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Author Highlight: Rachel Lynn Solomon
Read more: Author Highlight: Rachel Lynn SolomonOur next author highlight is Rachel Lynn Solomon whose books tackle complex emotions with emphasis on personal development entwined with spiritual faith in some cases. Which sounds really sophiscated but I love how she is able to blend heavy topics into typical YA rom-coms. My library only had three of her books, and one which…
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Author Highlight: Samira Ahmed
Read more: Author Highlight: Samira AhmedIf you want to read something that makes you take a hard look at our society, the ugly and the hopeful, read Samira Ahmed. If you want something that is relatable, opinionated and has distinct protagonists, read Samira Ahmed. If you want to read romance, read topical issues, read personal growth, read family communication, read…
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Book Club: Shutter Island
Read more: Book Club: Shutter IslandOriginally this was going to be the book club pick of the month, buuuut we finished it in six days. It was gripping! So here are my thoughts: You may recognize the title because it spawned a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio, so you may already have an idea that Teddy Edwards, the protagonist, is an…
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Book Highlight: The Missing Sword
Read more: Book Highlight: The Missing SwordWith spoilers because the ending really changes the game. So you’ve been warned!
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Howl’s Moving Castle
Read more: Howl’s Moving CastleAfter reading Howl’s Moving Castle last month, I finally got around to watching the Ghibli movie. Of course, it’s not totally accurate but damn that studio is amazing in creating such a beautiful world that is inspiring and magical and whimsical. I mean that opening scene where Howl suavely steps up to those guards bothering…
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Book Highlight: Rapunzel’s Revenge & Calamity jack
Read more: Book Highlight: Rapunzel’s Revenge & Calamity jackIf you like Westerns and if you like fairytales, these are for you! Really, they should be everyone cuz comics are cool but that’d be too after-school special. However, I just found it amazing because the fairytale genre just doesn’t have a lot of western AUs. School or towns full of fairytale characters, yes. Erotic…
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Author Highlight: Michelle Moran
Read more: Author Highlight: Michelle MoranI have already extolled Moran’s virtues in historical writing in previous posts but after several more books in her catalogue, I have to expound on how deftly she immerses the reader into the ancient world. It probably helps that she had previously majored in archeology and has travelled extensively on dig sites so she has…
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Nancy Drew ReRead P4
Read more: Nancy Drew ReRead P4The final seven wrap up the Nancy Drew series in a . . . well t didn’t really wrap it up as Nancy Drew lives on forever and the series followed that cue without any sappy goodbyes or retrospectives but act like its just another day in her life. So let’s get to the final…
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Author Highlight: Gloria Chao
Read more: Author Highlight: Gloria ChaoSo I decided to spend the week reading Gloria Chao’s catalogue of books. Which okay that was easy since there’s only four and she’s addictively readable. While each premise seems light, she also deals with the more difficult frustrations of coming of age as a Taiwanese American daughter of immigrants and the difficulties of communication…
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Author Highlight: Neil Gainman
Read more: Author Highlight: Neil GainmanInitially I was going to stop at Gainman’s classic child horror tale, Coraline, but I saw that he has several fairytale adaptations in his repatoire so I felt I had to read them to complete my fairytale TBR pile. Let’s get to it! The Sleeper and the Spindle was the only “high school” level book…
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