Category: Bookshelf

Find Layla

The cover of Find Layla on a computer screen. The cover shows the name in bubble letters of various colors on a background of light blue

I found this, strangely enough, when I was researching ways to format text messages in a book. (If you’re stressing about that, btw, this book does it seamlessly.) In the […]

Boxers & Saints

The two volumes of Boxers & Saints sit side by side, so that the faces of the two protagonists merge into one.

As you can probably see from the picture, Boxers & Saints is a graphic novel. (Really, two graphic novels.) Now, I’m not usually a graphic novel person, but every so […]

Hoot

The cover of Carl Hiasssen's Hoot on a cell phone. It shows an owl, with the eyes forming the Os in Hoot.

They call this type of fiction realistic–and I guess it is, if you use “realistic” to mean that any given event in the story could conceivably happen in the world […]

Because of Mr. Terupt

On a cellphone propped in front of two spiral notebooks, the cover of Because of Mr. Terupt shows. It has a blue backpack with the lettering in gold on it.

One of the advantages of tutoring in English is that I sometimes get the chance to read books for young people that I hadn’t heard of before. This one is […]