★★★★★-5
Nov 20
Review: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (Spoiler-Free)
I wondered at what point in space the silly, sham blue of the sky turned black. I can't believe I went 22 years of my life without having...
★★★★-4
Nov 20
Review: The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak (Spoiler-Free)
Is parental trust a willful form of blindness? On one hand, this is a compulsively readable popcorn thriller, but on the other it's a...
★★★★-4
Oct 5
Review: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Spoiler-Free)
I am in the center of the universe, where everything is sung to life. A masterclass in sensory detail. I first read this book at 12 years...
★★★★-4
Sep 2
Review: Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Spoiler-Free)
'Hope doesn't mean anything,' Jen snapped. 'Action's the only thing that counts.' How does this book for nine-year-olds manage to juggle...
★★★★-4
Sep 2
Review: Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata (Spoiler-Free)
'Why wouldn't they want to know me?' Who wouldn't want to know me? This was a new idea for me. Our father had always thought we were...
★★★★★-5
Aug 22
Review: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson (Spoiler-Free)
You cannot blame me for being what I am. Without me, nothing would end. Nothing could end. And therefore nothing could grow. I am life....
★★★★-4
Jul 25
Review: Bird Box by Josh Malerman (Spoiler-Alert)
Is it gray? Have the trees gone mad? The flowers, the reeds, the sky? Is the entire world insane? Does it battle itself? Does the Earth...
★★★★-4
Jul 25
Review: Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (Spoiler-Free)
'But then they followed us here and started taking our children away from us! That's when our world ended again. And that wasn't the last...
★★-2.5
Jul 14
Review: The Last One by Will Dean (Spoiler-Free)
I can have fun with stupid, but only if stupid's not boring. I appreciate how little the synopsis gives away about this story, but had I...
★★★★-4
Jul 13
Review: Severance – The Lexington Letter (Spoiler-Alert + Theories)
Severance is the most underrated show on television. The show itself is already underrated, but "The Lexington Letter"? Completely and...
