Tag: Review

  • The Prince and the Dressmaker

    The Prince and the Dressmaker

    The illustrations, the attention to detail, the beauty of the drawings, and the story, I loved it all and I’m so glad I bought this instead of checking it out from the libraries and can see myself returning to it again and again

  • Karamo

    Karamo

    I discovered Queer Eye, and ultimately fell in love with it, in the strangest way

  • The War Outside

    The War Outside

    The War Outside takes place in an internment camp in Crystal City, Texas during the 1940s

  • The Black Witch

    The Black Witch

    People who know me know I don’t LOVE fantasy, but since this was a class assignment, I decided to shoot for a fantasy/sci-fi novel that would fit my other interests.

  • On The Come Up

    On The Come Up

    Angie Thomas is back, and with The Hate U Give topping two years on the NYT bestsellers list, you can bet her sophomore novel, On the Come Up, is going to make a splash too

  • The Friendship War

    The Friendship War

    Andrew Clements, the king of the middle grade novel, is back with The Friendship War, a tale of collection, buttons, friendship, and fads

  • The Vanishing Stair

    The Vanishing Stair

    After nearly a year of waiting for the sequel to Truly Devious, it finally arrived in my Audible library.

  • Thanks Obama: My Hopey-Changey White House Years

    Thanks Obama: My Hopey-Changey White House Years

    I picked up Thanks Obama by David Litt, a White House speech writer who now runs Funny or Die in DC.  I was not disappointed.

  • Two Can Keep a Secret

    Two Can Keep a Secret

    The author behind the hit One of Us is Lying is back with her sophomore novel, Two Can Keep a Secret.

  • From the Ground Up

    From the Ground Up

    The 2020 primaries are going to be atrocious, we can all acknowledge that, but I’m sitting here with my fingers crossed that Howard Schultz launches an independent campaign.

  • I Am Malala

    I Am Malala

    The story of the girl who was shot by the Taliban for going to school is well-known now that that girl, Malala Yousafzai, has won the Nobel Peace Prize

  • Swing

    Swing

    I was looking for a book of poetry or in verse for my YA literature class and this one came highly recommended. I flew through it like I do all books in verse and I really enjoyed it.