Tag: books

  • The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco | Book Review

        “Everyone is a puzzle, Tea, made of interlocking tiles you must piece together to form a picture of their souls. But to successfully build them, you must have an idea of their strengths as well as their weaknesses. We all have them, even me.”  “The Bone Witch” by Rin Chupeco is a dark…

  • Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi | Book Review

    “It wasn’t a romance; it was too perfect for that. With texts there were only the words and none of the awkwardness. They could get to know each other completely and get comfortable before they had to do anything unnecessarily overwhelming like look at each other’s eyeballs with their eyeballs.” Mary H.K. Choi’s debut “Emergency…

  • The Crowns of Croswald by D.E. Night | Book Review

      This book was given to me byStories Untold Press in exchange of an honest review. The minute the words— student, magic and school — compile into a sentence the mind immediately pictures a magnificent stone castle in the middle of nowhere in England and a boy with a lightning scar. J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter…

  • Estranged by Ethan M. Aldridge | Book Review

      The book was provided to me by HarperCollins in exchange of an honest review Debut author-illustrator Ethan M. Aldridge will captivate readers with this full-color fantasy graphic novel that has all the makings of a classic, about a changeling and a human child who were switched at birth and must now work together to…

  • Starswept by Mary Fan | Book Review

      This book was provided to me in exchange of an honest review In 2157, the Adryil—an advanced race of telepathic humanoids—contacted Earth. A century later, 15-year-old violist Iris Lei considers herself lucky to attend Papilio, a prestigious performing arts school powered by their technology. Born penniless, Iris’s one shot at a better life is…

  • Winter Glass by Lexa Hillyer | Book Review

    This book was given to me for an honest review   Check out my review for book one Spindle Fire Winter Glass is the sequel to Spindle Fire, a retelling of the classic fairy tale: Sleeping Beauty. Book two picks off right where book one ended. Aurora, Isbe and Prince William are back in Deluce…

  • Ready Player One | Book vs Movie Review

      Copyright – Steven Spielberg   Ready Player One is a story about a young boy named Wade Watts and his search for an easter egg in a worldwide virtual reality game called the OASIS. Whoever discovers the easter egg, wins the game creator’s fortune and control over the OASIS.     When I first learned…

  • Playwright Turned Novelist Elena Hartwell | Author Interview

    On April 1, 2018, Camel Press will release Three Strikes, You’re Dead by Elena Hartwell, the third book in the Eddie Shoes Mystery series, set inWashington State. Private investigator Eddie Shoes heads to a resort outside Leavenworth, Washington, for a mother-daughter getaway weekend. Eddie’s mother, Chava, wants to celebrate her new job at a casino by footing the…

  • A Wrinkle in Time | Book vs Movie

    I recently read A Wrinkle in Time because I was kinda hyped up for the movie. With it being a book turned movie, I wanted to see how the book to screen adaptation went….and quite frankly, I am impressed. While the movie was not a perfect replica of the book, it came pretty damn close.…

  • Sabriel by Garth Nix | Book Review

    For many years Sabriel has lived outside the walls of the Old Kingdom, away from the random power of Free Magic, and away from the Dead who won’t stay dead. But now her father, the Mage Abhorsen, is missing, and to find him Sabriel must cross back into that treacherous world – and face the…