reviews

YA Death and Romance Author: Adam Silvera On September 5th, a little after midnight, Rufus Emeterio and his buddies are beating up his ex-girlfriend’s new, gangster wanna-be boyfriend. And they’re enjoying it. That is – until the call comes through. It’s Death Cast, and they are so sorry to lose him, but sometime today Rufus will die. Across town another teenage boy, Mateo Torrez, is reading books and playing video games alone (again) thinking about his comatose father. That’s when he gets the same call. Today is his last day on earth, and he has no one to share it with. [...]

Sex Parties, Lies, and Secrets Author: Kimberley McCreight Amanda Grayson has it all – a high powered job, a wealthy and intelligent husband, and a new home in Park Slope. What’s not to envy? But when the lights are out, when the forced smiles and carefully chosen outfits are taken off, there is just a tired woman, haunted by the past and a new fear for the future. One that might compel her into defying her husband. One that might cost her everything. Meanwhile, Lizzie Kitsakis, a high-powered defense attorney working at the illustrious Young and Crane, is working a [...]

A Pioneer Woman's Lonely Struggle Author: Olive A. Fredrickson Motherless, the youngest of twelve children, stuck with her stoical father in the harsh, un-surveyed wilderness of northern Alberta in 1910, Olive began an extraordinary life. She married, had children, traveled, fought starvation and wild animals, lost her husband, lost a child, and married again, all against the backdrop of the take-all wildness that defined her – a wilderness equal part beautiful and brutal. As Olive struggled, her strength of character and love of the land colored her adventures and while her life had much sadness, an ineffable kind of childlike wonder [...]