Review: Every Day by David Levithan

Title: Every Day Author: David Levithan Publisher: Knopf Date Published: 2012 ISBN: 9780307931887 Synopsis from Goodreads: There’s never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: Never get too attached. Avoid being noticed. Do not interfere. It’s allContinue reading “Review: Every Day by David Levithan”

Review: Never Have I Ever by Katie Heaney

 Title: Never Have I Ever: My Life (So Far) Without A Date Author: Katie Heaney Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Date Published: January 2014 ISBN: 9781455544677  Synopsis from Goodreads: So begins Katie Heaney’s memoir of her years spent looking for love, but never quite finding it. By age 25, equipped with a college degree, a load ofContinue reading “Review: Never Have I Ever by Katie Heaney”

Review: The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer

 Title: The Interestings Authors: Meg Wolitzer Publisher: Riverhead Books, published by the Penguin Group Publication Date: 2013 ISBN: 9781594488399  Synopsis from Goodreads: The summer that Nixon resigns, six teenagers at a summer camp for the arts become inseparable. Decades later the bond remains powerful, but so much else has changed. In The Interestings, Wolitzer follows these charactersContinue reading “Review: The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer”

Review: Helen Oyeyemi’s Boy, Snow, Bird

Title: Boy, Snow, Bird Author: Helen Oyeyemi Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, imprint of Penguin Canada Books Inc. Date Published: 2014 ISBN: 978-0-14-318743-1 Released on Monday of this week, Boy, Snow, Bird, a postmodern retelling of the classic Snow White, features Boy Novak who we meet as a fifteen-year-old who is subject to the violence of anContinue reading “Review: Helen Oyeyemi’s Boy, Snow, Bird”

Review of “The Forsaken” by Lisa M. Strasse

Title: The Forsaken Author: Lisa M. Strasse Publisher: Simon & Schuster BFYR Published: 2012 ISBN: 9778-1-4424-3265-9 This book has an absolutely stunning cover. It’s because of this cover that I picked up this book and purchased it in the first place. The story itself was very reminiscent of the Divergent series for me. The worldContinue reading “Review of “The Forsaken” by Lisa M. Strasse”

Warming up to “Blankets” on a Chilly Day

Craig Thompson’s “Blankets” is one of the best books I’ve picked up in a long time. Thompson’s black and white images are beautiful in their clarity and detail. I love the lack of any colour in the images. I feel as though colour would have taken away from the telling of Thompson’s story. Coloured inkContinue reading “Warming up to “Blankets” on a Chilly Day”