The Orphan's Song  is a beautiful story of a strange and interesting time and place in history. Venice, 1736. Violetta is an orphan ...

Anderson, who wrote Speak ,  has written Shout ,  a book in poetic form, that is more autobiographical than Speak. Anderson's life w...

I'm starting to realize that science fiction is becoming my favorite YA genre (maybe just after historical.)  Aurora Rising  helped me...

I love the Netflix series, The Crown , and am anxiously awaiting the next season, so  The Gown  was right up my alley! The Gown is the s...

The Friends We Keep  didn't go in the direction that I anticipated, and that made it an enjoyable read. This is not my usual genre, bu...

I was drawn to The Confessions of Frannie Langton  because of the comparison to Alias Grace ,  which I had watched and enjoyed. The compar...

I was pleasantly surprised by how much I loved Happily and Madly . I couldn't put it down. Maris is from a broken family and is ...

I liked The Widows . I didn't really love it.  I'm not sure why. It is 1924, in Ohio mining country, when the sheriff of Kinship...