Title: The Last of the Mohicans Author: James Fenimore Cooper Genre: Classics Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd Format: Paperback Pages: 359 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis: It is 1757. Across north-eastern America the armies of Britain and France struggle for ascendancy. Their conflict, however, overlays older struggles between nations of native Americans for possession of the same … Continue reading Book Review: The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper

Title: My Sister's Keeper Author: Jodi Picoult   Genre: Contemporary Publisher: Washington Square Press Format: Paperback Pages: 423 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis: Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that … Continue reading Book Review: My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult

Title: Gulliver’s Travels Author: Jonathan Swift   Genre: Classics Publisher: Dover Thrift Editions Format: Paperback Pages: 226 Rating: 3/5 stars Synopsis: Regarded as the preeminent prose satirist in the English language, Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) intended this masterpiece, as he once wrote Alexander Pope, to "vex the world rather than divert it." Savagely ironic, it portrays … Continue reading Book Review: Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift

Title: The Other Boleyn Girl Author: Philippa Gregory   Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Harper Collins Format: Paperback Pages: 661 Rating: 4/5 stars *Warning: mature content. Parents please be advised.* Synopsis: When Mary Boleyn comes to court as an innocent girl of fourteen, she catches the eye of Henry VIII. Dazzled, Mary falls in love with … Continue reading Book Review: The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

Title: The Constant Princess Author: Philippa Gregory   Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Harper Collins Format: Paperback Pages: 490 Rating: 4/5 stars *Warning: mature content. Parents please be advised.* Synopsis: "I am Catalina, Princess of Spain, daughter of the two greatest monarchs the world has ever known...and I will be Queen of England." Thus, bestselling author … Continue reading Book Review: The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory

Title: Melody’s Key Author: Dallas Coryell Genre: Romance, Contemporary Format: ebook Pages: 305 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis: “His eyes settled on her…piercing green embers of flame that revealed the ferocity of his pain and passion, yet still shrouded him under veils of ever deepening mystery that made every ounce of her ache to unravel him.” … Continue reading Book Review: Melody’s Key by Dallas Coryell

Title: P.S. I Still Love You Author: Jenny Han   Genre: Romance, Young Adult, Contemporary Publisher: Simon and Schuster Format: Hardcover Pages: 337 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads): Lara Jean didn’t expect to really fall for Peter. She and Peter were just pretending. Except suddenly they weren’t. Now Lara Jean is more confused than ever. … Continue reading Book Review: P.S. I Still Love You

Title: To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before Author: Jenny Han   Genre: Romance, Young Adult, Contemporary Publisher: Simon and Schuster Format: Paperback Pages: 355 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads): Lara Jean's love life goes from imaginary to out of control in this heartfelt novel from the "New York Times "bestselling author of The Summer … Continue reading Book Review: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han

Title: A Court of Mist and Fury Author: Sarah J. Maas Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children’s   Format: Hardcover Pages: 624 Rating: 5/5 stars *Warning: mature content. Parents please be advised.* Synopsis (Goodreads): Feyre survived Amarantha's clutches to return to the Spring Court—but at a steep cost. Though she now has … Continue reading Book Review: A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

Title: The Kitchen House Author: Kathleen Grissom Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Touchstone Format: Paperback Pages: 369 Rating: 5/5 stars *Warning: mature content. Parents please be advised.* Synopsis (Goodreads): When a white servant girl violates the order of plantation society, she unleashes a tragedy that exposes the worst and best in the people she has come … Continue reading Book Review: The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom