This is a very sweet book about acceptance and friendship. Twig Fowler is a 12-year-old girl living in Sidwell, Massachusetts who doesn’t have any friends. That is not by choice, but her mother insists that they not visit other people, because then a reciprocal visit would be expected, and no one is to come to their house. Because they have a secret. The secret is Twig’s brother, James, who no one else knows exists. He is a secret because he has been hit with the […]
“Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably”
Beatrice “Trixie” Watson has two goals for her senior year. She wants to save enough money to buy the collectible Doctor Who figurines at the local comics shop and she intends to knock her nemesis, Benedict “Ben” West down to fourth place in their fancy prep school ranking. The two have always had a tense and antagonistic relationship, going all the way back to when Ben caused Trixie to break her arm on the monkey bars during first grade. This year, she is determined to […]
Went downhill, but I don’t regret finishing
The Study series is three books: one that’s great, one that’s decent, and one that kind of lost its way. Those descriptions are in book order. I’ll get more into the issues where it’s appropriate as I’m discussing each book, but I can vaguely say, without spoilers, that the problems are those that pop up frequently in fantasy novels, where there is a lot of questing back and forth chasing after MacGuffins. While stuff does happen in the literal sense on these journeys, in retrospect, […]
“But hey man, we’ve all got something. We’re all weird and damaged in our own way. You’re not the only one…”
From the author of my hysterical sobbing jag of 2015 (Or as it was sold under, All the Bright Things) comes the sweet, romantic story of Libby and Jack. Libby was once the world’s fattest teen. Now, years later she has lost half of her weight and is about to return to regular school. Jack passes himself off as a normal guy, but has realized that he has prosopagnosia, which means that he can’t recognize faces. Even his immediate family and friends are complete blanks. […]
“No matter how catastrophic the rumor, people will always adjust and find it dull in hindsight. Or they forget about it altogether…”
Save This one is sort of similar to The Dark Days Club, in that they are both set in the Regency era, and both involve supernatural elements. These Vicious Masks is closer to the X-Men, as it involves humans with special powers. Evelyn is the only one who can save her sister, Rose, after she is kidnapped and taken away to London. She encounters a city full of people with abilities. You can read my full review here.
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jo-leeene
I had a really shit week, and Julie Murphy’s Dumplin’ got me through it. Strong but vulnerable teenage girls, daring adventures, Dolly Parton, good looking boys, and really good writing took me away from most of my woes. The stinky farts after my dog got into some garbage were inescapable. Willowdean, known as Will to most, and Dumplin’ to her mother is growing up in a small town in west Texas. Will is fat. It bothers her mother, a former beauty queen who runs […]
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