Instant Family Movie Review: An unexpectedly heartwarming story

When you hear that Mark Wahlberg is starring in a family movie about adoption and that Sean Anders is directing/writing, you have every right to be hesitant about seeing the finished product. Adoption is a long, emotional, and sometimes painful…

Read of the Week: Get Happy by Mary Amato

In this poignant, realistic, contemporary YA by a state master list star, perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Gayle Forman, a young songwriter builds a substitute family with her friends in place of the broken family she grew up…

Book Review: That Night by Chevy Stevens

That Night is the newest novel by Chevy Stevens, whose debut novel, Still Missing, won her the “Best First Novel” title of the International Thriller Writers Awards. While I haven’t read Still Missing, I’ve heard great things about it. I was excited…

Book Review: Young God by Katherine Faw Morris

(Disclosure: the following book contains “adult” themes that may not be for everyone.) I’m not one to shy away from tough subject matter; some of my favorite books prominently feature violence or drug use as main themes. However, something about Young…

Read of the Week: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution. An accident. A secret. Lies upon lies. True love. The truth.   We…

Book Review: Things No One Knows by Alessandro D’Avenia

Things No One Knows is the first novel by the Italian author Alessandro D’Avenia. The novel centers around a group of insightful – if slightly damaged – people, and how their interactions with one another affect their lives. The main character…

Book Review: Words and Their Meanings by Kate Bassett

Anna is a creative soul whose grieving process goes beyond every therapists 7-step pamphlet. Anna’s story starts on the day that her therapists suggested would conclude the last of her grieving for her Uncle Joe which was exactly 365 days…