Snicket, you weirdo, thank you for this gem. In Poison for Breakfast, Lemony Snicket sits down to breakfast, and afterwards finds a note that says “you had poison for breakfast.” Bewildered, he sets out to find which of the foods he ate is going to kill him, and so we are taken on a quirky …
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Book Review | That Way Madness Lies
In That Way Madness Lies, young adult authors reimagine and retell various works of Shakespeare. Some characters are now openly queer, some are people of color. Some settings are modern day, some the Victorian era. Some of the stories are realistic (or as realistic as one can get with Shakespeare), and some are fantasy or …
Book Review | Renegades
Me: I have too many books to read, so I don’t have time to start any new series!Also me: Ooooh, a young adult trilogy about superheroes! I’m a fickle being. Anyway, in Renegades by Marissa Meyer, society crumbled and descended into anarchy—until a group of people with superpowers managed to establish some order again. This …
Book Review | Fault Lines (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Fault Lines by Emily Itami. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. I love days when I read an entire book from start to finish, which is what I did with this …
Book Review | Harlem Shuffle (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. This is my third novel by Whitehead, and it might be my favorite so far! In Harlem Shuffle, Ray Carney …
Righter of Words 