Go Read This! | The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider
Book: The Beginning of Everything Author: Robyn Schneider Goodreads Synopsis: Golden boy Ezra Faulkner believes everyone has a tragedy waiting for them—a single encounter after which everything that...
View ArticleGo Read This! | Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
Book:Bee Season Author: Myla Goldberg Goodreads Synopsis: This “honey of a first novel” (“People”) is a coming-of-age story about Eliza Naumann, who amazes everyone by winning a spelling bee. “Imagine...
View ArticleGo Read This! | My Top Fiction Posts of 2013
2013 was a big year. Although I started out with lofty expectations, I ended up coming close (ish) to achieving them thanks to ongoing participation in weekly challenges and projects – and of course,...
View ArticleGo Read This! | Night Film by Marisha Pessl
Book: Night Film Author: Marisha Pessl Goodreads Synopsis: A page-turning thriller for readers of Stephen King, Gillian Flynn, and Stieg Larsson, Night Film tells the haunting story of a journalist...
View ArticleGo Read This! | Series of Interest, Part I
I haven’t posted a GRT in a while, so I thought I would change it up. Instead of posting a book review, here’s a brief list of series I’ve read/started lately – check ‘em out! A Song of Ice and Fire...
View ArticleGo Read This! | Looking for Alaska by John Green
Book: Looking for Alaska Author: John Green Goodreads Synopsis: Before…Miles “Pudge” Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous...
View ArticleGo Read This! | The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
Book: The Winter People Author: Jennifer McMahon Goodreads Synopsis: West Hall, Vermont, has always been a town of strange disappearances and old legends. The most mysterious is that of Sara Harrison...
View ArticleGo Read This! | The Girl in the Road by Monica Byrne
Book: The Girl in the Road Author: Monica Byrne Goodreads Synopsis: Stunningly original and wildly inventive, The Girl in the Road melds the influences of Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman, and Erin...
View ArticleGo Read This! | The Vanessa Michael Munroe Series by Taylor Stevens
Books: The Informationist; The Innocent; The Doll; The Vessel (ebook novella); The Catch Author: Taylor Stevens I’m going to do a slightly different format since copying and pasting five different...
View ArticleGo Read This! | Red Moon by Benjamin Percy
Book: Red Moon Author: Benjamin Percy Goodreads Synopsis: They live among us. They are our neighbors, our mothers, our lovers. They change. When government agents kick down Claire Forrester’s front...
View ArticleGo Read This! | The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
Book: The Interestings Author: Meg Wolitzer Goodreads Synopsis: The summer that Nixon resigns, six teenagers at a summer camp for the arts become inseparable. Decades later the bond remains powerful,...
View ArticleGo Read This! | Webcomics (Part I?)
As someone who got ahold of my parents’ Calvin & Hobbes, The Far Side, and Bloom County collections around the same time I wrapped up Hooked on Phonics (I thought they were picture books, and thus...
View ArticleThe Masked Songbird by Emmie Mears
I’m really pumped to share this review with y’all because it’s a pretty different book than I would normally pick out. I met Emmie at a writing conference in 2012 and I was so impressed with her....
View ArticleCertified Scary Reads, Halloween 2014
In the mood for a spine-tingling read? Check out my favorite scary books of 2014 (so far!). Note: all images courtesy of GoodReads Recs, clockwise from top: Night Film by Marisha Pessl The Winter...
View ArticleGoodreads Choice Awards 2014
It’s time to vote for your favorite books of 2014. Which ones will take the cake? I love the Goodreads Choice Awards. It’s a chance for me to vote for my favorite books from the last year and discover...
View ArticleGoodreads Choice Awards 2014: The Semifinals
Missed my opening round recap? Check it out here! The opening round votes have been tallied and the semifinal round is live through the 17th! Fiction Immediate reaction: Was The Enchanted in there last...
View ArticleGoodreads Choice Awards 2014: The Finals
Missed my semifinals recap? Check it out here! The semifinals votes have been tallied and the final round is live through the 24th! Fiction Voting for: Landline by Rainbow Rowell. Should win: Landline...
View ArticleGoodreads Choice Awards 2014: The Winners
Missed my finals recap? Check it out here! The final votes have been tallied and the winners announced! So, how much crow am I eating from my predictions? Let’s see… Note: All cover images taken from...
View ArticleSo You Want to Stop “Distancing the Other”: Recommended Reading
I’ve written before about the importance of diversity in literature (I, II, III), but I never offered any recommendations from my own reads. With the news lately (including events last week in my...
View ArticleGo Read This! | The Vanessa Michael Munroe Series by Taylor Stevens
Books: The Informationist; The Innocent; The Doll; The Vessel (ebook novella); The Catch Author: Taylor Stevens I’m going to do a slightly different format since copying and pasting five different...
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