Author: Catherynne M. Valente Title: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In a Ship of Her Own Making Published: May 2011 Publisher: Feiwel and Friends Length: 256 pages Genre: Fantasy, fairy tale Target age: Preteen (10+)Why I picked it up: Browsing Amazon, sounded like something I would loveRating: 4.5 starsChallenges: 100+ Buy: Chapters | IndieBound | Check your local bookstore! It may be that I have a weakness for these kind of […]

Author: Michael Pollan Title: The Omnivore’s Dilemma Published: 2006 Publisher: Penguin Press Length: 408 pages Genre: Non-fiction (investigative) Why I picked it up: Interest in these sort of ‘food books’Rating: 3.5 stars Challenges: 100+ | Foodie’s  Buy: Barnes and Noble | Chapters | Check your local bookstore! I was in the midst of writing this post and then I found out that I am to get a third roommate. This […]

  Author: Ursula Le Guin Title: A Wizard of Earthsea Published: 1968 Publisher: Parnassus Press Length: 183 pages Genre: Fantasy Why I picked it up: On my TBR listRating: 3.5 stars Challenges: 2011 TBR Pile | 100+ Buy: Barnes and Noble | Chapters | Check your local bookstore! [Apologies for this rushed review, busy this week. It’s tough to blog properly without regular internet access :/] This is the first […]

 Author: Walter Mosley Title: The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey Published: November 2010 Publisher: Riverhead Length: 277pages Genre: Fiction Why I picked it up: Liked the titleRating: 3.5 stars Challenges: 100+   Buy: Barnes and Noble | Chapters | Check your local bookstore! Over the past year or so, I’ve found myself appreciating novels such as this one more than I ever have before. I used to find these books dry […]