by Mary Jensen | Nov 11, 2021 | Mary's Blog
Title: Under the Whispering DoorAuthor: TJ KluneGenre: Contemporary FantasySeries: StandaloneAge group: AdultAuthor website: http://www.tjklunebooks.com/ Thoughts Another amazing book from TJ Klune. Earlier this year I read...
by Mary Jensen | Sep 7, 2021 | Mary's Blog
Title: House of Salt and SorrowsAuthor: Erin A. CraigGenre: FantasySeries: StandaloneFairy-tale Inspiration:The Twelve Dancing PrincessesAge group: Young AdultAuthor website:www.erinacraig.com/ Thoughts House of Salt and Sorrows is a...
by Elizabeth Wilcox | Sep 7, 2021 | Elizabeth's Blog
House of Salt and Sorrowsby Erin A. CraigGenre: YA, fairy-tale, fantasyFirst published 2019 There were twelve of us: the Thaumas Dozen. Now we stood in a small line, my seven sisters and I, and I couldn’t help but wonder if there was a ring of...
by Elizabeth Wilcox | Sep 3, 2021 | Elizabeth's Blog
The Hate U Giveby Angie ThomasGenre: realistic fiction, YAFirst published 2017 Khalil drops the brush in the door and cranks up his stereo, blasting an old rap song Daddy has played a million times. I frown. “Why you always listening to that...
by Elizabeth Wilcox | Aug 20, 2021 | Elizabeth's Blog
The Bluest Eyeby Toni MorrisonGenre: literary fictionFirst published 1970 The Breedloves did not live in a storefront because they were having temporary difficulty adjustitng to the cutbacks at the plant. They lived there because they were poor and black, and...