When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead is the perfect realistic fiction book with a fantasy twist. It’s a mystery too. As well as a coming of age, friendship book. In fact, When You Reach Me dabbles a little in many genres. In a short 197 pages, this book packs a punch! From what I’ve [...]
Yesterday I reviewed the book The Secret Keeper by Paul Harris, a new book that takes place during the Sierra Leone civil war as a journalist investigates the murder of his past girlfriend. In my review, I said the book had “a great storyline, believable characters, and set against a volatile background of war, greed, [...]
I love Harry Potter. I do. I’ve only read the series once and listened to them once (I think I’m in love with Jim Dale too) but I am looking forward to the day when I can reread the entire series. And I LOVE the movies. I think they just get better and better. Harry [...]
The Sisters Grimm, The Fairy Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley opens as eleven year old Sabrina Grimm and her seven year old little sister Daphne are being shuttled from their last foster home to a new home in Ferryport Landing. This time it’s different. The woman who is taking them into her home says that [...]
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker is an amazing debut novel. I was struck immediately with the gorgeous cover. It’s covers like this that make me want to pick up a book immediately. And then I started reading fantastic reviews and knew that I needed to read it. I was worried that [...]
