Divergent, by Veronica Roth.
"Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it's not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way." She touches my uninjured shoulder and smiles. "But our minds move in a dozen different directions. We can't be confined to one...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
The Art of Forgetting
The Art of Forgetting, by Camille Noe Pagán.
She paused, then added, "In the interest of full disclosure, I will say that i don't trust myself to not be jealous if the two of you are together. Who knows that that could do to our relationship."
The picture, out of focus for the past two weeks, was suddenly crisp and clear. It didn't matter if Julia...
Monday, August 29, 2011
Interview with Susan McBride, author of "Little Black Dress"
Susan McBride is the author of Little Black Dress (click here for my review) and I was able to interview her via email recently.
How did you start writing, and who are some of your favorite authors?
Susan McBride
(from the author's site)
I’ve been writing since I was...
Interview with Georgia Bockoven, author of "The Year Everything Changed"
Georgia Bockoven's newest book is The Year Everything Changed (click here for my review) and I was able to interview her via email.
How did you decide to start writing novels, and how long have you been writing? I saw on Amazon that you mostly write romance novels...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Little Black Dress
Little Black Dress, by Susan McBride.
I never meant to resurrect the dress. I had intended for it to remain out of reach so that there would be no more meddling. But I awoke before dawn with tears in my eyes after another strange dream bout Anna, and I knew I had to find it.
From the press release:
"Antonia "Toni" Ashton has worked hard to build...
Sunday, August 21, 2011
The Year Everything Changed
The Year Everything Changed, by Georgia Bockoven.
Lucy took the paper. Fifteen years ago Jessie found his oldest daughter living in Fresno and called her. She'd refused to have anything to do with him. She told him she would get a restraining order if he ever tried to see her. His letters were returned unopened. After a year he stopped trying.
When...
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Witches of East End
Witches of East End, by Melissa de la Cruz.
There was something not quite right about the three dead birds on the beach that morning, the ones she had buried a little ways away in the sand, but Joanna could not put her finger on it just then. Was it a threat? Or a warning? And for what? And from whom?
I love de la Cruz's series Blue Bloods, so when...
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
The Kid
The Kid, by Sapphire.
I have not read Push by Sapphire, but I have seen the movie Precious on which it is based, and it was a grim, heartbreaking story but also interesting. A friend of mine read Push and said that it was very hard to get through, since Sapphire wrote it in the way that the main character, Precious, would have – with bad grammar and...
Saturday, August 13, 2011
My Name is Memory
My Name is Memory, by Ann Brashares.
When he first appeared at school there was a lot of commotion about him because he was extremely good-looking. He was tall and strong-boned and self-possessed, and his clothes were a little nicer than most other kids'. At first the coaches were sniffing around for him to play football because of his size, but he...
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Sarah's Key
Sarah's Key, by Tatiana De Rosnay.
As she looked at Eva and her mother, the girl wondered if her parents had been right to protect her from everything, if they had been right to keep disturbing, bad news away from her. If they had been right not to explain why so many things had changed for them since the beginning of the war. Like when Eva's husband...
Friday, August 5, 2011
Silver Girl
Silver Girl, by Elin Hilderbrand.
"I want to give you a place to rest your mind. I want to spend time with you. I'm not completely selfless, Meredith. I'm lonely, too. I've been lonely every hour of every day since Wolf died. Ashlyn has made herself a stranger to me. We don't speak. There was a misunderstanding at the funeral." Connie shook her head....
