The Near Witch Winner!

Grown Up Thursday Review Victorian. Time Travel. Intrigued yet? Well, you should be because not only is it awesome, but also that’s essentially what Map of Time is about. It just toes the line at steampunk, though some might argue it easily falls into that category. And H.G. Wells is a main character! More literary…

Last year, I bought Saundra Mitchell’s The Vespertine because I thought it had a pretty cover and I’m shallow like that. Of course, as I said in my review at the time, I ended up really liking it, in large part because of the characters. When I found out we’d get sequels/companion novels with more…

Macy’s summer isn’t looking too hot. For one, her boyfriend, Jason, is going to be away at ‘Brain Camp’. For another, she’s agreed to take over his job at the library working the information desk. Her free time will most likely be spent either studying for the SATs or hanging with her mother, who has…

Before we get to the review, we have another contest winner to announce! Mrs. Heise, you win a copy of Matched by Ally Condie. Congrats. I love being able to force, er….enable people to read this book. I wish we could give one to everyone. On with the review! Reading this book brought a special…

I’m starting to think that books about past lives and reincarnation are becoming my thing. I seem to just keep seeking them out, and publishers seem to be finding an emerging market for them. In the last year or so  we’ve had My Name is Memory, Falling Under, Wake Unto Me, Timeless and if you…

The third book in Jackson Pearce’s Fairytale Retellings series, Fathomless focuses on The Little Mermaid version from the Brothers Grimm more than the Disney version most of us know and love. I like to think of this as the book that brings the series together, since it all comes full circle once you meet the…