It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Posted: Character Connection post featuring Briar Wilkes from Boneshaker by Cherie Priest Read: Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol The Girl Who Was on Fire: Your Favorite Authors on Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games Trilogy edited by Leah Wilson Drama: An Actor’s Eduction by […]
Briar Wilkes from Cherie Priest’s Boneshaker just tries to keep her head down and feed herself and her teenage son. The problem is, her life is overshadowed by her relationships to a couple of Seattle’s most (in)famous figures. First of all, there’s her father, Maynard. He’s a legend for going back into the city during […]
Welcome to my weekly update for September 3, 2012! It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey […]
I met a couple of friends for an un-birthday trip to The Cheesecake Factory a few weeks ago. Yes, I live two hours away from the closest one. So, yes, I traveled two hours for cheesecake. Sometimes, you just need a good cheesecake. Anyway, on the way back to my car, the friend who was […]
A young woman, out wandering the streets after a fight with her boyfriend, stumbles upon The Night Bookmobile. The books inside are strangely familiar. The librarian tells her that the library contains everything she’s ever read in her lifetime. All too soon, dawn comes, the librarian escorts her out the door, and the young woman […]
4 Stars. Having now read one of Bragg’s books and listened to another, I am torn about the best medium. I’m left thinking that the best thing for everyone would be if his publishers just gave us one of those readalong books I remember from when I was little. “You’ll know it’s time to turn the page when you hear the chime ring like this […]
Welcome to my weekly update for August 27, 2012! It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Posted […]
The Society of S is about Ariella Montero, a very sheltered, educated 13-year-old growing up in Saratoga Springs, NY. Her father is a brilliant, handsome, reclusive research scientist who is home-schooling Ari and raising her alone. Ari’s mother left them immediately after Ari’s birth. Their Victorian mansion is full of secrets that Ari decides to […]
Not to my little corner of the interwebs, but to my town! And maybe your town! My reaction when I stumbled across this little nugget last night as I was looking at the Malaprops website: “Ohmygosh!Ohmygosh!Ohmygosh! Neil Gaiman is coming!!!” Husband, nicely doing dishes as I finish a blog post: “What? I can’t hear you.” […]
5 Stars. I read the first chapter of Daytripper and was completely taken aback. I was in the mood for some graphic novels and I had just grabbed whatever looked promising at my local library. I had never heard of this book and I didn’t read the synopsis too closely but it still caught my eye. When […]
Welcome to my weekly update for August 20, 2012! It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Posted […]