Graphic Novel: The Graveyard Book Volume 1 by Neil Gaiman & P Craig Russell

I’ve not read the Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman and was excited to read the first volume of the graphic novel. I’ve read a few graphic novels but those have all been for books I’d read before and I wanted to see what it was like going in without any idea of what was going …

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Review: The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet by Bernie Su and Kate Rorick

As a fan of both Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen as well as The Lizzie Bennet Diaries on YouTube, I was excited to read this book. It may seem strange to have a book based on a web series which was inspired by a novel written two hundred years ago but somehow Bernie Su and …

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New Adult: Beautiful Oblivion by Jamie McGuire

Trenton Maddox is a bad boy with the reputation he most definitely deserves. Girls want to tame him and but when he turns him attention on bartender Cami, she has no intention of become just another notch on his bed post. There’s a spark between them but Trenton isn’t what a girl like Cami is looking …

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New Adult Novella: A Beautiful Wedding by Jamie McGuire

“The only thing I’m afraid of is a life without you, Pigeon.” Abby Abernathy and Travis Maddox had a hard time of it in the Beautiful novels (Beautiful Disaster & Walking Disaster). But somehow they managed to get it all worked out and be together. A Beautiful Wedding is the novella chronicling their impromptu Vegas nuptials. It’s …

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Young Adult: The Dark World by Cara Lynn Schultz

Paige Kelly has the reputation for being crazy after being caught a number of times talking to herself in the girl’s bathroom. But Paige isn’t chatting to herself – she’s talking to her best friend Dottie, the ghost of a girl who passed away over fifty years ago. Since a near fatal accident a few …

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Young Adult: Cracked by Clare Strahan

Clover hasn’t had the most conventional upbringing. Raised by a single mother who the kids at school consider to be odd is not easy. Her mother is ideologically opposed to Facebook and her many eccentricities make it hard for Clover to relate to the kids at school. There’s also the small little fact that Clover has …

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Young Adult: Wish You Were Italian by Kristin Rae

After being banished to Italy by her mother and forced to endure boring art lessons in Florence, Pippa decides to take her vacation into her own hands. Italy is full of culture, amazing food and experiences Pippa intends to embrace wholeheartedly. Using a little bit of subterfuge, Pippa and her trusty camera take in all …

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Tour stop: REV Girl by Leigh Hutton (Q&A and Review)

I’m delighted to invite you all to read my stop on the REV Girl blog tour! Leigh Hutton, the author and real life Rev Girl has kindly taken the time to answer my questions about writing, reading and motorcycle racing. I’ve also shared my review at the end of this post.   Rev Girl is …

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A Supernatural Mystery in 1920s New York: A Review of The Diviners by Libba Bray

Banished from Zenith, Ohio for a party trick gone wrong, Evie O’Neill intends to enjoy her punishment in New York. Staying with her Uncle Will, the curator of the Museum of American Folklore, Superstition and the Occult (known to by most as The Museum of the Creepy Crawlies), and his assistant Jericho, Evie manages to find …

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Where There is a Monster, There is a Miracle: a review of Unnatural Creatures by Neil Gaiman

Unnatural Creatures is a collection of short stories compiled by Neil Gaiman. From werewolves to cockatoucans – there’s a lot of variety in this volume to interest readers. And whilst I found the stories entertaining, what I loved most about this book was the personal touches. Before each story, Gaiman gives a brief synopsis of …

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