I hate going into a book with certain expectations. It’s more pleasant to be surprised than disappointed. I was dying to read Just One Day by Gayle Forman not only because I loved If I Stay and Where She Went so much (find my review here), but also because I was interested in the premise.… Continue reading Falling in Love: Just One Day by Gayle Forman
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Nerd Love: The Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
It’s 1999 and Lincoln hasn’t had a girlfriend in a decade, still lives with his mother, and has just taken a job at a newspaper where his main task is to read the emails of his co-workers that are caught in the network filter and flagged as inappropriate. Though he is supposed to reprimand those… Continue reading Nerd Love: The Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
Upstairs/Downstairs: Cinders & Sapphires by Leila Rasheed
I’m a fan of period film and television in general. I love all the various adaptations of Jane Austen’s books and my favorite movie is The Age of Innocence with Daniel Day-Lewis. Downton Abbey is my new favorite. I love the costumes, the intrigue, and the upstairs/downstairs intersecting storylines between the lives of the servants… Continue reading Upstairs/Downstairs: Cinders & Sapphires by Leila Rasheed
We’re All Mad Here: Splintered by A. G. Howard
Little known fact about me: my senior year of high school and part of my first year of college, I worked at Hot Topic. Not because I was particularly punk or goth, though I did like the discount on band t-shirts (and that I could wear band t-shirts and jeans to work). No, the real… Continue reading We’re All Mad Here: Splintered by A. G. Howard
Ghosts and Serial Killers: Paper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff
Paper Valentine was one of my most anticipated reads of January 2013. When I first read the blurb for Brenna Yovanoff’s book, it appealed to me more than The Space Between, which I liked, an Th e Replacement, which I haven’t gotten around to reading yet but plan to some day. The city of Ludlow is gripped by the hottest July… Continue reading Ghosts and Serial Killers: Paper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff
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