"At one point, we all consciously decided how much to eat and what to focus on when we got to the office, how often to have a drink or when to go for a jog. Then we stopped making a choice, and …
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 …
I love when a writer creates a world so richly detailed that it's easy to sink right into it every time I pick the book up—and difficult to put the book down again! That was my experience reading Rach…
Gail Carson Levine provides a charming retelling of another fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty. The princess is given gifts by the fairies, as in the original story, but in this version, one of the fairies g…
So much of dystopian fiction shares similar plot lines--but this one is different from anything I've read before. Price tells an exciting, slightly creepy story and does it masterfully.
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For the lover of historical fiction and fantasy, this book is a winner! A historical setting is depicted as a magical society where vampires control too much, and the idea of power takes on …
Liar & Spy, Rebecca Stead's third novel, is completely different from her first two books, but the writing is just as good as When You Reach Me. The dialogue is snappy and the interchanges are of…
If you're expecting a typical princess story with The Two Princesses of Bamarre, you're in for a pleasant surprise. While it is a magical tale of bravery, cowardice, love and dragon slaying, the usual…
Shadowed was an enjoyable read. While the author did not use especially unique or notable prose, she managed to keep the reader uncertain and doubtful. Black casts doubt on almost eve…
Sherlock Holmes is a name many of us grew up with. Any time a mystery would crop up, we would either say aloud or think to ourselves, "Elementary, my dear Watson!" and imagine the funny detectiv…
Author Tyler Whitesides takes the janitorial concept so over the top that it becomes awesome! Completely unfettering the imagination to the border of absurd really works for this series. A…
Almost all books use life and death to help people find deeper meaning in life. The same is true of this story. What was especially pleasurable was the phraseology of the author. &nbs…
