by Haven Kimmel Genres: Memoir, Humor Publisher: Doubleday Length: 275 pages Published: March 20, 2001 Purchase Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Audible My Goodreads Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars Official Book Summary: “When Haven Kimmel was born in 1965, Mooreland, Indiana, was a sleepy little hamlet of three hundred people. Nicknamed ‘Zippy’ for the […]
by Mara Wilson Genre: Celebrity Memoir, Humor Publisher: Penguin Books Length: 259 pages Published: September 13, 2016 Purchase Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble My Goodreads Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars Official Book Summary: “For readers of Lena Dunham, Allie Brosh and Roxane Gay, this funny, poignant, daringly honest collection of personal essays introduces Mara […]
by Kiersten White Genres: Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Horror, Retelling Publisher: Delacorte Press Length: 304 pages Published: September 25, 2018 Purchase Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble My Goodreads Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Official Book Summary: “Elizabeth Lavenza hasn’t had a proper meal in weeks. Her thin arms are covered with bruises from her […]
by David Laskin Genres: U.S. History, Nonfiction, Science and Nature Publisher: Harper Perennial Length: 307 pages Published: October 11, 2005 Purchase Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Audible My Goodreads Rating: 3.5 or 4 out of 5 stars Official Book Summary: “The gripping story of an epic prairie snowstorm that killed hundreds of newly arrived settlers […]
by Nic Stone Genres: Young Adult, Contemporary Fiction Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers Length: 210 pages Published: October 17, 2017 Purchase Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble My Goodreads Rating: 3 out of 5 stars “Raw, captivating, and undeniably real, Nic Stone joins industry giants Jason Reynolds and Walter Dean Myers as she boldly tackles […]
by Suzanne Collins Genres: Young Adult, Dystopian Fiction Publisher: Scholastic Press Length: 374 pages Published: September 14, 2008 Purchase Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble Note: Spoilers ahead. My Goodreads Ratings: 3.5 stars for the writing, 4 stars for the concept Official Book Summary: “Winning will make you famous. Losing means certain death. The nation of […]
“Personally I do not agree with sex being brought into science at all. The idea of ‘women and science’ is entirely irrelevant. Either a woman is a good scientist or she is not; in any case she should be given opportunities, and her work should be studied from the scientific, not the sex, point of […]
by Jonathan Safran Foer Genre: Contemporary Literary Fiction Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Length: 571 pages Published: August 2016 Purchase Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble Notes: Jonathan Safran Foer is the acclaimed author Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Everything is Illuminated, and Eating Animals. In my opinion Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is a genius 5-star read […]
by V. E. Schwab Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Magic Publisher: Tor Books Page Count: 624 pages Published: February 21, 2017 Purchase Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble Note: The third in a three-part YA series, preceded by A Darker Shade of Magic and A Gathering of Shadows. V. E. Schwab also publishes as Victoria Schwab. My […]
by Tony Meeuwissen Remarkable Animals is a children’s interactive picture book, well-suited to preschool and Kindergarten readers. First published in London in 1997, the book is in print once again. Author and illustrator Tony Meeuwissen has been creating art for fifty years and his work has been recognized with the Victoria & Albert Museum award […]
by Sarah Jio Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Romance, Chick Lit Publisher: Ballantine Books Length: 288 pages Published: February 7, 2017 Purchase Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble Thank you to Ballantine Books and Goodreads for sending me a copy of Always. My Goodreads Rating: 1.5 or 2 out of 5 stars (Did Not Finish) Official Book Summary: […]
by Antonio Iturbe, translated by Lilit Thwaites Genres: History, Young Adult, World War II, Biography, Historical Fiction Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Length: 424 pages Published: October 10, 2017 Purchase Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble My Goodreads Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Official Book Summary: “Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita […]
by E. Lockhart “We are liars. We are beautiful and privileged. We are cracked and broken.” We Were Liars is a young adult novel written by E. Lockhart, the author of the Ruby Oliver series and The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks. Set in the present day on a private island near Martha’s Vineyard, the […]
Jactionary: Book Mail: According to a Source & Hubble Bubble
Book mail! I’ve been missing in action because life has been crazy busy lately, but today I received book mail (the best kind of mail, except for cash mail if that exists) thanks to both St. Martin’s Press and Candlewick Press. Both are advanced copies I won through Goodreads giveaways. Below are details on each. […]