It seems to me The Giver is one of those books you either love or are fairly apathetic about. Unfortunately, the flood of dystopian novels this last decade has moved a lot of people into Camp Apathy. Undeservedly. Color, joy, music, love, thought, wisdom. These are a few of those things that […]
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My first real book series addiction arrived in the form of The Dark is Rising, a book and series by Susan Cooper. I loved books by that time, but this was the first series I absolutely obsessed over (shy of collecting news articles which were not readily available for books […]
Book of the Week: The Dark is Rising by Susan ...
Ley line – a straight line of mystic energy (or magnetism) that passes through natural and man-made locations/buildings of great significance, anything from Stonehenge to churches and natural wells or mountain ranges. It’s one of these ley lines that lies at the center of The Raven Boys. A boy named […]
Book of the Week: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Don’t judge a book by its cover. Especially when that cover makes no sense to you and doesn’t appear to fit in the genre its assigned to. If you ignore this advice, you’re likely to overlook an amazing book like The Name of the Wind. The story of Kvothe begins […]
Book of the Week: The Name of the Wind by ...
I promised myself I would not include a Harry Potter book here at least for a very long time. Then I reread one and realized how silly that promise was. Some of you don’t remember how rare it used to be to stumble across magical books in the Children’s section […]
Book of the Week: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ...
The Amulet of Samarkand is a magical fantasy that takes place in an alternate world history. It begins when 12-year-old Nathaniel summons a demon. Don’t let Bartimaeus hear you call him that – he’s a djinni and a good one at that. Many stories that move around a lot almost […]
Book of the Week: The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan ...
A few of you knew this was coming. You think I’m obsessed with this book and the movie. It’s in my favorites. I’m not obsessed, unless I’m obsessed with Harry Potter, The Fountainhead and The Body of Christopher Creed. The Perks of Being a Wallflower falls cleanly into the category […]