Rift by Andrea Cremer

I loved this book so much! I don’t even know where to begin with how much I loved it. Sixteen-year-old Ember Morrow is promised to a group called Conatus after one of their healers saves her mother’s life. Once she arrives, Ember finds joy in wielding swords, learning magic, and fighting the encroaching darkness loose…

Comic Con Wrap-Up Post

Alrighty, I’m going to do my best to keep this post about all the awesome bookish things we saw and did, but a little of the more general nerdy (awesome) things that we did might creep in. Thursday was our big book day. We started by lining up the for Exhibit Hall early and then…

Illuminated by Erica Orloff

Years ago I read Possession by A.S. Byatt. If you  haven’t read it, it follows the discovery of an intense love affair between two Victorian writers and how two people journey to unearth the entire truth about what happened to the writers. Along the way, they become entangled in the lives of these writers and…