Category Book Reviews
I can definitely see why The Cellist of Sarajevo got longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Through a series of characters, the reader is shown various aspects of the seige of Sarajevo. The scariest part of this book? I was… Continue Reading →
I initially chose this book because its description and look reminded me of Griffin and Sabine, which I love. The book, by Shaun Tan, is actually considered “juvenile fiction” or a “graphic novel”. If I was describing this book to… Continue Reading →
Broken is Daniel Clay‘s first novel, and immediately I knew it was set in England. Just the language, the slang, and the style took me straight back to the UK. I also really enjoyed how honest the book was. Sometimes… Continue Reading →
I was so excited to get to read this book. I’ve been hearing about it all over blogs, it’s been popping up in my book radar (out and about) constantly. I only knew that it was about a burn victim… Continue Reading →
Do any other readers have trouble at the beginning of a book establishing the speaker’s gender? I always seem to immediately assume the speaker is a female — but Getting the Girl by Susan Juby is narrated by Sherman Mack,… Continue Reading →
Meg Tilly’s new book, First Time, is directed towards reluctant teen readers. The book is small (just over 100 pages), and the font is fairly large (probably 12pt Arial). The story however, is not for a younger reader, it’s geared… Continue Reading →
I almost didn’t pick up this book becasue both the title and cover were unappealing for a YA novel.* However, I’m really glad I did. For Now is an interestingly written first-person account (by Jes) of a “blended” family —… Continue Reading →
Charlie Asher is a regular guy (the “beta-male”) who is married to the love of his life, and they’re expecting a baby on the way. But just after the birth of dear Sophie, his wife Rachel dies, and when “death”… Continue Reading →
The fourth, and final, installment in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series was a huge disappointment to me. Meyer isn’t a particularly fabulous writer but she managed to hook onto a great story idea. The idea captured both YA and adult readers,… Continue Reading →
This was an amazingly written story of Ishmael’s childhood in Sierra Leone. It really opened my eyes — I didn’t realize that child soldiers, hopped up on drugs and other things, were forced to fight and kill just to stay… Continue Reading →
Alice Hoffman is a really neat writer. Her style is simplistic yet detailed, YA yet complex, blunt yet beautiful. I would definitely like to read more books by her. Local Girls follows the story of Gretel Samuelson through her difficult… Continue Reading →
The cover copy selected by Random House doesn’t explain the book very well and doesn’t do the story justice. The easy way to explain the book is: It’s 1988 in Pakistan and we are following the stories of two characters:… Continue Reading →
To be honest, I’m not much one for current poetry. I’m more into the 17th century literature poetry… but Rita Wong is a good writer. Some of the poems I had trouble following, but several of them are responses to… Continue Reading →
Conceit by Mary Novik is a fictional novel that takes place in 17th-century London during the time of John Donne. The novel follows the story of Donne’s daughter, Pegge, as it explores the magnificent yet lewd poetry of “Jack” Donne… Continue Reading →
Porcupine by Meg Tilly is a YA Novel following the story of Jack (Jaqueline) and her younger brother and sister, Tessa and Simon. After their father is killed by “friendly fire” in Afghanistan, their mother falls to pieces and stops… Continue Reading →
I finished this sometime last week, which seems like ages ago, but with starting my new job (yay!) and the lovely weekend (photos soon), I simply forgot to write this up (oops). It was not for the dislike of the… Continue Reading →
Confessor is the final installment of the eleven-novel Sword of Truth Series by Terry Goodkind. To recap: The Sword of Truth Series is an epic fantasy story revolving around Richard, who grew up without magic. Through a series of complicated… Continue Reading →
The scene is set on the weeks leading up to the next Presidential election (how fitting), with Senator Sexton attacking the current President’s funding decisions, particularly NASA. In another part of the story, we are drawn to the Arctic, where… Continue Reading →
“In the tunnel where I was raped, a tunnel which was once an underground entry to an amphitheter, a place where actors burst forth from underneath the seats of a crowd, a girl had been murdered and dismembered. I was… Continue Reading →
As soon as I finished New Moon, I picked up Eclipse and started reading. It was nearly 4 am before I could put it down! Eclipse picks up where New Moon left off, yet explains things briefly for readers just… Continue Reading →
I just stormed right through this novel, and loved it. New Moon is the second book in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series. (Read my post about Twilight here). New Moon begins with Bella reluctantly celebrating her 18th birthday, as Edward’s eternal… Continue Reading →
I’m sure you’ve all heard about “Paying it Forward” either the movement, or the foundation. Maybe you’ve seen the movie, read the book (like me), or even participated in a knitters PIF. Well, I recently finished the novel by Catherine… Continue Reading →
Scheduled to be released to book stores on May 1, 2008 by Theresa Breslin. I was fortunate enough to get a copy of the dummy proof (this means mock-up in book format but uncorrected copy) during my Internship at Random… Continue Reading →
I don’t want to read it anymore and you can’t make me! This is the 2nd time I’m going to put down this book because it is sooooo heavy on descriptions and sci-fi isn’t exactly my thing anyway. It’s just… Continue Reading →
The first book in the Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyers is a young adult novel about a young girl who falls in love with a vampire. Isabella Swan soon learns shocking secrets about his entire family — they are all… Continue Reading →
