Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira
Rating: ★★★★ Ava Dellaira's writing had me concerned that I was in for another typical young adult novel about a girl finding herself in...
Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke
Rating: ★★★ Wink, Poppy, Midnight was a weird twist of your basic contemporary young adult novel and a fantasy world, except I don't...
Room by Emma Donoghue
Rating: ★★★★★ A horrifying story told from the most innocent perspective in existence: a five year old boy who knows nothing outside...
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Rating: ★★★★★ This book is so beautifully written. The pictures it drew in my mind were stunning and magical. I want this to be made into...
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Rating: ★ Well I have finally read all of John Green's notable novels, and can say with authority that I am not a fan. Here's the thing:...
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Rating: ★★★★★ I think I just found a new book to add to my short list of favorites. Station Eleven is perfect. In it's most basic form it...
Cold Weather Reads
When the temperature begins to fall and the rain turns to snow, my mind turns to Christmas. I want to surround myself in a comfy blanket...
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Rating: ★★ Generally, I think this book had a lot of potential, and it failed to deliver. I had really high hopes for this story. The...
The Girls by Emma Cline
Rating: ★★★★★ I picked this up just before Halloween, not because I thought it was a thriller, but because I saw it in my library and I...
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
Rating: ★★★ Going into Before the Fall I expected a thriller. After the first few chapters I was not so thrilled. Don't get me wrong:...
