by Michelle | Oct 4, 2022 | Book Review, Books Read in 2022, I Author, P Author, Review Copy, Y Author
September is THE month for publishing. It must be the idea that kids are back to school or something. Still, every year, I find myself inundated by review copies of highly anticipated sequels, the buzziest of buzzed books, and other new releases that make me drool. It...
by Michelle | Feb 11, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, I Author, Review Copy
There is so much to love within Justina Ireland’s Deathless Divide and really nothing to hate or even mildly dislike. Picking up at the very end of Dread Nation, we see Jane and Katherine once again fighting for their lives against the Restless Dead. This time...
by Michelle | May 9, 2018 | Book Review, Books Read in 2018, I Author
Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: 3 April 2018 Source: Publisher via Edelweiss Synopsis from the Publisher: “Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania—derailing the War Between the States...
by Michelle | Jun 18, 2014 | Books Read in 2014, I Author
Title: Memory of Water Author: Emmi Itäranta ISBN: 9780062326157 No. of Pages: 272 Genre: Speculative Fiction Origins: Harper Voyager Release Date: 10 June 2014 Bottom Line: More of an ecological warning Synopsis: “In the far north of the Scandinavian Union, now...
by Michelle | Mar 6, 2014 | Books Read in 2014, I Author
Title: Promise of Shadows Author: Justina Ireland ISBN: 9781442444645 No. of Pages: 384 Genre: Young Adult; Fantasy Origins: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Release Date: 11 March 2014 Bottom Line: Very cute and creative Synopsis: “A teen who is...
by Michelle | Mar 28, 2013 | Audiobook, Books Read in 2013, I Author
Title: The Cider House RulesAuthor: John IrvingNarrator: Grover GardnerASIN: B0007OP31UAudiobook Length: 24 hours, 11 minutesGenre: FictionOrigins: Mine. All mine.Bottom Line: Ho-hum story that seems designed to upset or polarize the reader with its lengthy and very...
