GIVEAWAY ALERT:Be sure to look for details towards the end of this post about how to win your own hardcover copy of Adi Alsaid’s newest YA novel Never Always Sometimes. Harlequin Teen/Indiebound/Kobo/BooksAMillion/Barnes&Nobles Book Synopsis (Taken from Harlequin website): Never date your best friend Always be original Sometimes rules are meant to be broken Best friends Dave…
Review of “For Such a Time,” by Kate Breslin
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/ Indiebound First of all, let me disclose the fact that I am agnostic, meaning that I am not within this book’s targeted audience whatsoever. That targeted audience is primarily those that are Evangelical Christians. When reviewing this work, I will primarily take that into consideration, as it is always fair and judicious…
The Art of Civility: How do we approach books that may disconcert us? (Response to “For Such a Time” Controversy)
First off, this post is primarily focused on tone and civility, with how we respond to books that may disconcert us or offend us. This post will not deliberate over the controversy surrounding specific content of For Such a Time by: Kate Breslin. I will commend those that have offered their views in a substantive, constructive…
Review of Uprooted by: Naomi Novik
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/Indiebound Synopsis of book, Taken from Amazon Product Detail Page: “Our Dragon doesn’t eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside our valley. We hear them sometimes, from travelers passing through. They talk as though we were doing human sacrifice, and he were a real dragon. Of course that’s…
Review of Alice by Christina Henry
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/ Indiebound Review written by: Jessica C. For as long as I can remember, I have always been a fan of Lewis Carroll and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and of course the ongoing story for when she returned to Wonderland through the Looking Glass. Of course using the term “fan” for me when it comes…
Teen Titans: Volume 1- Blinded by the Light
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles Review Written by: Jessica C. I can say that this Marvel meets Zenescope meets Image/Fathom Girl has been a closet Teen Titans fan for quite some time. Confession time being that as much of an avid reader as I have always been, my love of Teen Titans only grew stronger when…
Abolitionist Legacy & Its Parallels with Germans Who Aided with Helping the Jews Escape Germany during WWII
Information About the Book: Amazon **Please take special note that when speaking of European Christian antisemitism, I am not speaking in a wholesale, or monolithic way about a diverse religion like Christianity, with a range of different viewpoints, different cultures that are members of this religion, etc. I am fully aware that the…
Ransom Rigg’s “The Library of Souls” #StayPeculiar Book Tour News & Special Tote Bag Giveaway
How excited are you for the forthcoming release of The Library of Souls,the third novel in the ongoing saga of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. *Stay tuned, towards the end of this post, for very exciting details about how to win a nifty #StayPeculiar tote bag, perfect for toting around the first two…
Review of Arkham Manor Vol.1 by Gerry Duggan
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/IndieBound Review written by: Jessica C. Arkham Manor Vol 1 collects issue 1-6 of DC Comics new 52 series from the same name. In Arkham Manor the Wayne Mansion has become the new residence for all of the lunatics and mentally unstable patrons of Gotham. The story starts off well with Bruce Wayne living…
Review of Love and Miss Communication by Elyssa Friedland
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/IndieBound “No more stalking people on Google. No more Facebooking exes. No more reading twits on Twitter. No more posting pictures and waiting for “likes.” No more refreshing Gmail every thirty seconds. No more hashtagging meaningless combinations of words. No more Instagramming every instant. No more Foursquaring her whereabouts. No more bidding on…
Tea Time at Reverie: Yezi Tea’s Tie Guan Yin High Grade Oolong Tea
Today’s tea is one of many names: Iron Goddess Oolong, Iron Bodhisattva, Monkey-Picked Oolong, Tie Kwan Yin (Taiwanese)… They’re all part of the pool known as Tie Guan Yin, which is Chinese for “Iron Goddess of Mercy.” This renowned oolong tea is available at most tea shops and online retailers, including our friends at Yezi…
Review of “The Rosie Project” & “The Rosie Effect” by: Graeme Simsion & Giveaway of “The Rosie Effect”
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/ Indie Bound/ READ BELOW, TO ENTER TO WIN A COPY OF GRAEME SIMSION’S THE ROSIE EFFECT. **Giveaway details: Leave a comment below, regarding anything published within this blog post, to enter for the chance to win a copy of The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion. The contest is only open to those…
A Bibliophile's Reverie 