Book Review: The Wizards of Once

Cressida Cowell is a great author to share in storytime with your young kids.

Book Review: Daughter of Smoke and Bone

And I suddenly trusted that Laini Taylor was not going to lead me astray with these...

Book Review: Wizard for Hire

This book is equal parts heart and charm

Book Review: The Night Circus

I don’t like much romance, so for me to be talking so positively about it here...

Book Review: Children of Blood and Bone

I read Black Leopard Red Wolf almost right before this one, and I think, in the...

Archive Book Review: The Knife of Never Letting Go

You know it's a good book when I react to what's happening out loud and my...

Archive Book Review: Quiet – The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking

Basically, I feel no shame for walking the halls of work with my headphones on and...

Archive Book Review: The Devil in Pew Number Seven

I think forgiveness is something we all wish we could do better, even if at the...

Archive Book Review: What’s Left of Me

I thoroughly enjoyed the unique POV

Book Review: The Dragon Republic

I also really related to her workaholic, do-what-you-must-to-make-your-own-destiny attitude/personality.

Archive Book Review: Where Things Come Back

This was such a good book. I finished it in a day.

Archive Book Review: The False Prince

It was clever and fun and dangerous and exciting and a great distraction from everyday life

Archive Book Review: The Unbearable Lightness of Being

When I finish a book like this, I always feel as if I've expanded my mind...

Archive Book Review: Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets

To be honest, the title drew me in

Archive Book Review: Iron Hearted Violet

I loved the concept, and the cover art was lovely

Archive Book Review: Me and the Devil

I know this is going to sound really obvious, but this book was dark

Book Review: Moon Rush – The New Space Race

This book made me realize that I am a one hundred percent earthbound person. I do...

Archive Book Review: Horten’s Miraculous Mechanisms

Being currently obsessed with BBC Sherlock, I found myself drawn to this story for its Britishness...

Archive Book Review: The Screwtape Letters

I usually take photos {rather than write them down} of the quotes I like and intend...

Book Review: How to Know the Birds

I had no idea how much personality could be packed into such tiny creatures.

Book Review: 100 Dives of a Lifetime

My main takeaway from this book is the discovery that I do not have any desire...

Archive Book Review: Romeo Spikes

I enjoyed discovering how things worked in this world and trying to figure out who was...

Archive Book Review: The Unwanteds Series

This series easily finds its place among my all time favorites

Book Review: The Broken Earth Series

This story is honestly unlike anything I’ve ever read in this genre before.

Archive Book Review: The Broom of the System

This book was so weird and funny and strange and interesting and clever and odd and...

Book Review: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Funny, introspective, and immensely human, I could find myself rereading this book over and over as...

Archive Book Review: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

This book is sad and happy and complicated and haunting and hopeful and beautifully done

Archive Book Review: A Game of Thrones

I'm off to read book 2. Because, seriously, I don't want to do anything else.

Archive Book Review: The Hobbit

When I read it, I feel like I'm listening to my grandpa telling me a bedtime...

Mini Review: Dead Like You

Thrilling. And creepy as hell. And makes me glad I can't afford brand new designer shoes.

Mini Review: Green

Green's character was even more than I hoped after reading the cover copy

Mini Review: Juniper Berry

This story was fun, mysterious, and engaging -- with a hint of the fantastical and the...

Mini Review: Anna Dressed in Blood

As dark and looming as any classic campfire tale of ghosts and bloody killers

Mini Review: The Flame Alphabet

I believe there is a lot of complexity and depth in these pages, and I fear...

Mini Review: Warm Bodies

Fascinatingly poetic, beautifully written, with a main character whose voice became one of my favorites

Mini Review: Thresholds

Fun, fantastical, and otherworldly

Mini Review: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

I literally laughed out loud for at least 80% of this book

Mini Review: Fake Mustache

A silly and fun diversion

Mini Review: The Pregnancy Project – A Memoir

Inspiring and challenging

Mini Review: I Am an Executioner – Love Stories

Affirms my belief that it is wise to read widely

Mini Review: The Damned Busters

Entertaining, funny, and at times thought-provoking

Mini Review: The Aviary

Though I figured the plot twists out to some degree early on, it didn't detract from...

Mini Review: The Fault in Our Stars

Equal parts funny and heartbreaking, this story satisfies on so many levels

Archive Book Review: Twenty Boy Summer

Heartbreakingly good

Archive Book Review: A Long Long Sleep

I was insatiably curious about the character's past.