Book Review: The Secrets of Islayne by Kari Lynn West

What a pleasant surprise this book is! I don’t even know where to start to explain all of the things that make this book such a pleasure to read. 

Book Review: Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis

Discovering this gem of a book has been a tremendous blessing. Lewis’ writing style is nostalgic; it just sounds like a very old, very kind gentleman is telling the story, and this easily trusted narrator drew me in so that I enjoyed hearing him speak as I read.

Book Review: The White Light of Tomorrow by D. Pierce Williams

Set far in the future, a knight is on a journey seeking forbidden technology to cure his adopted daughter-turned-squire of an unknown ailment.

Book Review, Reflection: United As One by Pittacus Lore

There is always something a little nostalgic and sad about coming to the end of a series and looking back over the years invested in those characters, situations, and journey.

Book Review: Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray

Ten Thousand Skies Above You is one big romantic gesture set in a creative alternate reality.

Novella Review: Perfect Family by H. Lovelyn Bettison

I’m not sure what I was expecting, but I’m pretty sure I just read an episode of The Twilight Zone or The Outer Limits.

Book Review: The Birth of Anarchy by J. D. Brewer

Sometimes, when a book is really good, it is easy to read quickly. Your eyes hungrily race across the page, eating up details and scenarios as fast as possible. Other times, when a story is good, it takes a while to get through. The Birth of Anarchy is this second type of book.

Book Review: Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank

I decided this winter, while I am on break from school, that I should read at least one classic in addition to all the just-for-fun books I plan on reading. My first choice for this was Orwell’s 1984, but as …

Book Review: XVI by Julia Karr

Nina is about to turn sixteen, but she isn’t expecting the kind of experience that probably comes to mind for most girls in today’s world. Set in Chicago in the year 2150, XVI tells the story of Nina’s not-so-sweet final months …

Book Review: A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray

Marguerite Caine is the clever daughter of brilliant physicists, but she is not a scientist in this not-too-far-in-the-future science fiction young adult novel. At least, in this dimension she is not. Marguerite is an artist. However, when her father is …