The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman is a sweet and charming middle-grade fantasy. The premise is delightful: borrowing magical items from a repository! Who wouldn't be interested?…
James Treadwell's book, Advent, deals with what all fantasy readers have thought about at one time or another--the return of magic to our world. Through the course of the book, the rea…
I enjoyed Palace of Stone even more than its prequel, Princess Academy. In this fast-paced sequel, Shannon Hale deftly and sensitively weaves a story filled with complex characters, difficult choices,…
The Happiness Project is the kind of book you need to read with a paper and pen close by. I found author Gretchen Rubin relatable, smart, and witty and I was constantly jotting notes down. Besides det…
Publish Like the Pros is a no-nonsense guide for anyone interested in self-publishing their book. It is a quick read and yet is able to offer a comprehensive, step-by-step overview of a pro…
Filled with larger-than-life characters (with names like Bunny Starch and Wedndell Waxmo!), Scat is an entertaining, page-turning romp through the Florida everglades. I enjoyed Hiaasen's madcap writin…
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A dangerous, but amazingly attractive young man who isn't exactly human and has stalker-like tendancies; a heroine who repeatedly exhibits poor judgement endangering her life; the plot-enabling, ever-…
A Billion Reasons Why is filled with almost tangible chemistry that will get your heart pumping in sync with Katie's heart. The whirlwind romance makes it difficult to put the book down. Rea…
Author Sarah Addison Allen has a way with words. While reading The Peach Keeper, I could smell homemade lemon pies and fresh peaches on each page! Allen takes four characters whose lives are…
Because I grew up not far from the Appalachian mountains and have cystic fibrosis myself, I was immediately intrigued by the description of Marilyn Sue Shank's Child of the Mountains. This rich, layer…
There is more than meets the eye in Kate Alcott's The Dressmaker. Rather than merely being a historical romance, this book is really historical fiction with a romance as a subplot. Pr…
