Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick Review by Lauren Source: personal copy; all opinions are my own Official Summary: Today is Leonard Peacock’s birthday. It is also the day he hides a gun in his backpack. Because today is the day he will kill his former best friend, and then himself, with his grandfather’s […]
Scarlett Dedd by Cathy Brett Review by Lauren Source: library, but all opinions are my own Official Summary: Meet Scarlett Dedd. Scarlett is absolutely mortified (in more ways than one) to discover that she’s accidentally killed herself trying to get out a school trip. Even worse, she’s taken her entire family with her! Left in […]
Complicit by Stephanie Kuehn Review by Lauren Source: Netgalley; all opinions are my own Official Summary: Two years ago, sixteen-year-old Jamie Henry breathed a sigh of relief when a judge sentenced his older sister to juvenile detention for burning down their neighbor’s fancy horse barn. The whole town did. Because Crazy Cate Henry used to […]
Diary of a Mad Bride by Laura Wolf Review by Lauren Source: library, but all opinions are my own Official Summary: Once I was a sane, levelheaded professional woman. Then I said “yes.” Now I am the lunatic bride I always made fun of! What is it about getting married that turns normal people into […]
Today is the first official day of summer. In honor of that, I wanted to share some quick thoughts about the last four movies I saw in case you are interested in checking them out too! Blended Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler are both single parents who end up on a blind date together, though […]
Most of you should know by now that I’m kind of obsessed with doing blog swaps. It’s a great way to shop for someone else (something I love to do), get something fun in return (always cool) and hopefully meet some new bloggers in the progress! Therefore, I decided to sign up for the […]
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell Ottoline Goes to School by Chris Riddell Reviews by Lauren Source: copies from library, but all opinions are my own Reviews: I saw the first two books in the Ottoline trilogy at my library and I thought they seemed fun enough to check out. First off, I […]
I want to thank Ginny from Gin’s Book Notes for the lovely new banner! Welcome back to Theming Thursday; I know I haven’t had one in a couple weeks, but hopefully the absence made the heart grow fonder. I’d love to know what “themes” I should feature for the coming weeks, so please leave […]
The Medea Complex by Rachel Florence Roberts Review by Lauren Source: copy from author; all opinions are my own Official Summary: 1885. Anne Stanbury. Committed to a lunatic asylum, having been deemed insane and therefore unfit to stand trial for the crime of which she is indicted. But is all as it seems? Edgar Stanbury. […]
The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt: a novel in pictures by Caroline Preston Review by Lauren Source: personal copy; opinions are my own Official Summary: The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt is a visually stunning, totally unique, full-color novel in the form of a scrapbook, set in the burgeoning bohemian culture of the 1920s and featuring an […]