The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Shadow Souls by L.J. Smith is the latest addition to her best-selling series about vampire brothers Damon & Stefan Salvatore, and Elena Gilbert, the young woman they both love. The Vampire Diaries: The Return are Smith's new additions to the series, which she originally wrote back in the 1990s. I'm... Continue Reading →
Last week, Libby brought you her review of the new book Poetry Speaks Who I Am. Today, it's my turn. I won't take up a lot of your time, since Libby pretty much covered my thoughts in her review, but here's an excerpt from my review on Examiner.com: Many of the poems are famous in... Continue Reading →
Last week, Libby brought you her review of the new book Poetry Speaks Who I Am. Today, it's my turn. I won't take up a lot of your time, since Libby pretty much covered my thoughts in her review, but here's an excerpt from my review on Examiner.com: Many of the poems are famous in... Continue Reading →
The cover of Francesca Simon's Horrid Henry's Joke Book warns that this book is "Too rude for parents!" They really mean it. Er, sort of. Filled with groan-worthy puns and gross-out humor, Horrid Henry's Joke Book is chock full of the sort of simplistic humor that kids love -- and some of us grown-ups still... Continue Reading →
The cover of Francesca Simon's Horrid Henry's Joke Book warns that this book is "Too rude for parents!" They really mean it. Er, sort of. Filled with groan-worthy puns and gross-out humor, Horrid Henry's Joke Book is chock full of the sort of simplistic humor that kids love -- and some of us grown-ups still... Continue Reading →
The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting is one of those books that you'll be thinking about days after finishing the last page. It's sort of a haunting story, that catches you in its grip and refuses to let go. What first struck me about The Body Finder was Derting's careful crafting of sentences. Phrases like... Continue Reading →
The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting is one of those books that you'll be thinking about days after finishing the last page. It's sort of a haunting story, that catches you in its grip and refuses to let go. What first struck me about The Body Finder was Derting's careful crafting of sentences. Phrases like... Continue Reading →
The first sign that Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins would be a good book was when I stayed up too late reading. And then repeated the process three nights in a row, until I was finished. The book's strongest selling point is narrator Sophie, whose sarcastic sense of humor is the driving force behind the... Continue Reading →
The first sign that Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins would be a good book was when I stayed up too late reading. And then repeated the process three nights in a row, until I was finished. The book's strongest selling point is narrator Sophie, whose sarcastic sense of humor is the driving force behind the... Continue Reading →
Beautiful Dead by Eden Maguire sounded so promising. A town with an unusually high death rate amongst the teens at the local high school, and some creepy goings on nearby that soon lead teenager Darina to discover that the four most recently deceased teens are back from the dead, in search of closure. Amongst them?... Continue Reading →
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