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REVIEW: Selfish is the Heart by Megan Hart

REVIEW: Selfish is the Heart by Megan Hart

Dear Ms. Hart, Selfish is the Heart is the third book in your Order of Solace series, and I was not sure what to expect of it given how widely my responses to your two earlier works in this series differed. I gave Pleasure and Purpose an A- review, and No Greater Pleasure a DNF [...]

REVIEW: Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

REVIEW: Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

Dear Ms. Marchetta, I have a bone to pick with you. I’ve got a packed read-and-review schedule for the next month or so, and I need to be able to move from book to book. But you’ve made that impossible. Yes, I blame you. It’s your fault that your book, Jellicoe Road, left me so [...]

REVIEW: Being Plumville by Savannah J. Frierson

REVIEW: Being Plumville by Savannah J. Frierson

Note: This is Janine’s entry for Keishon’s To Be Read challenge. Dear Ms. Frierson, It is 1953 in Plumville, Georgia, and seven year old Benjamin Drummond considers four year old Coralee “Ceelee” Simmons his best friend. Little Bennie loves to read to Ceelee and is determined to protect her from the bullying of Tommy Birch. [...]