Quirky Girl Alert

You know the Quirky Girl, right? She’s just so quirky and original! She’s not like other people! She just sees the world in her own, unique manic-pixie way! She probably has a signature accessory from the thrift shop.

Online Trolling and Offline Friendships in ‘Fugly’

Fugly, by Claire Waller,  is the story of teen girl who's bullied, insulted and ignored offline, until she becomes an…

2 years ago

Survive The Night

What a disappointment. I loved Riley Sagar's previous suspense novels, Lock Every Door and Home Before Dark. Seriously, I couldn't…

3 years ago

The Very Nice Box

At the beginning of The Very Nice Box, by Eve Gleichman and Laura Blackett, Ava, feels a bit like The…

3 years ago

The Infinite Pieces of Us

Somehow, the teenage dialogue misses both the raw intensity of actual young adult conversations on life and meaning, as well…

6 years ago

Surprise Me

Surprise Me is another delightful Sophie Kinsella novel, this time a married chicklit novel instead of a hot mess single…

7 years ago