We first see this book in the Doctor Who episode "Angels Take Manhatten". It is the book that the Doctor reads and the book that shows the last moments of the Pond companions. Though the actual book doesn't feature that episode, it is a great read. This is the story of the River Song when… Continue reading Book Thirteen of 2013: THE ANGEL’S KISS by Justin Richards
Reese can’t remember anything from the time between the accident and the day she woke up almost a month later. She only knows one thing: She’s different now. Across North America, flocks of birds hurl themselves into airplanes, causing at least a dozen to crash. Thousands of people die. Fearing terrorism, the United States government grounds… Continue reading Book Twelve of 2013: ADAPTATION by Malinda Lo
In Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love, Andrew Shaffer explored the romantic failures of some of the great minds in history. Now, in Literary Rogues, he turns his unflinching eye and wit to explore our love-hate relationship with literature's most contrarian, drunken, vulgar, and just plain rude bad boys (and girls) in this very… Continue reading Book Ten of 2013: LITERARY ROGUES by Andrew Shaffer
Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. Together this dynamic pair… Continue reading Book Nine of 2013: HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY by Douglas Adams
Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way, she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as imperious as she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, closed up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors of England, until a locked-up… Continue reading Book Eight of 2013: THE SECRET GARDEN by Frances Hodgson Burnett
If you are reading my reviews, you can probably see a trend in what I read the most. Yep, I read a lot of Young Adult Paranormal fiction. It might be because that's the field I want to write in, but let's be honest, it can sometimes be tiring not reading something else. And so,… Continue reading Something Fun and New
A witty, honest, and hugely entertaining story for anyone who loves books, or has a difficult mother. And, let's face it, that's practically everybody . . . On paper, Arabella Hicks seems more than qualified to teach her fiction class on the Upper West Side: she's a writer herself; she's passionate about books; she's even named… Continue reading Book Seven of 2013: THE FICTION CLASS by Susan Breen
With Heartsick, Chelsea Cain took the crime world by storm, introducing two of the most compelling characters in decades: serial killer Gretchen Lowell and her obsessed pursuer Portland Detective Archie Sheridan. The book spent four weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and garnered rave reviews around the world. But the riveting story of Archie and Gretchen… Continue reading Book Six of 2013: SWEETHEART by Chelsea Cain
Just when she thought the dreams couldn't get any stranger, Ariel Donovan is transported in her sleep to Dark. A dog barks, and she knows she must heed his call. During the journey, she finds what she lost long ago, and discovers how important it is in her quest to outsmart the Thornhill Society...before it's… Continue reading Book Five of 2013: LUMINOSITY by Abigail Boyd
Last year, Ariel's life was ripped apart. She's finally started to put the pieces together again, and is looking forward to summer break. That's when a dream brings her back to the mysterious Dexter Orphanage. With the return of an unlikely person in her life, Ariel begins to find out answers to the secrets that plagued… Continue reading Book Four of 2013: UNCERTAINTY by Abigail Boyd
