I’m always a little skeptical when a new book is published that is meant to be a retelling of a classic. Sometimes it works. Most of the time, it doesn’t. So when I heard that Rachel Hawkins wrote a modern retelling of Jane Eyre , which is my favorite classic novel, […]
I’m so grateful for this book. I received Ordinary Grace as a Christmas gift, and I’ll admit that I was skeptical to read it at first. It’s been a REALLY long time since I’ve read a book that rocked my world, and I didn’t want to waste any more time […]
If you got excited at the thought of me writing zombie fiction, then I’m sorry to disappoint (I’m still too completely terrified of all zombie-related things). When I was 17 I wrote a young adult novel. I was young and stupid and I’m not afraid to admit it now. I […]
Up this week: The Dream Lover: A Novel of George Sand by Elizabeth Berg. I received an uncorrected proof of this book through the publisher. I am not being compensated in any way for this review. All of the opinions expressed here are my own. I was hoping that this time around, […]
Is it ever okay to give up on a book? I ask because lately, it seems like I can’t find a book that I want to actually finish reading. Besides the Percy Jackson series, I mean. I’m flying through those with an eagerness that I’ve been missing for a long […]
Alyssa Pierce 