Category: Good Reads
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The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
Let me be honest here. The reason why I picked up this book in the first place is that the book is about Nicholas Flamel, and Nicholas Flamel is mentioned in the first Harry Potter book. Does anyone else pick out books like that? Silly reasons aside, I enjoyed this book! The story is about…
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The Fairy-Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley
I started reading The Fairytale Detectives on a particularly rainy day while sipping on a mug of hot Earl Grey tea. By the first few pages and the first crack of thunder from outside, I was sucked into the book. I only wish I could mean that literally. Ferryport Landing may seem like just a quaint New…
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Lure by Deborah Kerbel
After reading the synopsis for Lure by Deborah Kerbel, I was eager to read this book. I used to read ghost stories often when I was younger, but I haven’t read too many in recent years. Instead, I’ve been hooked on shows like Ghost Hunters or Ghost Adventurers. So, it seemed this book would be…
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Dead Beautiful by Yvonne Woon
Paranormal romance books are still flooding the market thanks to the Twilight series. It’s not my genre of choice mostly because of clichés and overdone love triangles with the main character always falling for the total creep. But, these are not the things that describe Yvonne Woon’s Dead Beautiful. Of all the paranormal romance books…
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The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson is easily one of the most thought-provoking books I’ve read. Ever. It’s decades in the future in America; doctors have fallen into the habit of playing God, but their medicine has been rendered useless ever since they began pumping people full of antibiotics endorsed by major pharmaceutical…
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Any Witch Way by Annastaysia Savage
If I cannot live in J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world pre- or post- Vol-Vol…he-who-must-not-be-named, can I live in the world Annastaysia Savage created in Any Witch Way? I thought Annastaysia’s world-building was superb. The story starts in our reality, but as Sadie learns of her true identity, our reality blends and eventually fades into the realm…
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The Candidates (Delcroix Academy) by Inara Scott
My experience with books that delve into the realm of the paranormal has rarely been a positive one. I always seem to get my hands on the books that have super lame, female main characters. But, The Candidates showed me strong female lead characters can exist in these types of books. Dancia Lewis was awesooooome! …
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Tweet Heart by Elizabeth Rudnick
Let me just gush about the pages of Tweet Heart by Elizabeth Rudnick for a minute. Each one is formatted and designed to perfection. Each page has a cute background, not unlike Twitter. The blog entries are headed by spiffy blog headers. And before each tweet is a small little picture of the…er, tweeter? Tweet Heart…
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Textual Healing by Eric Smith
First, there is Andrew Conner, or as he prefers, Ace. He was once a best-selling author, but now he suffers from a drought of inspiration. He’s neither the hyper-masculine brute nor the silent, brooding type that seems to plague too many novels (of the romantic sort). He’s dorky and quirky and witty and well-read, and…
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House of Dark Shadows by Robert Liparulo
When I downloaded House of Dark Shadows by Robert Liparulo, I had the wrong impression of it. I thought it was just a horror story. I hate horror movies, but I love horror novels. I thought I’d give it a go since I haven’t read one in ages. But, I was wrong about House of Dark…
By Golly, Ollie! 