. With that said, here we go! Book Blogger Confession Tag … Continue reading Book Blogger Confession Tag
Norris Kaplan is clever, cynical, and quite possibly too smart for his own good. A black French Canadian, he knows from watching American sitcoms that those three things don’t bode well when you are moving to Austin, Texas. Plunked into a new high school and sweating a ridiculous amount from the oppressive Texas heat, Norris … Continue reading Review: The Field Guide to the North American Teenager
After his parents divorced, Eric Hudson vowed that he’d never let himself fall in love. Love will only lead to a broken heart. So it’s fortunate that Eric is just as good at protecting his heart as he is the goal on the soccer field.Julie Williams faces her problems with the same force that makes … Continue reading Review: Standing By
From a patron's missing wetsuit to the scent of crab cakes wafting through the stacks, I Work at a Public Library showcases the oddities that have come across Gina Sheridan's circulation desk.Throughout these pages, she catalogs her encounters with local eccentrics as well as the questions that plague her, such as, "What is the standard length of … Continue reading Review: I Work at a Public Library
Rose Regnero was a star reporter for her high school paper, destined for a career in journalism, when she abruptly quit two months ago, leaving behind her very-nearly-sort-of-boyfriend and editor-in-chief, Grant. Now she is trying to be normal at her senior prom, with a new boy and new interests, and isn’t looking back.Grant was totally … Continue reading Review: The Last Best Story
Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn’t in the mood for Italy’s famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape. She’s only there because it was her mother’s dying wish that she get to know her father. But what kind of father isn’t around for sixteen years? All Lina wants to do is go back … Continue reading Review: Love & Gelato
Echo Ridge is small-town America. Ellery's never been there, but she's heard all about it. Her aunt went missing there at age seventeen. And only five years ago, a homecoming queen put the town on the map when she was killed. Now Ellery has to move there to live with a grandmother she barely knows.The … Continue reading Review: Two Can Keep a Secret
If someone were to ask me to describe myself, I would first say that I’m a bibliophile (after librarian, of course). It's most likely that you are too, if you're reading this blog. That's probably what brought you here in the first place, am I right? However, when I say this to someone, I'm often … Continue reading Bibliophile Defined
Genie in a Novel 