Book Review: Summer of Broken Things Summer of Broken Things by Margaret Peterson Haddix Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult, Middle Grade This article contains affiliate links. If you purchase using the links, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you! Summary: Fourteen-year-old Avery Armisted is athletic, rich, and pretty. Sixteen-year-old Kayla Butts is... Continue Reading →
A Little Horror, Mystery and Thriller, Mixed into Pond Water Creates an Intriguing Read
Book Review: Pond Water Pond Water by Brenda (FireEagle) Biddix and Rian Mileti Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller This article contains affiliate links. If you purchase using the links, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you! Summary: In the quiet town of Elmhurst, where secrets fester like toxins, a simple pond holds... Continue Reading →
Codependency and Family Secrets in Drowning Ruth
Book Review: Drowning Ruth Drowning Ruthby Christina Schwarz2000.Genre: Contemporary, Historical FictionThis article contains affiliate links. If you purchase using the links, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you! Summary: In the winter of 1919, a young mother named Mathilda Neumann drowns beneath the ice of a rural Wisconsin lake. The shock... Continue Reading →
These Short Poems by Beau Taplin Will Make Your Heart Bloom
Book Review: Bloom Bloomby Beau Taplin2018.Genre: PoetryThis article contains affiliate links. If you purchase using the links, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you! Summary: A stunning collection of 140 short poems about growth and renewal from popular Australian poet Beau Taplin. Beautifully designed with several pieces to a page, Bloom... Continue Reading →
The Perfect Ending to an Epic Sci-Fi Series
Book Review: Echo V4: The Last Edge of Darkness The Last Edge of Darkness by Kent Wayne Series: Echo, Volume 4 Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopian Klorrie Cup Award Winner #0012 This article contains affiliate links. If you purchase using the links, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you! Summary: Echo Volume... Continue Reading →
So Little Lifespan Left to Change the World
Book Review: L, Change the World L, Change the Worldby MTranslated by Takami NiedaSeries: Death Note2016.Genre: Mystery, Crime, SuspenseThis article contains affiliate links. If you purchase using the links, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you! Summary: In an alternative continuity in the Death Note setting, ace detective L's name has... Continue Reading →
Chimera: Take Down a Murderer that Transcends Centuries in this Dark Urban Fantasy
Book Review: Chimera Chimeraby Jacob MadkiffSeries: The Chimera Chronicles, Book 12012.Genre: Urban Fantasy, SupernaturalThis article contains affiliate links. If you purchase using the links, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you! Summary: Kyle Evans' life had been one tragedy after another. No hope, no love, no one to count or lean... Continue Reading →
Poetic Reflections from Conversations and Hear Say
Book Review: I May Have Been In My Feelings I May Have Been In My Feelings: A Collection of Poetic Reflections from Conversations and Hear Sayby Jasmine Harris2017.Genre: Poetry.This article contains affiliate links. If you purchase using the links, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you! Summary from back cover: *Hear... Continue Reading →
Is a Happy Ending Truly Sustainable?
Book Review: Glory Road Glory Roadby Robert A. Heinlein1963.Genre: Fantasy, Science FictionThis article contains affiliate links. If you purchase using the links, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you! Summary: When "Scar" Gordon read a personals ad promising "very high pay, glorious adventure, great danger", with physical requirements, except for the... Continue Reading →
To Be a Roach, To Be a Human
Double Story Review: Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, Samsa in Love by Haruki Murakami Because these stories are so short and closely related, I decided to do a double review for them, so that they might be properly compared and discussed without the headache of switching back and forth between two different posts. These will be... Continue Reading →

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