by amiemccracken | Mar 21, 2013 | book review, books, reading
Edge of the Falls by Nazarea Andrews is a story of choices. It’s a dystopian fairy tale retelling. (Yes, it’s that awesome.) Sabah, our beauty, was cast out into the Outside as a child. She’s been raised by an Exiled scientist and there are so many...
by amiemccracken | Mar 19, 2013 | book review, books, reading
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer Smith is a story of twenty-four hours, chance encounters, the meaning of relationships with those you love, and regret. Hadley and Oliver meet in an airport and over the next day they learn a lot about...
by amiemccracken | Mar 14, 2013 | book review, books, reading
African American segregation is still a hot topic considering it was somewhat resolved only about forty years ago. In 2007 formal apologies for slavery in the United States were given from certain states, according to usconstitution.net. Kathryn Stockett’s novel, The...
by amiemccracken | Mar 7, 2013 | book review, books, reading
Bree Tanner is a newborn vampire made by Victoria to kill Bella in the Eclipse book. Readers get a glimpse into her life as a newborn just a week or so before she dies at the hand of the Volturi. She has learned to be by herself in the group of newborns so she doesn’t...
by amiemccracken | Feb 28, 2013 | book review, books, reading
Deanna is a hermit. She works for the national forest service and hasn’t been down the mountain in two years. But then Eddie Bondo comes into her life and sweeps her into a love story she didn’t expect with a man who came to Zebulon in the Appalachian mountains to...
by amiemccracken | Feb 26, 2013 | book review, books, reading
The 89th Temple by Charlie Canning is a story of society, how we treat others, how we treat ourselves, respect, and acceptance. It is the journey of a group of teenagers who are in detention centers for having lashed out and killed people. We learn each of their...
