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 [...]
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. [...]
The Blue Notebook, James A. Levine ’s debut novel, is about child prostitution in India. It’s a book that I knew going into would be an emotionally hard and difficult read and I wasn’t wrong. It’s haunting. It’s the type of book that elicits a physical reaction from the reader and I found myself [...]
Identical by Ellen Hopkins has just about everything you can think of. Dysfunctional family. Check. Extra marital affairs. Check. Sexual abuse, drug abuse, cutting, bulimia, pot, drinking, inappropriate relations with a schoolteacher. Check, check, check, check, check, and check. Identical is the first book that I’ve read by Ellen Hopkins and wow, I’ve never seen [...]
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 [...]
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