Sparkling white snowdrifts, beautiful presents wrapped in ribbons, and multicolored lights glittering in the night through the falling snow. A Christmas Eve snowstorm transforms one small town into a romantic haven, the kind you see only in movies. Well, kinda.…
Book Review: ‘Love on the Lifts’ by Jill Santopolo
Pick your path to find the perfect guy in this personalized romance set on the ski slopes! A book version of The Bachelorette! What better way to spend your vacation than on the slopes? In this unique romance, the reader’s…
Book Review: ‘King Dork Approximately’ by Frank Portman
In elementary school, I read “The Clique” series and the “Canterwood Crest” series, devouring the stories of these impossibly cultured middle school girls. Then, I got to middle school and realized my life was boring in comparison. In middle school…
Book Review: ‘Tear You Apart’ by Sarah Cross
Though Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast are Hollywood’s most popular fairy-tales, Sarah Cross’ second novel in the “Beau Rivage” series revamps the tale of Snow White. As any princess in the city of Beau Rivage knows, not all fairy-tales…
Book Review: ‘The Fire Artist’ by Daisy Whitney
I initially loved everything about The Fire Artist, until I thought more deeply about the novel when penning this review. (Basically, I had the same reaction to Twilight.) The author’s writing is compelling, but for what purpose? So we, as the…
Read of the Week: Summer on the Short Bus by Bethany Crandell
Cricket Montgomery has been thrown under the short bus. Shipped off to a summer camp by her father, Cricket is forced to play babysitter to a bunch of whiny kids—or so she thinks. When she realizes this camp is actually…
Book Review for ‘Vanishing Girls’ by Lauren Oliver
Dara and Nick used to be inseparable, but that was before – before Dara kissed Parker, before Nick lost him as her best friend, and before the accident that left Dara’s beautiful face scarred. Now, the two sisters, who used…