People in the Room is a story of a teenage girl who spies out her window at three older women across from her home one night. She quickly becomes obsessed with the neighbors and their activities as she watches them night-after-night. Readers will get lost in a shadowy world where they will find themselves unsure[…]
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One thing is certain, Andi Hyldahl’s writing is fun and refreshing! Allusion is the perfect mix of suspense, wit, and charm. The story line is simply clever and the character development is to die for! There are authors who can suck you into the story line and there are authors who can make you fall[…]
Historical fiction fans are sure to love Here Comes Mrs. Kugelman. Set just before the start of WWII, Here Comes Mrs. Kugelman tells a story of both historically known events as well as everyday happenings through the eyes of Mrs. Kugelman. Here Comes Mrs. Kugelman is an unusual presentation of the Holocaust. Pradelski beautifully[…]
Queenie’s world falling is falling apart. She is at her wits end. Messing up at work. Messing up with her boyfriend. Messing up with her friends; her parents. Dispite it all she finds a way to put her life back together. Queenie teaches readers to navigate whats seems impossible. To find the strength they need[…]
Review: Pretty in Punxsutawney by Megan Lord Groundhog Day meets Breakfast Club meets Pretty in Pink meets Freaky Friday – like WOAH! This book thoroughly surprised me. I started reading it thinking eh, it’ll be cheesy, but cute, I’ll give it a go. It came through on my expectations, but also was surprisingly GOOD, and[…]
What to Read in YA Fiction By Sara Grochowski Young adult fiction continues to become one of the most popular genres – mostly for adults. Join us each issue to find your next YA read. “They say when you see a wishmaker flower, you’re supposed to make a wish and blow. I thrust my[…]
About the Book: http://www.counterpointpress.com When a woman—known only as Mother—moves her family from Atlanta to its wealthy suburbs, she discovers that neither the times nor the people have changed since her childhood in a small Southern town. Despite the intervening decades, Mother is met with the same questions: Where are you from? No, where are you really from? The[…]
“The walk made me realize that in real life, there isn’t actually a last thing. Nothing ends; it just turns into a different story.” That’s what happened with this book, it starts out one story, takes you into another, brings you back to the original, and then ends something completely new. Hawthorne would say things[…]
“You’ll be surprised to see how quickly the world can change…” Tons of plot twists, strong female characters, diverse characters, messed up family dynamics, secrets, and lies. Without any spoilers, let’s dive in: 50 years before the story begins, there’s something called The Singularity, where the most powerful people merged their bodies with machines and[…]
When it comes to humor, this book has it, and not just from Fruithandler and his crew. Brady added clever ways to incorporate pop culture references: Hollaback Girl, Chewbaca, Hakuna Matata, Kwanza Chalupa, and others. I think I snorted a few times. What kept me reading was the characters. I kept wanting to know if[…]
