recommendations and reviews for the aspiring reader

recommendations and reviews for the aspiring reader

Month: March 2017

Recommendation: Wicked

Recommendation: Wicked

Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire “ ‘I shall pray for your soul,’ promised Nessarose. ‘I shall wait for your shoes,’ Elphie answered. “ Most everyone has heard of the Tony Award-winning musical, Wicked. It is […]

Review: The Heiresses

Review: The Heiresses

The Heiresses by Sara Shepard ” The girls were the future of Saybrook’s Diamonds, and they had to act accordingly. They were to live their lives with the utmost decorum, smile for the cameras, speak several languages, hold many degrees, cultivate the art of conversation, […]

Recommendation: Me Before You

Recommendation: Me Before You

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes “ …I told him a story of two people. Two people who shouldn’t have met, and who didn’t like each other much when they did, but who found they were the only two people in the world who could […]

Review: Orange Is The New Black

Review: Orange Is The New Black

Orange Is The New Black My Year In A Women’s Prison by Piper Kerman ” As Nina headed down the hill to the FCI, I felt a real sense of loss. She was the first real friend I had made, and I wouldn’t have any contact […]

Recommendation: The Martian

Recommendation: The Martian

The Martian by Andy Weir “Yes, of course duct tape works in a near-vacuum. Duct tape works anywhere. Duct tape is magic and should be worshiped.” I just love it when the underdog wins. Some might not consider Andy Weir, author of the bestselling novel […]

Review: The Alchemyst – The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel

Review: The Alchemyst – The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel

The Alchemyst – The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott ” I am legend. Death has no claim over me, illness cannot touch me. Look at me now and it would be hard to put an age upon me, and yet I […]

Recommendation: The Little Paris Bookshop

Recommendation: The Little Paris Bookshop

The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George “ He wanted her to sense the boundless possibilities offered by books. They would always be enough. They would never stop loving their readers. They were a fixed point in an otherwise unpredictable world. In life. In love. […]

Review: Dark Places

Review: Dark Places

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn “I was not a lovable child, and I’d grown into a deeply unlovable adult. Draw a picture of my soul, and it’d be a scribble with fangs.” Gillian Flynn is best known for her astoundingly successful thriller, Gone Girl – […]

Recommendation: A Discovery of Witches

Recommendation: A Discovery of Witches

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness ” It begins with absence and desire.  It begins with blood and fear.  It begins with a discovery of witches. “ I usually seem to have the luck to stumble upon serial books at the end,  when all of […]