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A Little Life is a 2015 novel by American novelist Hanya Yanagihara. The novel was …
Blegh. Could not read any more of this tortured torture porn. Stopped at page 338.
In this essay -- adapted from her TEDx talk of the same name -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, award-winning author of …
In a Sunburned Country is the 2000 travelogue book about Australia written by best-selling travel writer Bill Bryson. The title …
In his second adventure, eleven-year-old Gregor returns to the world beneath New York City to rescue his kidnapped sister, Boots, …
371 pages ; 24 cm
Relentlessly upsetting.
A magical coin coin leads sixth-graders Ruthie and Jack to 1753 Massachusetts and to Jack's pirate ancestor when they return …
A cursed girl escapes death and finds herself in a magical world-but is then tested beyond her wildest imagination
Morrigan …
Sixteen people were invited to the reading of the very strange will of the very rich Samuel W. Westing. They …
Little Fires Everywhere (2017, Little, Brown Book Group Limited)
In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned – from the layout of the winding roads, …
Quick and easy to read, I still had a lot of fun immersing myself in this first adventure of Sherlock Holmes' little sister.
The author did a great job of bringing London in 1888 to life, and without getting too wordy and gothic (a good thing for a YA novel written for a modern audience) she emulated the Victorian style of writing well too, although I did catch a couple of Americanisms. I also weirdly enjoyed the descriptions of women's corsetry and the other ways women had their lives and bodies restricted. Along with contrasting scenes showing the wealthy and the impoverished of the time, it would be quite educational for young readers.
Enola Holmes is a smart, capable and likeable character and I definitely intend to read more of the series. I also look forward to the upcoming films that will star, and be produced by, Millie Bobby Brown …
Quick and easy to read, I still had a lot of fun immersing myself in this first adventure of Sherlock Holmes' little sister.
The author did a great job of bringing London in 1888 to life, and without getting too wordy and gothic (a good thing for a YA novel written for a modern audience) she emulated the Victorian style of writing well too, although I did catch a couple of Americanisms. I also weirdly enjoyed the descriptions of women's corsetry and the other ways women had their lives and bodies restricted. Along with contrasting scenes showing the wealthy and the impoverished of the time, it would be quite educational for young readers.
Enola Holmes is a smart, capable and likeable character and I definitely intend to read more of the series. I also look forward to the upcoming films that will star, and be produced by, Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven in Netflix's Stranger Things).
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD STARR CARTER moves between two worlds: the poor black neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school …
