I had honestly forgotten that I read this until I saw the preview for the movie version ahead of a showing of Beauty and the Beast a few weeks ago. And my gut reaction to the trailer was more of a “huh, that seems familiar” and less of a “hey, I read that!”, so maybe that tells you everything you need to know about this YA novel. Note: spoilers ahead. Madeline Whittier is a real life bubble girl. She cannot leave the house, and only […]
Home Is Where the Heart Is…
The library bookstore is my secret addiction. I don’t get to go often (at least, not in my county, what with the powers that be cutting library hours to a ridiculous degree), but when I do go, I load up. And I would say that of the books I pick up, I have about a 50% success rate. I donate the rest back, which results in a vicious circle where I’ve been known to re-buy previous rejects. (Yeah, I know.) Anyway, of that 50% success […]
Even Casper was a more exciting ghost story than this one
I hate it when I read the blurb about a book and I think it’s going to be one thing, but then it turns out to be totally different, and totally dull. According to the back cover, The Haunting of Josie is about a young woman spending a year in a secluded cabin, untangling the threads of a mystery that killed a man she loved. She’s unprepared for her sexy and dashing neighbor Marc Westbrook, and doesn’t really need the distraction of the tall, dark, […]
All you need to know about this is that Ranger goes to Disney World
Note: Spoilers abound. Are there really spoilers in a Stephanie Plum book, though? I mean, we know that Lula is going to wear outrageous outfits, that Grandma is going to do something wacky, that Mrs. Plum is going to drink a little bit of Four Roses in her iced tea glass, and that Stephanie is going to have some near-death experiences. In installment 23 (are we really up to that number?), we open with Stephanie and Morelli’s relationship status upgraded to engaged to be engaged. […]