Category Archives: Review

Frightful Friday: Supernatural: Bobby Singer’s Guide to Hunting by David Reed

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Jenn

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. This week’s featured book is Supernatural: Bobby Singer’s Guide to Hunting.   Paperback:272 pages Publisher:It Books; Original edition (September … Continue reading →

Posted in Frightful Friday, Harper Collins Publishers, It Books, Paranormal Fiction, Review | 4 Comments

Audiobook Review: The Vaults by Toby Ball

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Jenn

Audible Audio Edition Listening Length:9 hours and 6 minutes Program Type:Audiobook Version:Unabridged Publisher:Iambik Audio Inc Source: Publisher   In a dystopian 1930’s America, archivist Arthur Puskis discovers a duplicate file in the Vaults, a dark, desolate underground hall containing the city’s criminal … Continue reading →

Posted in Audiobook, Crime Fiction, Dystopian fiction, Mystery/Suspense, Review, St. Martin's Press | 6 Comments

11/22/63 by Stephen King

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 849 pages Publisher: Scribner; 1ST edition (November 8, 2011) ISBN-10: 1451627289 Source: Purchased eBook November 22, 1963 is a day that forever changed our country, the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. If you could go back and time & change … Continue reading →

Posted in Paranormal Fiction, Review, Science Fiction, Scribner, Simon & Schuster | Tagged , , | 19 Comments

Review: iBoy by Kevin Brooks

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Jenn

Reading level: Ages 14 and up Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: The Chicken House (November 1, 2011) ISBN-10: 0545317681 Source: Publisher Tom was an pretty unremarkable teen, just another individual to blend into the crowd. Growing up in the Crows, a gang-infested South London housing … Continue reading →

Posted in Review, Scholastic, Science Fiction, YA | 7 Comments

Review: The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Jenn

Reading level: Ages 12 and up Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Scholastic Press; 1 edition (September 1, 2011) ISBN-10: 0545290147 Source: Big Honcho Media Some time in the past, the United States went to war with China and its allies, using militarized weapons like nuclear … Continue reading →

Posted in 8-12 years of age, Kid-Lit/Middle Grade, Review, Scholastic | 9 Comments

Frightful Friday: The Dragon Factory by Jonathan Maberry

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Jenn

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. Feel free to grab the button & join in! This week’s featured book, in this case an audio book, … Continue reading →

Posted in Blackstone Audio, Frightful Friday, Horror, Paranormal Fiction, Review, Science Fiction | 2 Comments

Review: The Heroine’s Bookshelf: Life Lessons, from Jane Austen to Laura Ingalls Wilder by Erin Blakemore

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (November 15, 2011) ISBN-10: 006195876X Source: Publisher Classic literature is rich with female  characters deserving of the term “heroine.” From Jane Eyre to Anne Shirley, each of these characters overcame some sort of loss … Continue reading →

Posted in Classics, Harper Books, Literary Fiction, Review, Women's Fiction | 22 Comments

Review: Huck by Janet Elder

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Broadway; Reprint edition (October 4, 2011) ISBN-10: 0767931351 Source: Publisher Michael was a preschooler when the pleas for a  dog began.  He went as far as creating a PowerPoint presentation covering the reasons why he needed a dog.  Despite … Continue reading →

Posted in Memoir, Non-Fiction, Random House | 4 Comments

Frightful Friday: Monsters in the Movies by John Landis

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Jenn

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. Feel free to grab the button & join in! This week’s featured book is Monsters in the Movies: 100 … Continue reading →

Posted in DK Publishing, Frightful Friday, Horror, Non-Fiction, Review | 1 Comment

Review: The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback:400 pages Publisher:Harlequin; Original edition (October 25, 2011) ISBN-10: 0373210361 Source: Meryl L. Moss Media Relations, Inc. *Spoiler Warning: This is the fourth book in a series. If you have not read the prior books, please do not proceed.*   … Continue reading →

Posted in Harlequin Teen, Review, YA | 4 Comments