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Emma Donoghue delivers a spectacular novel in Room. The book is narrated by five year old Jack and is about his experience with his Ma as they live in captivity. Jack has never been outside Room. He doesn’t understand that there IS anything outside of Room. He has a TV and thinks that everyone and [...]
Juliet is not a reincarnation story, thank goodness, but it is about a curse, on “both your houses,” which is a bit like adding fate in. Thankfully, our modern day “Juliet” doesn’t remember a past life, but she is worried that she won’t be long in this one. Did I ever mention how much I [...]
Ally Condie has taken the publishing world by storm with her new book Matched. Matched is the first book of her coming trilogy. The follow up, Crossed, is slated to release in November of this year, with the final book in the series coming the year after. By the way, Ally is yet another Mormon [...]
I’ve really enjoyed The Girl books by Stieg Larsson. I know they are everywhere and their apparent popularity is a little off-putting (at least to me) but they’ve been a lot of fun. They are a fast and exciting ride through the mystery/suspense/crime genre that doesn’t disappoint. The Girl Who Played With Fire is the [...]
I really enjoyed this book and I gave it four stars on goodreads, but I think I would have preferred 3.5. I have read a few books in a row that really didn’t do it for me so Water for Elephants was a welcome change by comparison. Water for Elephants opens the door to the [...]
Blech. As I write this review I know this novel will appeal to many readers but I just really disliked it. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is a novel that follows 11 year old Flavia de Luce as she solves a huge mystery of murder and theft that spans 30 years. The [...]
Here is my take on Under the Dome: it’s quite long and a little disappointing at the end. There you go, a review in one sentence. Under the Dome is a novel about a town in Maine that suddenly and inexplicably has an impermeable ‘dome’ placed around it. It is a wonderful depiction of how [...]
Eat Pray Love is a memoir by Elizabeth GIlbert which follows a year she spent traveling to Italy, India, and Indonesia on a journey to discover pleasure, spirituality, and balance. Out of five stars I would give this book three, not because I think it is ‘average’ but because I both loved and hated it [...]
Interview With the Vampire introduces you to Louis, who is being interviewed by a journalist about his existence as a vampire. As you follow his life story you then become acquainted with Lestat, who made Louis, and the child vampire, Claudia, that they later made together. I last read this book sometime in the late [...]
This is an urban fantasy novel set in New York City in the present day. Clary works through finding out the truth about her past after her mother mysteriously goes missing. She meets a group of half angel humans called Nephilihim otherwise known as Shadowhunters. These half angels are mortal and hunt the demons that [...]
Wow, I think I may have a hard time trying not to gush about this book. I loved it. It was written in a way that was interesting, the writing style was different and the words were beautiful. You know when someone is telling a story and they sometimes trip over their words? Well there [...]
Dune sets the stage for an science fiction masterpiece of epic proportions. You have a large, dare I say ‘galactic’ feudal empire ripe with vendettas, politics, religion, destiny, and of course, planetary ecology. You have a child destined for greatness at the center of a massive web of personal agendas and empire wide plotting. When [...]
I read one Sarah Dessen novel and I kind of liked it, so I have not been able to pass up her books without reading them. She seems to like to take an issue that is pertinent to young adults and form it into a novel. The Truth About Forever is about grief. This Lullaby’s [...]
Have you ever read a book and loved it while reading but became uncertain of it after? I had that experience after reading Kate Jacob’s first book (Friday Night Knitting Club). But I did enjoy reading it, so I decided to check this one out. Plus I love watching the Food Network which factors heavily [...]
East of Eden follows two generations of the Trask family as well as the Hamiliton family in the Salinas valley in California, and basically covers from the American civil war to world war I. It feels like a very ambitious novel. I think this book has everything but the kitchen sink all stirred together. I [...]
Ender’s game is set in a future world where humanity is in a war with an alien race of giant bugs. Genius children have been bread and molded to become the greatest military leaders and win the war. This is my first Orson Scott Card book and I liked it. He writes children well, (not [...]
Foundation is the first novel in the foundation series. The Galactic Empire is about to fail and Hari Seldon and the new science of psychohistory are attempting to save all human knowledge and bring humanity through the resulting dark ages. I am split on my feelings about this book. I have just as many things [...]
This book felt more like a selection of short stories all centred around a common theme than a novel. The book opens with a description of a small rural school with a huge copper beech tree in the yard, in Ireland. Each successive section describes the life of someone from the village connected to the [...]
This novel is unlike any I have read before. It is told in first person from the point of view of an autistic teen. He lives in a town in England and confines himself to a strict routine. Until one night he finds a dog that has just been killed. He loves reading Shirlock Holmes [...]
I absolutely fell in love with this book. It has been a long time since I finished a book and wanted to immediately start reading it again. The Red Tent follows the life of Dinah from the Old Testament. From her mother’s lives through her own childhood and to the end of her days. I [...]
Wow. This book has a lot of impact. This is a story about the love between a father and son in a post-apocalyptic world. They only have each other and must keep moving on the road. I have seldom read a book that more perfectly combines raw terror and simple heart wrenching beauty. The writing [...]
I am undecided on my feelings for this book. I was looking for books that explore philosophical concepts and was recommended this book as a starting place for existentialism. After doing some research on the author I discovered he had refused the existential label. Published in 1942, The Stranger chronicles a young Algerian man as [...]
I seriously enjoyed this book. Written in the style of a classic Gothic melodrama this novel has a little bit of everything. Layer upon layer of mystery, danger, and tragic love. Set in Barcelona during the Franco dictatorship, this book follows the mysteries of a book touched by destiny, the author who wrote it, and [...]
This book is not bad. I’m not a huge fan of suspense novels (anymore) but I did go through a big suspense phase a while back and this one is pretty good. It is a fatal attraction type story based on a supernatural premise. If you can say sure, I believe in transmigration, then you [...]
A frightening dystopian novel. The story is compelling and the characters are well developed. You don’t have to be a feminist to relate to the themes of women’s rights. Thankfully we can stop reading and say, I’m glad we don’t live in a world like that today. Oh, wait, yes we do. There are lots [...]
I have mixed feelings on this book. The writing was wonderful, and I was completely amazed that the world has not changed a bit since this book was written. It easily could have been written about people I know today. I especially liked the way the author artfully painted the character’s struggles as self defeating [...]
I started reading this book about a year ago. I got past the first thirty pages and put it down. I was so angry at the main character in the novel that I just couldn’t read it. I assist adults with disabilities for work and have done so for years. As a disclaimer, this book [...]
This report contains major spoilers! Well the reader is finally rewarded in the last and final segment of the Twilight saga. No disappointments in this one, almost too good. The first part of the book is all fireworks and bells with the much awaited wedding and honeymoon for Bella and Edward. Then the shock of [...]
Hosseini does a remarkable job of bringing the hardships of war to life. I was seriously impressed with his ability to write authentic women. I appreciated the honesty, even when dealing with brutality, and how the author stills ends on a note of hope. I would have liked to have see a broader picture of [...]
This is a thoughtful and engaging book about a young girl struggling with a socially debilitating disorder in Kentucky in the 1950′s. I enjoyed the writing style and soon became lost in another place and time. I thought the colloquial dialog was slightly repetitive, but that was easy to forgive. Icy’s character is genuine and [...]
This very well written book offers insight into the recent past of Afghanistan as well as some of it’s present state. The characters were so real and complex. I found myself able to hate and love the main character. Once I started this novel, I couldn’t put it down. Although it was written very well, [...]
This is a novel in a different sense. A work of non-fiction which follows a real event as closely as possible by bringing together all clues and evidence left behind. There were many things I enjoyed about this book. The life and death of Chris McCandless, his quest for freedom and discovery of the human [...]
Ok, I must confess, I read the whole trilogy in four days. I would say that is a great testament to the author’s pacing. Oh, and the fact that every book ends in a cliffhanger. Eclipse was no exception. I thought the tension and the love triangle was staged and brought to climax almost perfectly. [...]
Stephenie Meyer delivers with a great sequel to Twilight. Sometimes the only thing more intense than love is loss. I loved the transition after Edward left with blank pages marking the months. Very creative and effective by the author. New characters and more back story flesh out the novel, and a mostly terrific finish.
I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I was not expecting to like a book classified with words like ‘young adult’ and ‘romance’. The writing was great, the characters were well developed, and the plot lines were believable. An exciting combination of danger and forbidden love keeps the tension high. This book will not change [...]
This book was completely forgettable. A mindless work of regurgitated fiction. I have no idea why this predictable ‘suspense’ novel had 30 pages in the middle about 911. WTF? The story could have been written without it, it was only mentioned when convenient, and it reeks of being added purely to boost profit sales. Gag [...]
This book was fantastic. It was fantastic as an eloquent, entertaining work of fiction as well as a deeper set of life values and an introduction to the study of objectivism. Now that being said, I don’t agree with every thought or idea of this book. That is partly why this book was so wonderful [...]
I watched this movie a few months ago and Suzi leant me this to read. I was pretty excited to read it because I really enjoyed the movie. The book and movie were different enough to keep me reading. The book is about a group of friends of different sizes and backgrounds with their birthdays [...]
I have never read a book or seen a movie quite like it. It was interesting and totally sucked me in. The narrator of the story is a sixteen year old girl who is brutally raped and murdered in the first chapter. She tells the story from heaven always in the past tense. It’s like [...]
I read this one six months ago so it’s not really fresh. Anyway, I was just curious to know what anyone thought of the ending. I had a conversation with a friend who thought that, let me say right now, if you haven’t read the book, stop reading this post and start reading this book. [...]
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Clarissa Foss
Clarissa is a stay-at-home mother of three. The last two years she has been wrapping up a degree in psychology after taking a six-year baby hiatus from her studies. Now that she is done reading text books she doesn't have to feel guilty curling up with some good fiction. Her favourite book is Little Women.
Cindi Foss
Cindi is a 30-year-old Kobo reading blog reviewing amateur literary critic. She appreciates all genres especially historical fiction, post-apocalyptic fiction, and suspense along with a healthy dose of 'popular' so she can keep up with what everyone is talking about. She has four or five lists of books to read at any one time (but doesn't everyone?) and she loves spreading the word on good books. Cindi will be bringing you truth and objectivity ('cause who wants to read crazy irrational opinions?) from her piece of the world in Alberta Canada.
