Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck Synopsis In September 1960, John Steinbeck embarked on a journey across America. He felt that he might have lost touch with the country, with its speech, the smell of its grass and trees, its color and quality of light, the pulse of its people. To reassure himself, he set […]
The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac Synopsis Two ebullient young men search for Truth the Zen way: from marathon wine-drinking bouts, poetry jam sessions, and “yabyum” in San Fransisco’s Bohemia, to solitude in the high Sierras and a vigil atop Desolation Peak in Washington State. Published just a year after On the Road put the […]
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson Synopsis: Nimona is an impulsive young shapeshifter with a knack for villainy. Lord Ballister Blackheart is a villain with a vendetta. As sidekick and supervillain, Nimona and Lord Blackheart are about to wreak some serious havoc. Their mission: prove to the kingdom that Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin and his buddies at the […]
Hello! Namesake is a sequel to Adrienne Young’s novel Fable. This review may contain spoilers for anyone who hasn’t read Fable, but plans too. You can read my review on the novel Fable here. Enjoy! Namesake by Adrienne Young Synopsis: With the Marigold ship free of her father, Fable and the rest of the crew were set […]
Fable by Adrienne Young Synposis: For seventeen-year-old Fable, the daughter of the most powerful trader in the Narrows, the sea is the only home she has ever known. It’s been four years since the night she watched her mother drown during an unforgiving storm. The next day her father abandoned her on a legendary island […]
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