When I was a kid, people called me a bookworm a lot. Most of the kids meant it as a taunt but I would get this wide,...
On Reading
Beatrice Reviews “The Insiders Club” by Echo Miller
“The Insiders Club” by Echo Miller★★★★☆ Four social misfits: an 80s-obsessed eccentric, a movie-quoting mimic, a...
Beatrice Reviews “Steel Strings” by Alex Hayes
“Steel Strings” by Alex Hayes★★★☆☆ Brianna Jones is a smart, biracial teen who dreams of bringing music to the world...
Beatrice Reviews “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” by Heather Morris
“The Tattooist of Auschwitz” by Heather Morris★ ★ ★ ☆☆ One day in July 1942, Lale, prisoner 32407, comforts a trembling young woman waiting in line to have the number 34902 tattooed onto her arm. Her name is Gita, and in that first encounter, Lale vows to somehow...
Beatrice Reviews “Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe” by Melissa de la Cruz
“Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe” by Melissa de la Cruz★☆☆☆☆ Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe, from New York Times bestselling author, Melissa de la Cruz, is a sweet, sexy and hilarious gender-swapping, genre-satisfying re-telling, set in contemporary America and...
Beatrice Reviews “Stardust” by Neil Gaiman
“There was once a young man who wished to gain his Heart’s Desire.”“Stardust” by Neil Gaiman ★★★★☆ Life moves at a leisurely pace in the tiny town of Wall—named after the imposing stone barrier which separates the town from a grassy meadow. Here, young Tristran Thorn...
The 2017 Reading Challenge
It's that time of the year again, folks!As someone who loves reading but hasn’t had enough time to dedicate to the beauty of it, I feel like this would be the right time to commit myself to a personalized 2017 Reading Challenge. Granted, 2015’s challenge was a failure...
The Beauty of Character-Mania
Falling in love with the intangible...“I will go to my grave in a state of abject endless fascination that we all have the capacity to become emotionally involved with a personality that doesn’t exist.” – Berkeley BreathedI can’t begin to tell you how many times I’ve...
Beatrice Reviews “American Psycho” by Bret Easton Ellis
“American Psycho” by Bret Easton Ellis ★★★★★ Patrick Bateman is twenty-six and works on Wall Street; he is handsome, sophisticated, charming and intelligent. He is also a psychopath. Taking us to a head-on collision with America’s greatest dream – and its worst...
Beatrice Reviews “Our Last Summer: A Personal Memoir” by Ajay Peter Manuel
“Our Last Summer: A Personal Memoir” by Ajay Peter Manuel★★★★☆ Life is an adventure to embark upon. Having traveled around the world, my life has been full of separations, and new beginnings. Time flows incessantly, no matter what happens around us. The last six years...
Beatrice Reviews “I’ll Give You the Sun” by Jandy Nelson (Novel)
“I’ll Give You the Sun” by Jandy Nelson★★★★★ Jude and her twin brother, Noah, are incredibly close. At thirteen, isolated Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude cliff-dives and wears red-red lipstick and...
Beatrice Reviews “Maybe Not” by Colleen Hoover (Novella)
“Maybe Not” by Colleen Hoover ★★★★☆ Colleen Hoover, the New York Times bestselling author of Maybe Someday brilliantly brings to life the story of the wonderfully hilarious and charismatic Warren in a new novella, Maybe Not. When Warren has the opportunity to live...