Vassa in the Night by Sarah Porter My review: 5 of 5 stars Vassa in the Night begins with a folktale about Night that is instantly engaging and mysterious. Porter makes brilliant use of personification and imagery throughout the book. Vassa, the teenage heroine, is intelligent and snarky with great appeal. Vassa in the Night is whimsical, humorous, dark, lovely, fanciful … [Read more...] about Book Review: Vassa in the Night by Sarah Porter
Book Review: Dark Crossings by Karen Harper/Marta Perry/Patricia Davids
Dark Crossings by Karen Harper/Marta Perry/Patricia Davids My review: 4 of 5 stars Dark Crossings is three books in one. All feature Amish characters and are in the romantic suspense genre. They are short and sweet with enough romance and suspense to satisfy. The mysteries are of the cozier variety, and the romances are clean. No foul language or graphic violence. Just a … [Read more...] about Book Review: Dark Crossings by Karen Harper/Marta Perry/Patricia Davids
Book Review: Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer My review: 4 of 5 stars Into the Wild is a gripping and heartbreaking story told with a journalist's attention to fact but with an attempt to understand and explain what seems unfathomable. I didn't want to put it down even though I already knew the outcome. As an avid outdoors-man and adventurer, Krakauer was the perfect man to tell the … [Read more...] about Book Review: Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Book Blast and $50 Giveaway: Jack Templar and the Last Battle by Jeff Gunhus
Jack Templar and the Last Battle by Jeff Gunhus In the last book of the Jack Templar series, Jack and his friends race to stop Ren Lucre before he launches this Creach army against humankind. But the Lord of the Lesser Creach and the Lord of the Zombies hold the last two Jerusalem Stones Jack needs to have any chance of success. To make matters worse, the … [Read more...] about Book Blast and $50 Giveaway: Jack Templar and the Last Battle by Jeff Gunhus
OMG…I Did It Again? Book Blast and $25 Giveaway
OMG... I Did It Again? by Talia Aikens-Nuñez April Appleton wakes up to quite the sight: a herd of elephants marching down her street! She realizes that her powers of witchcraft have done it again. With her friends, Grace and Eve, April must figure out how the elephants got to her town in the first place and then how to get them back home. But with elephants playing in the … [Read more...] about OMG…I Did It Again? Book Blast and $25 Giveaway