Love is the Drug by Alaya Dawn Johnson
It's no secret that I'm a HUGE Alaya Dawn Johnson fan. Her book, The Summer Prince, tied with John Green's The Fault in Our Stars for the best book I read [...]
The Beka Cooper Trilogy by Tamora Pierce
I know, I know, it's cheating to combine three books into one week. But I've read this trilogy before, and since I read them all in one week, I think it's [...]
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
You might remember the last time I wrote about a Khaled Hosseini novel. The Kite Runner was one of the first books I read this year, and it [...]
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
Back in my Super Nerd days of Academic Decathlon tournaments, I read a tiny book called Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya, a novel that is considered by many to [...]
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
And people will say: “Let’s hear about Frodo and the Ring!” And they’ll say: “Yes, that’s one of my favourite stories. Frodo was very brave, [...]
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
I should start with a disclaimer: This is my favorite book. I know, I know, I don't often admit that I even have a favorite. Generally whatever book I'm [...]
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
There's beauty in simplicity.
In my lifetime I've read hundreds and hundreds of books, from dense classics like The Iliad to every Dr. Seuss classic under [...]