The Near Witch Winner!

Everyone knows which two things in life are inevitable – death and taxes. But what if death wasn’t inevitable? What if you could live several lives? Would you act differently knowing you might be able to come back? Would you, maybe, take more risks? As a little girl, Daisy Appleby was killed in a school bus crash….

If you haven’t heard of  Scars, you need to read the summary below because it’s an intense ride through Kendra’s traumatic and painful path to finding some even ground to stand on. Kendra, fifteen, hasn’t felt safe since she began to recall devastating memories of childhood sexual abuse, especially because she still can’t remember the…

Quite independently of each other, Christine and I recently read Glimmer by Phoebe Kitanidis. When we discovered that we’d both read and both liked it we thought we’d review together. This, good people, is that review. Caitlin: This is the second of three “idyllic town on surface, crazy evil magic below,” books I’ve read recently….

Twelve-year-old Kat Stephenson may be the despair of her social-climbing Step-Mama, but she was born to be a magical Guardian and protector of Society — if she can ever find true acceptance in the secret Order that expelled her own mother. She’s ready to turn the hidebound Order of the Guardians inside-out, whether the older…

So, I may have teared up just writing the title of this book. Because, you know, I have problems. Two young women from totally different backgrounds are thrown together during World War II: one a working-class girl from Manchester, the other a Scottish aristocrat, one a pilot, the other a wireless operator. Yet whenever their…

This is the episode where we really show our love for all things Melina Marchetta by focusing on one of her books and going on and on and on about it for an hour. And I cut out a lot of talking. Remember, on our Book Club episodes we SPOIL EVERYTHING ! Show Notes -Christina…