*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. * Title: Boo Author: Neil Smith Publisher: Vintage Publication Date: May 12, 2015 ISBN: 9780804171366 Synopsis from Goodreads: When Oliver “Boo” Dalrymple wakes up in heaven, the eighth-grade science geek thinks he died of a heart defect at his school. But soon afterContinue reading “Review: Boo by Neil Smith”
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Review: The Mountain Story by Lori Lansens
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Mountain Story Author: Lori Lansens Publisher: Knopf Canda Publication Date: April 14, 2015 ISBN: 9780345809025 Synopsis from Goodreads: Five days. Four hikers. Three survivors. From Lori Lansens, author of the national bestsellers Rush Home Road, The Girls and The Wife’s TaleContinue reading “Review: The Mountain Story by Lori Lansens”
Review: East of West Vol. 2
Title: East of West Vol. 2 Author: Jonathan Hickman Illustrator: Nick Dragotta Publisher: Image Comics Publication Date: April 2014 ISBN: 9781607068556 Synopsis from Goodreads The second volume of the most exciting new book in the industry is here! “We Are All One” follows our cast around the fractured future-scape of America as we learn more aboutContinue reading “Review: East of West Vol. 2”
Review: Black Dog Summer by Miranda Sherry
*I received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Black Dog Summer Author: Miranda Sherry Publisher: Simon & Schuster Canada Publication Date: February 10, 2015 ISBN: 9781476779768 Synopsis from Goodreads: Compulsively readable and stylistically stunning, Black Dog Summer begins with a murder, a farmstead massacre, in the South African bush. Thirty-eight-year-oldContinue reading “Review: Black Dog Summer by Miranda Sherry”
Review: A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing
Title: A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing Author: Eimear McBride Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada Publication Date: September 2014 ISBN: 9781476789026 Synopsis from Goodreads: Not so much a stream-of-consciousness, as an unconscious railing against a life that makes little sense, and a shocking and intimate insight into the thoughts, feelings and chaotic sexuality of a vulnerableContinue reading “Review: A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing”
Review: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Title: Station Eleven Author: Emily St. John Mandel Publisher:Knopf Publication Date: September 2014 ISBN: 9780385353304 Synopsis from Goodreads: One snowy night Arthur Leander, a famous actor, has a heart attack onstage during a production of “King Lear.” Jeevan Chaudhary, a paparazzo-turned-EMT, is in the audience and leaps to his aid. A child actress named Kirsten RaymondeContinue reading “Review: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel”
Review: Doomboy by Tony Sandoval
*I received this book on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Doomboy Author: Tony Sandoval Publisher: Magnetic Press Publication Date: October 2014 ISBN: 9782888904380 Synopsis from NetGalley: A lonely, metal-obsessed teen sends a heartfelt song to his missing beloved, only to find out that his music has traveled to the beyond, and re-broadcast toContinue reading “Review: Doomboy by Tony Sandoval”
Review: The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell
Title: The House We Grew Up In Author: Lisa Jewell Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: August 12, 2014 ISBN: 9781476702995 Synopsis from Goodreads: Meet the Bird family. They live in a honey-colored house in a picture-perfect Cotswolds village, with rambling, unkempt gardens stretching beyond. Pragmatic Meg, dreamy Beth, and tow-headed twins Rory and Rhys all attend theContinue reading “Review: The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell”
Review: We Are the Goldens by Dana Reinhardt
Advanced copy provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Title: We Are the Goldens Author: Dana Reinhardt Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books Publication Date: May 27, 2014 ISBN: 9780385742573 Synopsis from Goodreads: Nell knows a secret about her perfect, beautiful sister Layla. If she tells, it could blow their world apart.When Nell and Layla wereContinue reading “Review: We Are the Goldens by Dana Reinhardt”
Review: Pretty Deadly Vol. 1
Title: Pretty Deadly Vol. 1 Author: Kelly Sue Deconnick Illustrators: Emma Rios, Jordie Bellaire Publisher: Image Comics Published: 2014 ISBN: 978-1-607069-62-1 Synopsis from Goodreads: KELLY SUE DeCONNICK (Avengers Assemble, Captain Marvel) and EMMA RÍOS (Dr. Strange, Osborn) present the collected opening arc of their surprise-hit series that marries the magical realism of Sandman withContinue reading “Review: Pretty Deadly Vol. 1”
Worn Pages and Ink 