An advanced copy of this book was received from NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. I’m a sucker for a good premise and a good cover. This book has both. It takes place over the course of an hour, on the first day of the last semester of a school year. Just after the principal finishes her speech, people try to leave the auditorium but find the doors locked. Almost the entire student body is trapped. That’s when the shooting starts. Gripping, […]
The Pagoda! Featured in a Book! Am I Dreaming?
Please Ignore Vera Dietz is a very good book. It was an even better book for me because I have lived my entire life (aside from college) about a half an hour away from Reading, PA. Reading, PA is not a very nice place in most areas (no offense Reading, I still love ya baby!). It’s a depressed town that seems to continue to crumble apart over time, but…they have the Pagoda. It was built in the early 1900’s and it was supposed to be […]
Feminist Fairy Tales Are Always Acceptable
I probably should have written this a few weeks ago, around the time I finished the book, but things always seem to conspire against me. I picked Cinder up on a whim; it was in the right place, at the right price. I’d seen it popping up on my Amazon suggestions for awhile and I knew the basic premise of it. Retelling of Cinderella set in a future world, and something about robots (judging by the cover.) And that is not inaccurate, though I think it […]
The Literary Equivalent of a Smile
I loved this book. Go buy it and read it now. That’s enough a review, right? No? Okay, fine. I’ll write some more. I was so excited when I found out we were getting more Tiny Cooper. This is such a joy of a character and I could read another five or six books staring him. If you haven’t yet read Will Grayson, Will Grayson, where we first meet Tiny, I will highly recommend that to you, as well. It’s a Levithan/John Green joint, and […]