Remember when you were a kid and your teachers would assign book reports, but you could never choose what you wanted to read? Somehow the new Goosebumps, Sweet Valley Twins, or in my case, the latest Thoroughbred book was never considered a valuable because it was missing a big old seal on the cover. “If…

Last September, I reviewed a book that I’d picked up based on what I thought was a striking cover that just happened to have a rec from Suzanne Collins. That book was Black Hole Sun by David Macinnis Gill. I loved Black Hole Sun. I loved that there was a male lead. I loved that…

So, I wrote half of this review, then went to work, then came home and the review was just gone. WordPress ate it. My feelings of this review will now be tinted with bitterness and tiredness and strife. Just because I like the word strife. Here’s what goodreads says the book is about: Everybody knows…

Every now and then a book comes around that does more than entertains you for the length of time you’re reading it. It worms its way into your heart and your mind and when you’ve finished with it, you’re still not done. It stays with you and you smile while remembering a certain scene or…

I’m not sure what about this book made me want to read it. It certainly wasn’t the cover. This is one of those books that I had to make myself read despite the cover. Possibly I had the impression from a description that it took place at a boarding school and was about kids with…

WARNING: This review will likely have spoilers for the Mercy series by Rebecca Lim, which includes Mercy and Exile. Caitlin: My favourite thing about this book? ANSWERS! I love getting answers, don’t you? Christine: I do. Some of them I’d already figured out before the main character, Mercy, but the BIG one was answered. Of course…

The idea of abuse in a teenage relationship, for some, is a topic that never really comes up in thought or conversation. It is a serious issue, though. Teen dating abuse is just as serious and real as any other type of abuse. But I Love Him takes a hard look at this issue, from…

A few weeks ago Leiah reviewed Waterfall by Lisa T. Bergren and it inspired me to buy/read the entire trilogy. Time travel and romance with knights? What’s not to love? Now that I am done I thought I’d do a review on the end of the trilogy (so far) and what I thought of the…

Last June Christine sent me a couple boxes full of books and ranted and raved about this ALA conference she’d gone to and pretty much I decided I had to be at the next. And, lo and behold, the next one was where Christine lived, so I could visit with my awesome friend and get free books….

Surprise, surprise! I’m reviewing a book that scared me because of its horrifying plausibility. I’m such a glutton for mental-punishment. This time the damage was caused by Megan Crewe’s chilling novel, The Way We Fall. It starts with an itch you just can’t shake. Then comes a fever and a tickle in your throat. A…