To be perfectly honest, I’m not a huge fan of fairytale spin-offs as a rule. Lately, there’s been an influx of books geared toward modernizing the traditional stories we’ve grown up with, such as The Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer, that includes titles such as Cinder, Scarlet and Cress. These books are based loosely […]
I am 100% into psychological thrillers that place someone with an underlying mental illness as the lead in books. Usually these protagonists are morbidly fascinating in their disturbances and hyper-focused perspectives on the world around them. The Donnie Darko/Fight Club rawness of becoming unhinged from reality is both horrifying and unbalancing, but there’s always a […]
I’ve officially blossomed into adulthood in my 31st year of life; my husband and I purchased our first home (!!!) and it’s been a whirlwind of activity since the beginning of April. We’re actually required to do grown up things now like weeding, mowing the lawn, and ripping up old, yucky carpet (actually very satisfying, […]
I am not exaggerating when I say I literally never win anything. Like at this point in my life, it’s pretty much expected that when I enter any kind of giveaway or raffle, I’m going home empty handed. I’m not sure why I continuously do this to myself. It’s the definition of insanity. But Goodreads […]
Life Update: Last weekend, I had the opportunity to attend my first ever Book Festival (I know, how do I even have the audacity to call myself a bibliophile) by partaking in the NOVA Teen Book Festival outside of Washington D.C.. It was better than I could have ever imagined!! I was in the presence […]
Interesting Fact About Me #23: I started writing a YA dystopia novel last year. Granted, I’ve let my writing dwindle exponentially since 2018…and if I look back on what I’ve created so far, it may cause a severe inner cringing, butt-clenching and double chin making reaction… But it’s all to say that I have a […]
I’ve been on a Pride and Prejudice adaptatin spree the last two months. On recommendation from our school librarian, I read the YA book Pride by Ibi Zoboi in January. This is a modern, American version of the classic P&P that depicts a Brooklyn born and raised teen girl as the part of Elizabeth Bennet […]
We had our most recent Student Book Club meeting this passed Thursday and I am so disappointed to report, my 8th graders absolutely hated Sadie. Granted, their reasoning was that they kept getting thrown off by the timeline jumping and were not particular fans of the dialogue style from the podcast. A few of the […]
Last year, while facing a reading slump, I stumbled upon this AMAZINGGG site called NetGalley. If you haven’t heard of this fabulous wonderland yet, it’s a site that helps promote publishers and authors (as well as readers looking to shake things up) by granting early access of unreleased books to unbiased readers, in exchange for […]
Book of the Month Club has been a hit or miss endeavor for me over the last year or so. I’ve had the opportunity to broaden my reading horizons and have found quite a few literary gems (The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Motrton, Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, and The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne, to name a few) and duds (The Rules of […]