A Series of Unfortunate Events Date read: June to October Published: 1999 to 2006 Genre: Children’s literature Why I picked it up: Longtime fan of the series Rating: 4 stars My Thoughts: I reread this series over the course of five months in preparation for Snicket’s Who Could That Be at This Hour? I first discovered ASOUE when I was ten years old, around the time when the sixth book was […]
Author: Bruce K. Hanson Title: The Peter Pan ChroniclesDate read: 21 December to 26 December Published: 1993Publisher: Birch Lane Press Length: 288 pages Genre: Non-fiction Why I picked it up: Interest in Peter Pan Rating: 2.5 stars Buy: Amazon| Chapters | Check your local bookstore! I wasn’t going to write a ‘full’ post on this book, but once I started writing it came out longer than I expected so […]
*The following information applies to the English softcover edition. (the novel was originally published in Portuguese in 2002). * Author: Jose Saramago Translator: Margaret Jull Costa Title: The Double Date read: 1 December to 7 December Published: August 2012 Publisher: Harcourt Books Length: 324 pages Genre: Magical realism Why I picked it up: Favourite author Rating: 3.5 stars ~This book was completed during the 3rd Annual Holiday […]
Author: Neal Shusterman Title: UnwhollySeries: UnwindDate read: 28 August to 31 August Published: August 2012 Publisher: Simon & Shuster Length: 402 pages Genre: Young adult dystopian fiction Why I picked it up: Loved the first bookRating: 4 stars Buy: IndieBound | Chapters | Check your local bookstore! CONTAINS SPOILERS This has been sitting as a draft for months! I read it immediately in the days following it’s release, but for […]
Author: Catherynne M. ValenteTitle: In the Cities of Coin and SpiceSeries: The Orphan’s Tales Published: October 2007 Publisher: Bantam Dell Length: 516 pages Genre: Fantasy Why I picked it up: Fan of the authorRating: 4.5 stars Buy: IndieBound | Chapters | Check your local bookstore! Taking a break of essay writing to jot down a few thoughts on this book…my writing skills suffer at this time of year (all my […]