I am always immediately in whenever I hear that Danielle has a new book coming out. (For anyone who is new to her work, Danielle Valentine is a pen name utilized by the author who also goes by Danielle Vega and Danielle Rollins, the author of the The Merciless series, The Haunted duology, Stolen Time, and quite a few other…
Far be it for me to explain the attraction, but perhaps because I’m a steadfast member of the cell phone generation, I have a real weakness for horror or thrillers that center around technology, screens, the Internet, anything of the sort. This goes for both books and movies. I am almost always in to watch…
Many of us lovers of all things spoopy basically consider late July/early August the beginning of spoopy season (basically whenever Halloween themed merch starts hitting the shelves at At Home, it’s on, right?), so if you’re looking for thematically appropriate reads before October, you’re in luck: Penguin Teen has two spooky new books coming out…
FINALLY, a good Beauty and the Beast retelling where the girl is the beast. Why is the girl never the beast? Is it because girls and women couldn’t possibly be beastly? Is it because women are expected to uphold a certain standard, to be perfect all the time? Is it because it’s just too unbelievable…
The film Things Heard and Seen, starring Amanda Seyfried and Natalia Dyer and directed by Sheri Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, premiered on Netflix recently, and while a lot of people have watched it and I see people talking about it, something I have yet to see many reviews acknowledge is the fact that the film is actually based on a novel, the literary thriller All Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth Brundage. I think it’s worth acknowledging, however, and worth delving into, because the novel is a very beautifully written, expansive work, and the movie—while faithful in many ways—is an interesting and, at times, successful interpretation of the original work.
Well, hello again, friends. It’s been a hot minute since I’ve posted just a straight up, traditional book review, so what better book to jump back in with than Stolen Time? Pretty much everyone knows that I’m a huge fan of The Merciless series, which was written by Danielle Rollins under her pen name, Danielle…
This Top Ten Tuesday we take a look at ten of my favorite platonic relationships in books, with a focus on friendships in YA (many of the friendships which develop a bit begrudgingly!)