Lumberjanes Vol.1: Review

Authors: Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, and Brooke A. Allen (Illustrator) Rating: At Miss Qiunzilla Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet’s camp for hard-core lady-types, things are not what they seem. Three-eyed foxes. Secret caves. Anagrams. Luckily, Jo, April, Mal, Molly, and Ripley are five rad, butt-kicking best pals determined to have an awesome summer together… And they’re…

An Ember in the Ashes: Review

Author: Sabaa Tahir Rating:  Laia is a slave. Elias is a soldier. Neither is free. Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear. It is in this…

Rat Queens, Vol.2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N’rygoth: Review

Rating:  This booze-soaked second volume of RAT QUEENS reveals a growing menace within the very walls of Palisade. And while Dee may have run from her past, the bloated, blood-feasting sky god N’rygoth never really lets his children stray too far. I don’t have much to say about this series except that I love it….

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children: Review

Author: Ransom Riggs Rating:  A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of curious photographs. A horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it…

October YA Releases

Here is a list of my most anticipated young adult book releases in the month of October!    Carry On by Rainbow Rowell – Oct. 6th Simon Snow just wants to relax and savor his last year at the Watford School of Magicks, but no one will let him. His girlfriend broke up with him,…

September Wrap-Up

Books I read in the month of September! Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen – 5 out of 5 Stars The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger – 3 out of 5 Stars Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman – 4 out of 5 Stars ODY-C, Vol 1. by Matt Fraction – 2 out…

DUFF: Review

Kody Keplinger Rating:  Seventeen-year-old Bianca Piper is cynical and loyal, and she doesn’t think she’s the prettiest of her friends by a long shot. She’s also way too smart to fall for the charms of man-slut and slimy school hottie Wesley Rush. In fact, Bianca hates him. And when he nicknames her “the Duff,” she…