Woman Crush Wednesday: Melina Marchetta

March 25, 2015 by Erin

Popular Works: Looking for Alibrandi, Saving Francesca, Jellicoe Road (published as On the Jellicoe Road in Australia), The Lumatere Chronicles About Her: Melina Marchetta is an Australian young adult author and former English and History teacher. Her first two novels were awarded the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Book of the Year, and in 2009 she received the American Library Association’s Michael L. Printz award for Jellicoe Road. Her first fantasy novel, Finnikin of the Rock, received Australia’s Aurealis Fantasy Award […]

Categories: Ladies • Tags: jellicoe road, melina marchetta, wcw, wcwliterature, woman crush wednesday, young adult literature

The Prison Ballerina, A Ghost Story – The Walls Around Us Review

March 24, 2015 by Caitlin

Title: The Walls Around Us Author: Nova Ren Suma Genre: Young Adult Published: March 24, 2015 Rating: ★★★★☆ Sometimes, despite age-old advice, you judge a book by its cover. Sometimes, in a time when Pinterest and Instagram fuel one’s obsession with typography and graphic design, a cover deems a book not only a “want” but a “must have,” no matter what the contents. And then, delightfully, sometimes you are truly lucky, as you judged a book by its cover and discovered that the insides were even […]

Categories: Book Review • Tags: ballet, Nova Ren Suma, prison, The Walls Around Us, YA, young adult

Girl, you gotta a fine glass…slipper-Film Fest Friday

March 13, 2015 by Jessi

Cinderella Book release: Let’s not get technical Movie release: 2015 Where to watch: At the movie theater unless your a naughty pirate (a naughty piracy pirate) Once upon a release date, Jessi went to see this movie all alone. …Could I have waited for some friend’s calendar to clear up? Yes, but I need to see this immediately. I’ve been waiting (more like squee!-ing) for this one since the first teaser. I love, just love, fairy tales and their many adaptations. (I’m NOT talking […]

Categories: Adaptations • Tags: adaptations, Cinderella, fairy tale, Film Fest Friday

Goodbye, Terry Pratchett

March 12, 2015 by Caitlin

We lost one of the greats today. Sir Terry Pratchett, aged 66, creator of Discworld and countless characters and fantasies, passed away at home, with his family and cat by his side. What do you say about a hero? Selfishly, I am entirely heartbroken at his passing. I always wanted to meet the man behind some of my favorite books, and that chance has passed. His wit and wisdom was such a gift – hysterical, dry humor, wry as only a British […]

Categories: Featured • Tags: Terry Pratchett

The Werewolf Couple That Fights Evil Together Stays Together – Dead Heat Review

March 9, 2015 by Erin

Title: Dead Heat (Alpha and Omega #4) Author: Patricia Briggs Genre: Urban fantasy Published: March 3, 2015 Rating: ★★★★★ In this fourth book in the Alpha and Omega series, main characters Charles and Anna, the most lovably badass werewolf couple in print, are once again entangled in a creepy supernatural mystery. And once again they are forced to confront their respective emotional hangups in the midst of this supernatural mayhem. And once again I am reminded that Patricia Briggs is one of my favorite urban fantasy […]

Categories: Book Review • Tags: book reviews, five star review, patricia briggs, romance, urban fantasy, werewolves