B Reviews / Book Reviewscoming-of-age / England / Historical / medieval / YA classic / Young-Adult16 Comments
Dear Ms. Cushman, The title of this book rang a bell when I saw it for sale. Since it has such a positive reputation and was a Newbery Honor book, I felt confident that it would be worth my time to seek out and try. I immediately fell for Catherine, ... more >
Film Reviewscoming-of-age / Friday Film Review / New York City / Young-Adult7 Comments
Little Manhattan (2005) Genre: Coming of Age Romance/Comedy Grade: B I’ll be honest and say I took a chance on this one. I didn’t recognize any of the actors or the director and frankly given the subject matter, it could have turned out to be a disaster. But “Little Manhattan” ... more >
C- Reviewscoming-of-age / HarperCollins / Jane Eyre17 Comments
Dear Ms. Livesey, The cover song has always occupied a precarious position in the annals of music lovers. On the one hand, it is quite a safe thing to do—cover someone else’s song. One already knows that it is beloved. One already knows what sort of person might like that song. ... more >
Film Reviews20th century / coming-of-age / Friday Film Review / road-romance / teen romance12 Comments
The Sure Thing (1985) Genre: Coming of age romance Grade: B Once I’d seen “Say Anything,” I knew I’d eventually have to finally, after all these years, watch this whole movie. Yep, I’d seen bits and pieces of it on TV but always ended up flipping the channel, maybe because ... more >
A Reviews / A- ReviewsAssassin / coming-of-age / Scotland / vampires / Young-Adult9 Comments
Dear Ms. Wolff, Jaclyn says: When I opened to page one of Isle of Night I was expecting a historical romance set in Scotland—presumably on the Isle of Night. The ARC I had didn’t have a cover image and because I have enjoyed your books in the past I did ... more >
B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviewscoming-of-age / English-Civil-War / Historical Romances / Restoration England / Royal-Navy / Scotland8 Comments
Dear Mr. Davies, Forgive me for not getting to your novel “Gentleman Captain” until just recently even though it was published in the US last autumn. I’ve been a fan of historical naval books for years having started the Aubrey/Maturin series (I’ll finish it one of these days, I swear!) ... more >