Newsletter #405

I didn't know where this book was headed when I started, and I sure didn't expect where it would end up. Hale grew up in Colorado, but his family is from, and has largely remained, in the steep hills...

“My god, to be nothing but a flicker of light.” I am learning that there is nothing so devastating as a Chloe Michelle Howarth novel. Shrouded in the fog of a family’s shame, the O’Leary siblings des... (Shane)

Opossum Topsy plans to prepare a pancake feast to welcome her bear friend LouAnn out of hibernation. But each time she plates a steaming stack of tender and crispy pancakes, they disappear as soon as... (Haley)

Peach starts you right in the middle of the action—in a massive shipyard outside Victoria, B.C.—and never leaves. "Opinions are less interesting to me than actions," she finally says, late in the book... (Tom)

“I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!” I’m not ashamed to say that I was moved to finally read Wuthering Heights in large part because of its (incredibly camp) movie tie-in c... (Shane)