Here's another one that has been on my List of Books to Blog About for months. I remember when I read it (last March); I remember wher...

Hear ye, hear ye! I am fighting my way out of this blogging slump that feels like it has lasted decades. Just thought I would officially a...

Stardust was my third Gaiman book, and I must say he hasn't disappointed me yet. This story was very like a fairy tale, and I really e...

I judged this book by the Disney movie and thought it would be an appropriate read for Bookworm Child (who is eight). Well, while it wasn...

The Secret History is blessed with the absolute best combination: brilliant writing and a riveting story. Why can't all books be like th...

How did I ever make it out of American Childhood of the 70s without reading The Phantom Tollbooth ? Somehow I'd never even heard of it u...

I was not looking forward to reading this book AT ALL. Not only do I have a (possibly unfair) bias against books with more than one author...

"Sometimes, she thought, courage was simply a matter of putting one foot in front of another and not stopping." I first heard of...

The day I read this book was the lovely sort of day I thought only existed in my dreams--or in my childhood. I was sick (well, I could have ...

I first heard about Lady Audley's Secret (and its author) when Margaret Lea picked it up to re-read it in The Thirteenth Tale . I don...

First post of the new year! Never mind the fact that we're already midway through February. I've got to start somewhere. Contrary ...

The Secret Garden is a fondly-remembered childhood favorite of mine. At my seventh birthday party, I was given two copies as gifts! I know ...