Book Review: WATCHED by CJ Lyons
For the last four years, sixteen-year-old Jesse Alexander has lived in fear. A cyber-stalker called “King” has already ruined his life, and the lives of many other kids, and now he has control of...
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Book Review: A PRISONER IN MALTA by Phillip DePoy
The year is 1583, and someone’s plotting to kill Queen Elizabeth I. Details of the plot are sketchy at best, and the Queen has sufficient enemies to make the list of likely conspirators long....
Book Review: GO SET A WATCHMAN by Harper Lee
It’s the 1950s, and Jean Louise (“Scout”) Finch is visiting home from New York. It’s been a few years since she was last in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama–not since the death of her...
Book Review: THE AGE OF MIRACLES by Karen Thompson Walker
This is a re-post of my Goodreads review for the benefit of my non-Goodreads readers. What if the Earth’s rotation started to slow? That’s the basic premise of THE AGE OF MIRACLES, a novel...
Book Review: A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Khaled Hosseini
This is a re-post of my Goodreads review for my non-Goodreads readers. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS is the story of two Muslim girls living in Afghanistan: Mariam and Laila. Mariam is the older of...
Book Review: NIGHT SHIFT by Stephen King
This review was originally posted on Goodreads. I’m re-posting it here for the benefit of my non-Goodreads readers. NIGHT SHIFT is Stephen King’s first published collection of short stories, dating from 1970-1977. Most of...
Book Review: WITHER by Lauren DeStefano
This review was originally posted on GoodReads. I’m re-posting it here for the benefit of my non-GoodReads readers. After reading a number of Lauren’s comments on Twitter, and her responses to questions on her...
Book Review: THE SHERLOCKIAN by Graham Moore
Those who were watching the 87th Academy Awards (The Oscars) on Sunday–or if you’re just culturally aware, like I’m usually not–you’ll know that the Best Adapted Screenplay award went to Graham Moore for “The...
Book Review: THE WRATH & THE DAWN by Renee Ahdieh
THE WRATH & THE DAWN is a re-imagining of the story of Scheherazade by debut novelist Renée Ahdieh. The eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan has become a monster in the eyes of his people ever...
Book Review: CRASHERS by Dana Haynes
“Crashers” is the informal name given to the team of investigators assembled in the aftermath of a plane crash. Their job is to determine what caused the crash, and it’s a job that can...
