Scarlet

A paperback copy of Scarlet sits on a ladderback chair. On the cover, red fabric flows.

This is book 2 in The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer, and it’s every bit as good as Cinder. The story continues, with great new characters taking center stage. I […]

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 […]

Cinder

A paperback copy of Cinder rests on a red poster tube. On the cover, a woman's leg in a red pump has mechanical parts showing through the skin.

My fourteen-year old has been begging me to read this one for at least a year now–and it’s spectacular. I love the world-building. Everything from Cinder’s cyborg parts to her […]

The Book Thief

A paperback copy of The Book Thief. On the cover a set of dice sits on a table.

Wow. Sometimes I read a book, and it’s so good, that I’m a bit in awe. This one is like that. I didn’t know what to think, at first, of […]