I was a painfully slow reader this month. (Example: there are two books on my nightstand right now that are still stuck around the 50% mark! I keep reading one chapter and setting them back down. Eek!) I got through just four novels this month, but they were a blast. Here’s what I read in...Continue Reading
When it comes to series, people seem to either love or hate cliffhangers. I’ve always been in the camp that prefers a cliffhanger-free story. This doesn’t mean I expect all plot threads to be tied up in a neat bow by the final page, but I do expect the story’s main conflict to be resolved....Continue Reading
Every book I read this month was phenomenal. Phenomenal! Here was my June: I’d heard numerous people rave about E. Lockhart’s THE DISREPUTABLE HISTORY OF FRANKIE LANDAU-BANKS, and I finally picked it up this month. Why did I wait so long?! This novel is hilarious, moving, strange, and brilliant, all wrapped into one. Frankie is...Continue Reading
I spent two weeks of May in Europe, but that didn’t seem to slow my pace! Here’s what I read last month: Elizabeth Fama’s MONSTROUS BEAUTY is only the second mermaid story I’ve ever read, but I’m not sure another will manage to top it. This book was beautiful and haunting and dark. And a...Continue Reading
