Monday, December 30, 2013

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb

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I Am Malala was part history lesson, part memoir. Reading Malala's words you get a picture of her home and how much she loves it. You a...
Friday, December 27, 2013

Double Down: Game Change 2012 by Mark Halperin, John Heilemann

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This was a spicy tell all. Lots of behind the scenes peeks into what could have been a boring subject, the 2012 presidential election. But b...
Sunday, December 15, 2013

The Prey (Predator Trilogy, #1) by Allison Brennan

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After a rough ending to my first semester at my new school and a new major which involved a very long paper and a lot of heavy, often dry re...

Dawn by Elie Wiesel

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This was a difficult book to read. It made me uncomfortable. That isn't a bad thing, in fact I think it was the point. Elisha is a youn...
Saturday, November 16, 2013

Allegiant (Divergent #3) by Veronica Roth

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The pace set up in the first two books slows down a little yet gets more frenetic in the conclusion.  There is a real emotional gut punch ...

The Sweetness At The Bottom Of The Pie (Flavia de Luce #1) by Alan Bradley

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Flavia is Sherlock Holmes in the body of an 11 year old girl with two annoying older sisters, a barely present father and a love of chemistr...
Monday, October 28, 2013

Insurgent (Divergent, #2) by Veronica Roth

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I started this book yesterday morning and read until I couldn't stay awake last night. As soon I woke up I devoured the last couple of c...