Awkward cover art aside (the one eye zoom always freaks me out a bit), this is one of my favorite books this year. Rot & Ruin goes beyond the idea of “Ahhh! Zombies are trying to kill us!” to take us inside a small community a few years after the ‘end of the world’. In…
The 48 Hour Book Challenge, hosted by Mother Reader is currently underway. I (Christine) am participating and this is my first year. Quick fun facts about 48HBC: – You have a 72 hour window in which to read/review for 48 hours. – Whenever you start your time, however, the 48 hours have to be in…
I know what you’re thinking. ‘Really? Another vampire book?’ But hear me out. The title and summary is a bit misleading because vamps are not romanticized at all here. So, yes, it is another vampire book, but the vamps are definitely the bad guys in this one. Well… somewhat, but I don’t want to give…
This months book releases are as exciting as they are varied. June is certainly going to test my book buying ban. Which is already quite difficult to stick to. As I’m sure you can imagine. All of the following book summaries were taken from Goodreads. Cause Goodreads is awesome. Which books are you guys excited…
**There’s a maybe, kinda, sorta…spoiler…thingy…in this review. Beware.** One recent Wednesday that Christine and I, and a couple others probably, were doing a read-a-thon night (we stayed up reading all night…yep) I decided to start the evening with Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma. It was good, it was really good. In fact, I have…
When I reviewed Mistwood by Leah Cypess last year, I talked about was how refreshing it was to read a young adult book that wasn’t focused solely on a romantic plot. This was also one of my favorite things about Mistwood’s companion novel, Nightspell, which I was lucky enough to get my hands on last…
Sometimes you need a book that’s just fun to read. I picked up The Season by Sarah Maclean to fulfill that exact need and it delivered on every front. I’m a sucker for regency novels and mysteries and England and romance. This book? It was meant for me. Seventeen year old Lady Alexandra is strong-willed…
This book starts off with introducing us to Helen, a tall, beautiful girl who hates being tall and beautiful. Random people stare at her because she is beautiful, but Helen is shy and hates all the attention. As someone who is short, average, very shy, and went through her teenage years basically being glanced over…
Prior to actually getting my greedy little hands on Veronica Roth’s Divergent, I’d been anticipating it for a while. Caitlin was practically salivating to get her hands on the book, and her desperation was infectious. Then I read the first 100 pages and I was done for. I knew I had to have this book…
I wanted to read this book for two reasons. 1. The author spells her name right. It’s so hard to find Caitlin’s that adhere to the correct spelling. 2. Steampunk. What more does a book need? I’m one of those nuts that will give anything Steampunk a try. That’s right, I watched Wild, Wild West….