One year ago, on January 1, 2009, I set myself a reading challenge (though not, if you'll remember, a terribly specific one). It came in two parts: read, a lot, and keep track of and review everything I read. And as you all know, I have been inundating you with reviews ever since, though not as many as I was originally hoping . . . But anyway, onto ( Read more... )

Okay, so . . . procrastination being my closest friend, as always, I'm about 15 books behind on reviews for the year, and I don't really feel like writing them, so . . . I'm not going to. I'll list them all here, with the usual starter information, but I won't get into my thoughts on each specifically, unless you ask me to go into more detail on ( Read more... )

Okay, so . . . procrastination being my closest friend, as always, I'm about 15 books behind on reviews for the year, and I don't really feel like writing them, so . . . I'm not going to. I'll list them all here, with the usual starter information, but I won't get into my thoughts on each specifically, unless you ask me to go into more detail on ( Read more... )

Okay, so . . . procrastination being my closest friend, as always, I'm about 15 books behind on reviews for the year, and I don't really feel like writing them, so . . . I'm not going to. I'll list them all here, with the usual starter information, but I won't get into my thoughts on each specifically, unless you ask me to go into more detail on ( Read more... )

Title: Winter's Child
Author: Cameron Dokey
Page Count: 173
Status: New read
Synopsis: Free-spirited Grace and serious Kai are the best of friends. They grew up together listening to magical tales spun by Kai’s grandmother and sharing in each other’s secrets. But when they turn sixteen and Kai declare his love for Grace, everything changes. Grace ( Read more... )

Title: Graceling
Author: Kristin Cashore
Page Count: 471
Status: New read
Synopsis: Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight - she’s a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill. As niece of the king, she should be able to live a life of privilege, but Graced as she is with killing, she ( Read more... )

Do not adjust your computer screens: you have not accidently skipped six book reviews. After a "Duh!" realization on my part, I have made some adjustments to my list. The Duh! realization was that I hadn't included the six scripts I've read this year, and as three of them were Shakespeare and the other three shows I worked on for an extended period ( Read more... )

Title: The Sword Thief
Author: Peter Lerangis
Page Count: 160
Status: New read
Synopsis: There’s only one rule in the race to find 39 Clues hidden around the world: TRUST NO ONE. But when the hunt leads fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother, Dan, to Japan, their only chance to find the third Clue seems to lie with their unreliable ( Read more... )

Title: Was
Author: Geoff Ryman
Page Count: 364
Status: New read
Synopsis: This haunting, magical, wildly original novel explains the lives of several characters entwined by The Wizard of Oz -- both the novel written by L Frank Baum and the iconic, strangely resonant 1939 film. It is the story of the "real" Dorothy Gael, an orphan living a ( Read more... )

Hey, there! I'm back! And horrendously behind on book reviews, so apologies ahead of time for the innudation you're about to get. Starting with the actual book review I promised . . . oh, it feels like months ago. Has it actually been? Ah, well. Enjoy!

Title: The Wizard of Oz
Author: L Frank Baum
Page Count: 155
Status: Reread
Synopsis: In a ( Read more... )