by amiemccracken | Jan 31, 2013 | book review, books, reading
V is for Virgin by Kelly Oram is a young adult novel about standing up for yourself and being a role model. Val gets dumped for not sleeping with her boyfriend, so in order to avoid the embarrassment and scandal she stands up in front of the whole cafeteria and tells...
by amiemccracken | Jan 29, 2013 | book review, books, reading
Roost by Jasmine Winterson is a book about running from your past and not being able to get away. Four people move out to Colorado to escape. They meet Anna, who wants to face up to her past, and Derek who wants to find a new future. In the midst of it all is intrigue...
by amiemccracken | Jan 28, 2013 | books, Jane Austen, reading
The day dawned sunny. Waking with sunshine on my face, tea in my cup, and Pride and Prejudice on my mind, I couldn’t help but sigh. Two hundred years ago today Jane Austen woke and realized her second, and little did she know most famous, novel was officially...
by amiemccracken | Jan 24, 2013 | books, Jane Austen, reading, story
For those of you who don’t know, I’m a bit of a Jane Austen freak. I know that’s pretty typical of girls who read, but I can’t help it. For my 25th birthday my husband surprised me with a trip to Chawton and Bath, UK to visit Jane Austen-y...
by amiemccracken | Jan 22, 2013 | book review, books, reading, story
The Book by Jessica Bell is an account of life through the eyes of a diary. A little girl is born and her parents decide to share their thoughts in a journal. As she ages, the reader sees how the parents grow apart and then the reader hears the girl’s voice. The...
