Showing posts from March, 2012

Freedom Train : The Story of Harriet Tubman - Dorothy Sterling

Summary:   Let my people go!   Born into slavery, young Harriet Tubman knew only hard work and hunger.  Escape seemed i…

The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern

Summary: The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not…

Edenbrooke - Julianne Donaldson

Summary: Marianne Daventry will do anything to escape the boredom of Bath and the amorous attentions of an unwanted sui…

The Magic Finger - Roald Dahl

Summary:   What happens when the hunter becomes the hunted?   To the Gregg family, hunting is just plain fun.   To the …

The Killer Angels - Michael Shaara

This guest review comes to us from Elizabeth Marsh , a friend of RFS reviewer Natalie.  Since I don't really know E…

Pandemonium - Lauren Oliver

Pandemonium is the sequel to Delirium .  Read our review of Delirium here . Summary: I'm pushing aside the memor…

The Big Wave - Pearl S. Buck

Summary: Kino lives on a farm on the side of a moutain in Japan.   His friend, Jiya, lives in a fishing village below. …

Cancer : Step Outside the Box - Spotlight & Giveaway

Kelley & Hall Publishing contacted me recently to see if I'd be willing to review one of their latest titles, …

Milkrun - Sarah Mlynowski

Summary:   Must think happy thoughts. Julie Andrews dancing. Cadbury's chocolate Easter eggs. But no amount of pos…

Cinder - Marissa Meyer

Summary:   Sixteen-year-old Cinder is considered a technological mistake by most of society and a burden by her stepmot…

Two for the Dough - Janet Evanovich

Two for the Dough is the second novel in a series of books by Janet Evanovich. Read our reviews of One for the Money ,…

Legend - Marie Lu

Summary:   Once known as the western coast of the United States, the Republic is now a nation perpetually at war with i…

The Inquisitor - Spotlight and Giveaway

Look what I got in the mail a few days ago!   Now, I haven't had a chance to read it yet, so I can't give my of…
The Hunger Games Giveaway Snafu!!!

The Hunger Games Giveaway Snafu!!!

UH-OH!?  Where'd the giveaway go?! You might have noticed that the super duper awesome  'The Hunger Games' …

Something WICKED this way comes...

Don't worry.  It's not evil. But it is wicked! Very. Here's a little clue... I'd keep checking back i…

The Priest and the Peaches - Larry Peterson

Summary : Take a seven day journey with the five, newly orphaned Peach kids, as they begin their struggle to remain a…

New-To-You Savings & the Independent Bookstore

Let's face it, the economy is in the toilet, gas prices are on the rise, and people are looking for ways to save mo…

The Tail of Emily Windsnap - Liz Kessler

Summary:   Everybody has a secret.  Mine's a little different, though.  I didn't even know about it until the f…