Book Review: The Unfailing Light (Katerina Trilogy Book Two) by Robin Bridges

Title: The Unfailing Light (Katerina Trilogy Book Two) Author: Robin Bridges 320 pages, Published by Delacorte Books For Young Readers Robin’s Info: Website | Facebook | Twitter Buy The Book: Amazon Summary: Lush and opulent, romantic and sinister, The Unfailing Light, Volume II in The Katerina Trilogy, reimagines the lives of Russia’s aristocracy in a … Continue reading →

Book Review: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Title: The Raven Boys Author: Maggie Stiefvater 408 pages, Published by Scholastic YA (grades 9-12) Maggie’s Info: Website | Twitter | Facebook Buy The Book: Amazon Summary: It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive. Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue … Continue reading →

Book Review: The Gathering Storm by Robin Bridges

Title: The Gathering Storm (The Katerina Trilogy, Vol. 1) Author: Robin Bridges 400 pages, Published by Delacorte Books For young Readers, YA Robin’s Info: Website | Twitter | Facebook Buy The Book: Amazon Summary: St. Petersburg, Russia, 1888. As she attends a whirl of glittering balls, royal debutante Katerina Alexandrovna, Duchess of Oldenburg, tries to … Continue reading →

Beautiful Chaos, My Traveling Companion For Thanksgiving Weekend and An Excellent Southern Read

When I was a junior high student, I once checked a book of poetry by William Wordsworth out of my school library for over an entire year. Each week bringing it in to check it back out. Reading and re reading favorite passages. These were the days before easy purchase of anything imaginable over the … Continue reading →

Book Review: Shattered Souls by Mary Lindsey

Title: Shattered Souls Author: Mary Lindsey Genre: Young Adult Paranormal 336 pages, Published by Philomel Mary’s Info: Website | Twitter | Goodreads Buy The Book: Amazon Summary: Lenzi hears voices and has visions – gravestones, floods, a boy with steel gray eyes. Her boyfriend, Zak, can’t help, and everything keeps getting louder and more intense. … Continue reading →

Spooktacular Giveaway Hop: Win A Copy of Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick and Cold Kiss by Amy Garvey!

I am super excited to be participating in the Spooktacular Giveaway Hop hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer & The Diary Of A Bookworm. Up for grabs here at The Well-Read Wife are  a copy of Silence (Book three in the Hush, Hush series) by Becca Fitzpatrick and a copy of Cold … Continue reading →

Book Review: Frost by Marianna Baer

Title: Frost Author: Marianna Baer 400 pages, Published by Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins Marianna’s Info: Website | Twitter Buy The Book: Amazon Summary: Leena Thomas’s senior year at boarding school starts with a cruel shock: Frost House, the cozy Victorian dorm where she and her best friends chose to live, has been assigned an unexpected roommate—confrontational, … Continue reading →

Book Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children By Ransom Riggs

I feel the need to begin this review with a statement: Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (AKA dude with the coolest name ever) is timeless, and I think it will someday be considered a classic. Bold statement? Somewhat, but I believe it will come to fruition. Basically, America finally has their … Continue reading →

Book Review And Discussion of The Secret Circle: The Initiation and The Captive Part I by L. J. Smith

Recently, The Hollywood Reporter ran an article  saying that the popular HarperTeen series The Secret Circle by L.J. Smith would be the basis for a new television series in the works for the CW 2011 Fall line up. Why is this significant? The news raised my eyebrows because L.J. Smith is also the author behind … Continue reading →

Book Review: The Magnolia League by Katie Crouch

Title: The Magnolia League Author: Katie Crouch 368 pages Publisher: Poppy Release Date: May 3, 2011 Genre: YA Paranormal Buy The Book: Amazon From The Publisher: When her free-spirited mother dies in a tragic accident, sixteen-year-old Alexandria Lee is forced to leave her West Coast home and move in with a wealthy grandmother she’s never … Continue reading →