"It is all very well planning what you will do in six months, what you will do in a year, but it's no good at all if you don't have a plan for tomorrow."
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City of Bones is an exciting escape! I was immediately drawn in to the story, and quickly came to like the characters very much. This book had me on the edge of my seat several times, and the sca…
The Legend of Holly Claus is a fairy tale in the traditional sense: a dark curse, a kind-hearted princess, an evil warlock, a magical godmother, and loyal animal friends. Replete with detailed descr…
Certain books are referenced as the perfect example of their genre. Ender's Game is one of those books. Set in a future world that doesn't feel that far away, Ende…
Ally Condie triumphs with her final novel in the Matched series. I loved the first book, but felt there wasn't anything really new there--another well-written dystopian novel I enjoyed readi…
Gretchen Rubin gives happiness another go in Happier at Home, a follow-up to her New York Times best-selling The Happiness Project. I love Rubin's reasoning that anyone can enrich his or her…
Tally Youngblood just wants to be pretty. That wish is about to come true on her sixteenth birthday, when she can undergo surgery to make her look perfect and then she can finally join her other prett…
Leigh Bardugo's debut young adult novel, Shadow and Bone, is a fantasy set in a world inspired by the culture and setting of Old Russia. It has a classic fantasy approach and a straightforw…
Overall, Legend was a very good book. Its characters were engaging and the plot moves quickly with enough twists and turns to surprise the reader. The action is fast-paced, but there are enough quie…
The Probable Future by Alice Hoffman was a New York Times Best Seller a few years ago. A novel that weaves the stories of three generations of women together and to their family history, it takes a c…
Brilliant and dazzling! Kate Morton does it again in The Secret Keeper. Employing all her distinctive stylistic traits, Morton interweaves eras, character perspectives, and locations …
Elizabeth Letts, author of The Eighty-Dollar Champion, knows a good story when she sees one. The heart of the story is the Cinderella tale of an unexpected plow-horse, Snowman, rising to th…
