The Sweetest Surprise. The perfect length audiobook to listen to while at the gym or waiting for the laundry to finish. Emily’s boyfriend is going to dump her. At least, that is what she’s been convinced. He is acting incredibly strange, keeping secrets and lying about money. Worst of all, with Valentine’s Day coming up, …
Books that keep me up late at night are awesome. And yes, I was in the “Book It” reading program while I was growing up. (I do chuckle at celebrities that wear the “Book It” t-shirts that weren’t in the program, but it is a good reading program, so I can’t be too cynical seeing …
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Any good book suggestions? Nearly through the last chapter of this one & heading to the book store tomorrow.
In this ghoul-filled month of October, it’s appropriate that actor Paul Cram’s reading a book that turns out to be a macabre ghost story. It’s the latest young adult fiction by Jonathan Stroud The Screaming Staircase. The first in (hopefully) a long series of Lockwood & Co. books to be penned by Stroud. The book …
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Were I only to go off of the cover art on the Fablehaven book series, I’d think a publisher, needing to beef-up the YA Fiction catalog, called down to the marketing department & ordered mock cover designs, then hired a writer to write stories to match.But I’d be wrong. The series is great and I …
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Adual citizenship pen pal answers my request for a book suggestion on Twitter. Having just finished the final eight-hundredth page of horror novel “The Passage,” I asked if anyone knew of another good book for me to read. In less time than it takes to crack the knuckles of your left hand, the American/Israelite pen …
During my descent on the escalator, I get the overwhelming feeling that I’m near Hogwarts Express. Which doesn’t make logical sense as any Harry Potter fan can see the trains don’t look like that classy old-world style train. Regardless, if you’ve ever flown into Chicago and headed to the L Trains, then you know the …
This is not a sci-fi book laden with technological advances 300 years in the future. Rather it’s a book about society far in the future where the world is “perfect.” Everything under control. No war, fear, or pain. No choices. Everyone has a role in the community. The book does have a few science fiction …
My eyes have been feasting on all the great gift guides around. Seriously, I need to remind myself that I don’t need ALL of it. I just want ALL of it. So, in classic mimic-style, I’m sharing too. Most of these are items from independent artists I’ve come across. I like indie artists, certainly because …
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At three fourths through the novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, I stop reading for several days. I find myself actively avoiding it. Not because I don’t like the writing, it’s quite the opposite. By not reading it, I convince myself, that the characters are kept in a quasi-state of suspended animation. But each …