I have always loved books. I love them so much that I even wrote a list here on Broke by Books about
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With this post, I’m bringing back my monthly Recommended Reads report. This recurring feature is a roundup of what I’ve been reading over the last month, along with several books I recommend. These essays are always published first in The
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Sales, Leila. This Song Will Save Your Life. New York: Macmillan, 2013. Genre: Contemporary Intended Audience: 14 and above Personal reaction to the book This Song Will Save Your Life is about a music-obsessed loner
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This has been a very strange week. This is one of the first weeks I’ve spent where my main job(s) are all working from home, so Thanksgiving didn’t feel as much like
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Portman, Frank. King Dork. New York: Delacorte Press, 2006. Genre: Contemporary Intended Audience: Ages 14-up Personal reaction to the book King Dork is a semi-parody of The Catcher in the Rye and is told from
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The ever-glorious Rainbow Rowell has the honor of writing the first non-YA book I’ve read since August. I’m back in the saddle, ladies and gents, and it feels good! Rainbow Rowell is
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Lockhart, E. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks. New York: Hyperion, 2009. Genre: Contemporary Intended Audience: Grades 7-up Personal reaction to the book This book was just what I needed. I was sick of cardboard
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Hall, Sandy. A Little Something Different. New York: Macmillan, 2014. Genre: Contemporary, Romance Intended Audience: ages 12 and above Personal reaction to the book: Oof. In this novel, Hall looks at the budding
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