Audrey Niffenegger challenged our understanding of time and space in The Time Traveler’s Wife, and now she’s bending the norms of life and death in the novel Her Fearful Symmetry.
Her Fearful Symmetry, by Audrey Niffenegger
Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen
I just finished Sara Gruen’s Water for Elephants, and I feel like shouting “I LOVED THIS BOOK!” It’s one of those times when I wish I could talk to another enthusiastic reader of the book right away.
Read full reviewShiver, by Maggie Stiefvater
Maggie Stiefvater’s Shiver begs comparisons to Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series, mainly in that it centers around a teenage romance between a young woman and a storybook creature (in this case, a werewolf). Like Twilight, it’s also set in a small town, and clueless parents and adults facilitate these teens having much more independence than any real-life teens I know.
Beyond the obvious similarities, though, this book differs from Twilight in the most important ways.
Galway Bay, by Mary Pat Kelly
The difficulty in writing this review will be trying to avoid hyperbole. How can you gush and go on about a book without sounding insincere (or a little bit goofy?) Oh, but I loved loved loved this book, hyperbole or not.
The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo
A few weeks ago I saw a preview for the movie version of Kate DiCamillo’s The Tale of Despereaux, and not knowing a bit about the storyline, thought the movie looked kinda cute. Beautiful colors and wonderful lines in the animation, a cute little mouse of a hero, and I do love Matthew Broderick. I felt excited about the movie and thought I’d finally read the book.
BOOK:30 