The Near Witch Winner!

A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. And a strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote…

Kate: I want to start this review by saying that I didn’t love Just One Day. I liked it, but I didn’t love it – Caitlin: While I LOVED it. Kate: Yes, yes. However, you read an advanced copy. I read a published copy with more typos than is reasonable in a book I paid…

I read Once a Witch awhile ago. It feels like YEARS ago, but I can still remember that amazing feeling I had upon reading it. It was one of those books I felt had been written for me. Once a witch was exactly what I wanted to read and at the end I was pretty…

One night, from cities across Europe, five children vanish, only to appear again at an exclusive party five years later in Manhattan, accompanied by their mysterious governess. These children have been accepted into the city’s most prestigious school, where they quickly raise to great heights with the help of their benefactor’s extraordinary “gifts.” As they…

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…

Guess what? Gretchen and I (we’re on a first name basis) both have the same favourite Curious George book. Curious George Goes to the Hospital. This isn’t important to the story or this review at all. I just really love that book and was overjoyed to see it mentioned in Possess. Fifteen-year-old Bridget Liu just…