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 [...]
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 [...]
