The pitch: A British spy is writing her confession for her Nazi captors in France. They’ve tortured wireless codes out of her, and now she’s giving them everything else, in the form of a story: the story of her best friend Maddie, the Air Transport Auxiliary pilot whose plane was … Continue reading
The pitch: A couple of years ago, biological warfare wiped out everyone between the ages of twenty and sixty. The vulnerable young and elderly were vaccinated, but they didn’t have enough for younger adults. Sixteen-year-old Callie and her little brother live like all Starters, kids without grandparents to claim them: squatting … Continue reading
The pitch: No, not that kind of cheerleader. Louise’s mother Pauline is one of the women who stands outside William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans and throws tomatoes and insults at Ruby Bridges, its first African-American student. When a handsome stranger from New York shows up at Pauline and … Continue reading
The pitch: In Goredd, dragons and humans have kept an uneasy peace for forty years. Dragons fold into human shapes to serve as ambassadors and professors, but they are far from trusted. When young musician Seraphina takes a position at court, she is drawn into the investigation of a murder and … Continue reading
The pitch: Peter Nimble, blind Dickensian orphan, is forced into thieving, eventually learning to be the best thief there is. One day he steals a mysterious box from a very odd stranger, catapulting him into a journey to reclaim a faraway kingdom for its rightful ruler. It’s trying for a … Continue reading
This slight Downton Abbey knock-off takes place at Wentworth Hall, home of the Darlingtons, a down-on-their-luck noble family with nothing much left but their title. The book is full of the same sort of scandals that haunt the Granthams of Downton: illegitimate children, love between the classes, unfortunate matches with … Continue reading
The pitch: Eva has grown up in an underground shelter, with only a robot Muthr for a parent. She’s training for life in the outside world, but is never allowed to go there — until a mysterious attacker destroys her home and she must escape alone into the world above, … Continue reading
I saw it opening weekend, of course, but I’ve held off on writing my review until I could see it a second time. (And take three receipt-backs’ worth of notes in the dark, because I’m that nerd girl.) I should start by making it clear what I think the book … Continue reading
So many people have their hate on for this book that I feel like I need to defend it a little. I read it because I was going through some lady-in-her-30s life drama and I felt that maybe I should read a book that purported to represent my life rather … Continue reading
This is a sequel (companion?) to Saving Francesca, though it can entirely stand alone. This time the story is from Tom’s point of view. After his uncle got blown up in the London Tube, he and his family fell apart. His dad became an alcoholic and drove his mom away. … Continue reading
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