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Square Fish, January 3, 2013 Originally Reviewed: Cinder by Marissa Meyer (January 26, 2012) New Cover or Old? Cinder’s sexy metal leg graces the cover again. Love the red slipper! What I Thought Then: Cinder is a quick and engaging read that mixes the Cinderella fairytale with a future dystopian world filled with the threat [...]
I want to read all the books. This never happens. It’s one of the few times I am comfortable with using the word never. Here are a five of the many I am bummed to have not read…yet. Adam McComber’s The White Forest got decidedly mixed reviews from bloggers whose opinions I trust, but still [...]
Berkley Trade, December 4, 2012 Originally Reviewed: The Invisible Ones by Stef Penney (February 29, 2012) New Cover or Old? I dig the spiffy red cover with the flower. What I Thought Then: Penney has a lovely and thorough writing style that is delightful to see in a mystery. I think I was overwhelmed by [...]
Happy New Year Everyone! Boy am I getting a late start this year. There are almost always too many books to list when I look at what’s coming out from week to week. I managed to narrow it down- just a little bit- to the ones that caught my eye. I have the starred (*) ones on [...]
I haven’t run across many books dealing with death row and the death penalty. Norman Mailer’s The Executioner’s Song comes to mind, and more recently, Naseem Rahka’s The Crying Tree (which Meghan reviewed a few weeks ago). In Edie Meidav’s Lola, California, a daughter is estranged from her father who is currently on death row and awaiting execution in ten days. [...]