Purple Heart by Patricia McCormick is the type of book that I can not recall reading anything similar to it’s subject matter: that of a 18- year-old soldier in Iraq. I’m sure they are out there but I’m not sure where they are. Private Matt Duffy is just out of high school and wakes up [...]
This is what I love about this whole blogging about books thing. I was introduced to Jacqueline Woodson when I decided that I wanted to read all the Newbery winners. The first Woodson book that I read was Feathers, and while I admit that it’s my least favorite of Woodson’s books I knew that I [...]
Today is the day!! Catching Fire is in a bookstore near you! How exciting! I feel like there should be confetti and much fanfare. I was fortunate enough to read Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins nearly three months ago and it is the book that I, nor anybody else, can stop talking about. This and [...]
I can’t help myself. Since discovering free-verse novels, I am completely in love with the genre. Despite the fact that the subject matter of Because I Am Furniture by Thalia Chaltas is one that literally makes you sick to your stomach, it’s one that I’m glad to have read.
Anke’s home is not one of love. [...]
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher is a story of what’s and why’s. Why me? And what could I have done differently?
Clay comes home from school one day to find a package on his porch. Yay for packages! How exciting. It doesn’t say who it’s from, so he excitedly rips into it. Inside are thirteen [...]
