Sophie's Favorite Children's Books
This book list comes courtesy of Sophie Oja , a fabulous little girl I happen know (and love dearly). Since today is he…
Fortune and Fate - Sharon Shinn
Summary: For the Rider Wen, peace in Gillengaria has only brought despair. Plagued by guilt for failing to protect he…
Aint' Just Malarky (an informal review)
Hello RFS Readers, I just read this post on Kari's blog--ya know, one of our lovely reviewers. I swiped it. I hope …
The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
Summary: A most untraditional love story, this is the celebrated tale of Henry DeTamble , a dashing, adventuresome lib…
Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
Summary: They are an unlikely pair: George is "Small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendou…
Mr. Darcy, Vampyre - Amanda Grange
Summary: A married man in possession of a dark fortune must be in want of an eternal wife. December 1802 My hand is tr…
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
Also reviewed by Heather . Summary: By her brother's graveside, Liesel Meminger's life is changed when she pick…
Red in the Flower Bed - Andrea Nepa
Summary: An illustrated children's story about interracial adoption--A seed is dropped from a red poppy flower and…
The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
Summary: What is lost...will be found. Set within the hidden chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, D.C., The L…
Ish - Peter H. Reynolds
Summary: Ramon loves to draw: "Anytime. Anything. Anywhere." When his older brother laughs at one of his pi…
We'd Like to Thank the Academy....
...or rather Melissa M. from the absolutely smashing Gerbera Daisy Diaries for gifting us with this: Lookin ' Goo…
Gossamer - Lois Lowry
Also reviewed by Heather . Summary: Where do dreams come from? What stealthy nighttime messengers are the guardians of…
Love Walked In - Marisa de los Santos
Summary: " My life--my real life--started when man walked into it, a handsome stranger in a perfectly cut suit, a…
72 Virgins - Avi Perry
Summary: A suspense-thriller about a nightmare scenario-a countdown to a Mumbai-style attack on U.S. soil, where the F…
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
Summary: The first novel in Alexander McCall Smith's widely acclaimed The No. 1 Detective Agency series tells the s…
Unspeakable - Sandra Brown
Summary: Carl Herbold is a cold-blooded psychopath who has just escaped the penitentiary where he was serving a life…
Secrets Of The Baby Whisperer - Tracy Hogg
Summary: When Tracy Hogg's Secrets of the Baby Whisperer was first published, it soared onto bestseller lists acros…
The Elegance of the Hedgehog - Muriel Barbery
Also reviewed by Emily . Summary: We are in the center of Paris, in an elegant apartment building inhabited by bourgeo…
Whom God Would Destroy - Commander Pants
This review comes from my long-lost, newly-reclaimed high school friend Daniel Nighting . Daniel is a critic because he…
The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield
Also reviewed by Heather , Kim , and Mindy . Summary: Reclusive author Vida Winter, famous for her collection of twelv…
The Lucky One - Nicholas Sparks
Also reviewed by Mindy. Summary: When U.S. Marine Logan Thibault finds a photograph of a smiling young woman half-bur…
Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater
Summary: The cold. Grace has spent years watching the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf--her…