Book ReviewsSo many books… June has been a crazy month for book pick-ups. From A christianbook.com sale, to a ton of Kindle pick-ups, to my father-in-laws estate, we were just getting books right and left this month. For Kindle: Mrs. Tuesday’s Departure: A Christian Historical and Inspirational Romance of World War Two Why I got it: I […]
Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish in June 2010. June 7: Ten Reasons I Love Dystopian Fiction (In no particular order) Dystopian fiction often takes an idea from sociology and stretches it to the limit. Once upon a time I was a sociology major. It’s interesting […]
Young adult books often have some of the best opening lines, probably because their audience is likely to drop it and look for something else if they aren’t interested right away. Here are some of my favorites: The Series of Unfortunate Events – The Bad Beginning “If you are interested in stories with happy endings, […]
Ever finished a book and were just like “Uh?” That was Ratha’s Creature for me. While well written and engaging I’m not sure what the point was. The book is about a clan of intelligent cats living in a prehistoric world. The cats have learned to herd wild game for domestic use. This allows them […]