Category: Book Review

In the Path of Falling Objects by Andrew Smith

Posted on July 29, 2017 by

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Plot/Story: Sixteen-year-old Jonah and his fourteen-year-old brother Simon are abandoned by their mother, left in their house without food, running water, or electricity. Their eldest brother is serving in Vietnam, with plans to return home soon, but they haven’t heard from him in months.… Continue Reading “In the Path of Falling Objects by Andrew Smith”

Category: Andrew Smith, Book Review, Brothers, Fiction, Young Adult

The Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burd

Posted on July 21, 2017 by

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Plot/Story: Dade Hamilton is an eighteen-year-old high school graduate. He is spending his summer working at Food World, avoiding his parents, making new friends, and keeping a secret he plans to take with him to college: he is gay. Dade becomes estranged from his… Continue Reading “The Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burd”

Category: Book Review, Coming-of-Age, Drugs, Family, Fiction, LGBT, Nick Burd, Young Adult

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Posted on July 14, 2017 by

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Plot/Story: What’s that old saying? Laughter is the best medicine? John Green, of all people, certainly understands that. The Fault in Our Stars is a rather tragic tale of two young lovers, both of whom are suffering from fatal and debilitating illnesses. They meet each other… Continue Reading “The Fault in Our Stars by John Green”

Category: Book Review, Cancer, Death and Dying, John Green, Young Adult

Three Fan Favorites Are… Mediocre?

Posted on July 8, 2017 by

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Somehow, miraculously, I’ve found my reading groove again. I was something like 11 books behind schedule in my Goodreads challenge (which I intentionally did not make very ambitious this year, as I knew this would be a riotously busy year for me); but, I’ve… Continue Reading “Three Fan Favorites Are… Mediocre?”

Category: Book Review, Edith Wharton, Mark Merlis, Neil Gaiman

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

Posted on July 5, 2017 by

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A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness is actually a completed story inspired by the notes of British author Siobhan Dowd, who passed away in 2007.  The forward tells the story of how these notes came to Ness’s attention, and why he decided to complete… Continue Reading “A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness”

Category: Book Review, Patrick Ness

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