Category: Reviews
We all know the feeling of visiting a bookstore and picking out an exciting cover from the section marked ”bestsellers.” Such a label means that, most likely, they’re good …
In an ideal world, a gender-swapped version of Twilight would have a narrator that does not make the reader want to slam their foreheads against their desk (repeatedly). Cushion your …
Teenagers wishing to fit in, a hidden pink secret hidden inside a dark closet, and some seriously questionable parenting skills. This is Ava’s world in the young adult fiction …
Last week, I dared to wander past my usual novel choice and straight into the hands of the graphic novel world. I asked for Bechdel’s book, Fun Home: A …
After quite the hiatus, the story of Beaufort Swan and Edythe Cullen in Stephenie Meyer’s Life and Death continues in its epic and completely fresh plot. You might wonder, …
If you’re a guy who enjoys reading (or even if you don’t) then the Guys Read site is absolutely something you should check out. Guys Read is a project …
Christianna Marks
February 7, 2017
Contemporary, Family, Humor, Libraries, Mental Health, New Releases, Reading, Relationships, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult
Imagine what it would be like if you were trapped in a library with your favorite TV bad boy. The kind of bad boy that no one really knows …
Would you like to get your hands on early free copies of books? How about a few ARCs? Actually, they are the same thing. The very best way to …
Pink by Lili Wilkinson appears in several TBR lists scattered throughout the glorious world of the internet. This novel does have glowing critiques from David Leviathan and John Green, …
Christianna Marks
February 3, 2017
Adult, Audiobooks, Author Spotlight, Career, Human Interest, Humor, Memoir, New Releases, Non-Fiction, Performing Arts, Reviews, Women, Writing
Dear Lauren Graham, Can I call you Lauren from here on out? It would be so much easier… So now that we have that out of the way. I …
2017 is the year of books for me. A book a month minimum is the goal I’ve set, and January’s book is Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things. I …
Slayer, the new mini-series published by Dark Horse comics, expands on the metal legend’s music video series for Repentless, You Against You, and Pride In Prejudice. Slayer has been hailed …
Kathy Gates
January 24, 2017
Adult, Book Lists, Classics, Emily Bronte, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Reviews, Unpopular Opinions, Walt Whitman
I love reading book reviews but I always take them with a grain of salt. Thing is, no matter how much of an expert the reviewer is, a review …
The heroes of the Marvel universe are up against a threat in the new cross-over event by writer Cullen Bunn, and artist Steve McNiven. Note– I didn’t say “new …
Let me let you in on a little secret, I love books that are written by English authors. So when I got the chance to get my hands on …
Cody Yeo is a familiar name around #AmReading. He is a contributing writer for the site, as well as a published author. Yeo has published a comic titled EPOCHS, …
You thought it was over, didn’t you? Until today, I had no idea that Stephenie Meyer published Life and Death, the gender-swapped version of the first Twilight novel. Yet, I …
The Star Wars novel universe used to contain expansive story lines, characters, and planets. Then Disney gained the rights to Star Wars and fans kissed them all goodbye as …
Goodnight, same-sex couple. Goodnight, rebel. Goodnight, groundbreaking writer who died at age 42 after surgery because she goofed around with the doctors. Sound familiar, if a tad unconventional? According …
So, apparently the Narnian timeline decided to just say, “Nah. I’ll just do my own thing from now on.” In the words of the author himself in our present …