Book Review: The Stars Care for None

The Stars Care for None, by A.D. VanKirk. I never saw much validity to Dad's sagacity, but there can be an instance where his wisdom deviated from the typical absurdities, and I understood. Never before and never again have I witnessed so much truth in his tiny sparks of wisdom then...

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Book Review: Thrown

Thrown, by Colette Auclair. "What if he wasn't your boss? What if you met him at a Starbucks? Or in your case, the hay bale outlet." Her eyes flickered away from him and she looked around as though the answer were somewhere on the stones of the patio. She sighed. "It wouldn't...

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Book Review: The Naturals

The Naturals (The Naturals #1), by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. This is a game, I heard Dean's voice echoing throughout my memory. It's always a game. That was what he'd told Michael, and at the time, I'd agreed. To the killer, this was a game - and suddenly, I couldn't help...

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Book Review: Flowers in the Attic, premiering on Lifetime on 1/18

Flowers in the Attic, by V.C. Andrews. "It's all right, Momma," said Chris, drawing her into his embrace just as our father would. "What you ask isn't too much, not when we have so much to gain." "Yes," Momma said eagerly, "just a short while more to sacrifice, and a ltitle...

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Book Review and GIVEAWAY: Tangled, ends 1/17

Tangled, by Emma Chase. It's the hottest club in New York City. Well, at least tonight it is. By next week it will be some other club. But the location doesn't matter. The script is always the same. Every weekend my friends and I come here together but leave separately - and...

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Book Review: These Broken Stars

These Broken Stars, by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner. I've got no clue where we are or how far behind we've left the pod, but as a branch hits me in the face, I'm forced to close my eyes again. The ship is still there, a painting of muddled afterimages. The sunlight's lancing...

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Book Review: Man Made Boy

Man Made Boy, by Jon Skovron. "He didn't seem all that freaked out by me. And he was pretty comfortable with you, too. What about all that predator and prey stuff you were talking about?" "Carmine may not believe in monsters, but he knows they exist." "Humans are pretty...

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Book Review and GIVEAWAY: Broom with a View, ends 1/11

Broom with a View, by Gayla Twist and Ted Naifeh. It was no use; try though she might, magic never obeyed Miss Popplewell's wishes the way she intended. Most children born to the Craft assumed that the world was their dollhouse, to be rearranged at their whim. But harnessing...

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