Books

What happens when you mix Jane Austen and a little bit of the wizard world? You get Sorcery and Cecelia. Sorcery and Cecelia by Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer is about two cousins,Cecelia  is left behind in the country while Kate, gets to experience her season in London. It starts out as any period piece, […]

In the Seven Kingdoms, some children are born just a little bit different. Some can swim or juggle better than anybody else and some are blessed with fighting or in the case of Katsa killing. These special abilities are called Graces and although these people are a benefit to many the Graced are shunned and […]

Halloween may be more than a month out, but it’s never too early to start your Halloween book list. After all, you want to make Halloween a month-long affair, not just a one-day frenzy at the end of the month. I’m not much of one to be creeped out, but Halloween just begs to add […]

What is the secret to living to be 100? In their book, The Delany Sisters’ Book of Every Day Wisdom, sisters Sarah and Elizabeth, who lived to be 109 and 104 respectively, talk about the things they have done in their life that have helped them live so long. I can’t lie, I often judge […]

Have you ever wished for an extra hour in the day? Imagine all the things you could get done if you just had one more hour. The “Midnighters” have that extra hour, but they also have a slew of villains that come with it. In The Secret Hour, by Scott Westerfeld, there are 25 hours in […]