Lessons From a Dead Girl by Jo Knowles

Lessons From a Dead Girl by Jo Knowles is unlike any other book that I’ve read this year.  It’s subject is sobering.  Kids abusing kids.  Wow.  Leah Greene is dead.  And Laine isn’t sure is she should feel guilt or relief.  What she does know is that Leah has forever affected her and she must [...]

Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon and Dean Hale

Shannon Hale’s newest adventure Rapunzel’s Revenge coauthored with her husband Dean Hale and illustrated by Nathan Hale (no relation) is taking the book world by storm!  Why?  First, it’s Shannon Hale.  What’s not to love about Shannon?  Second, it’s a awesome retelling of the Rapunzel story set as a western.  Third, Rapunzel’s uses her long [...]

Princess Academy by Shannon Hale

This book review comes at the perfect time, as I just met Shannon Hale. If you missed that post, see it here. There’s pictures! Shannon was nice as ever and liking an author for the actual person they are makes me like their books even more. Princess Academy is a 2006 Newbery Honor book and [...]

Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale

Fantasy is not my chosen genre of choice. Thinking back to what fantasy I’ve read in the last couple of years, the only thing that comes to mind is Harry Potter and The Hobbit. But one of my goals this year was to discover a new genre, so I thought I would explore fantasy a [...]