This was such a lovely book. It was exactly what it set out to be (a young girl’s journey in coping with life after the loss of her parents) and nothing more-something I find I am more and more appreciating from middle grade fiction. Holly Sloan did a magnificent job of containing this novel and stripping it to the heart of the thing. As a result the novel was poignant, articulate, and satisfying. Willow was a character I have rarely seen more honesty from. She is intelligent and quirky and I adored her immediately, I suspect few will not love…
Posts Written OnFebruary 2018
The Queen of the Tearling Series by Erika Johansen
Days after finishing the Tearling trilogy I still don’t quite know how I feel about it. I’ll tell you one thing for sure, I absolutely did not know what I was getting into when I picked up the first book. I thought it would be a fairly run-of-the-mill coming of age fantasy. I was prepared for it to be good because it’s had a fair amount of hype the last couple of years; I was not prepared for its intensity, maturity, nor the dystopian factor. Yes, that’s right, I had no idea it had any dystopian elements at all when…
7 Books With Heartfelt Love Stories
In honor of Valentine’s Day I’m bringing you some of my favorite romantic love/relationship stories. You won’t find any of these books in the “Romance” section at the book store but don’t let that fool you; the stories in these books have more “feels” than any book I have ever read with a heart on the spine. If you want to feel a little love this February check out the books below. Jane Eyre The Light Between Oceans Here be Dragons These Is My Words The Tea Rose The Blue Castle The Winter Sea I’m going to be honest, I …
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
This book was very very good but my exact thoughts on it are proving to be mildly elusive. It feels like one of those books I’ll occasionally think about long after I’ve finished and my thoughts and opinions will change as my circumstances do. I have hesitated reading this for almost two years now. When Breath Becomes Air really started to gain momentum in 2016 shortly after I read Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal. Thinking it wise to steer clear until my love for Being Mortal had waned so as not to compare the two, I found myself in a difficult…