Widdershins, the heroine of Ari Marmell’s “Thief’s Covenant,” released Feb. 14, 2012, makes me want to be a thief. Unfortunately, since I’m a klutz, I’ll never become one. Widdershins is a great thief because of the heathen God living in the back of her head. She steals from the rich, keeps most of it for [...]
Category: "The Last Book I Read"
“The Fault In Our Stars” By John Green
John Green’s “The Fault in Our Stars” is not a book about cancer, but it does tell the story of two young people with cancer. I think that distinction is important. There’s a stigma around books about cancer. Most of the time it’s not unwarranted; the saccharine Nicholas Sparks approach (small southern town love with [...]
“The Shattering” by Karen Healey
Keri plans for everything. Living in Summertown, probably the nicest place on earth, she doesn’t really have to worry about these things…but she does anyway. Earthquake? She knows what to do. Broken arm? She’s got it. She’s probably prepared for a zombie apocalypse, too (I know I am). But the one thing she wasn’t prepared [...]
