I put off reading this book because the cover underwhelmed me. The cool light painting wasn’t what turned me off—it was the girl in a white dress. Is she trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic dystopia or walking down the aisle on her wedding day? But several of my patrons who love paranormal romance and… Continue reading Don’t Be Fooled by the Cover: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
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Sci-Fi + Jane Austen: For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diane Peterfreund
Pride and Prejudice isn’t my favorite Jane Austen novel. Neither is Emma. It’s not even Sense and Sensibility or Northhanger Abbey. For the record, it’s Mansfield Park, but a close second is Persuasion. So when a new book came into the library and was described on the jacket as a dystopian/post-apocalyptic spin on Persuasion, I… Continue reading Sci-Fi + Jane Austen: For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diane Peterfreund
6 New & Forthcoming Young Adult Novels I’m Excited to Read
The Forsaken by Lissa M. Stasse Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy, with dystopia Release date: July 10, 2012 Synopsis: As an obedient orphan of the U.N.A. (the super-country that was once Mexico, the U.S., and Canada), Alenna learned at an early age to blend in and be quiet—having your parents taken by the police will do… Continue reading 6 New & Forthcoming Young Adult Novels I’m Excited to Read
Oh, I Admit It. I’m Pretentious: The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
If you were to judge my reading habits by the reviews on this blog, you would probably think I read mostly YA fiction. But I don’t review every book I read and choose to focus on YA lit here because of my professional interest. I’ve decided to try and be more balanced in both my… Continue reading Oh, I Admit It. I’m Pretentious: The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
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