The Professor and the Madman is a non-fiction book about the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary. It tells the story of two men: William Minor and James Murray and how they worked together to create the OED. James Murray was a professor and the editor of the OED. Dr. William Minor was a Civil […]
Review | Palace of Stone by Shannon Hale
2012-10-02 · by ·
Book Description (from the cover): Coming down from the mountain to a new life in the city seems a thrill beyond imagining. When Miri and her friends from Mount Eskel set off to help the future princess Britta prepare for her royal wedding, she is happy about her chance to attend school in the capital […]
Review | Insurgent by Veronica Roth
2012-09-12 · by ·
Synopsis from Goodreads: In this sequel to the bestseller Divergent, war now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets emerge, and choices will become more irrevocable–and even more powerful. Transformed by her decisions, haunted by grief and guilt from those decisions, radical […]
Review | Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
2012-09-09 · by ·
Description (from the cover): Miri lives on a mountain where, for generations, her ancestors have quarried stone and lived a simple life. Then word comes that the king’s priests have divined her small village to be the home of the future princess. In a year’s time, the prince himself will come and choose his bride […]
Review | Divergent by Veronica Roth
2012-09-09 · by ·
Synopsis from Goodreads: In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue–Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will […]
Review | The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
2012-07-07 · by ·
The Night Circus is a story about two magicians who are in a competition to see who is the better of the two. The Night Circus is the venue selected for the magicians to compete in. To outsiders, and even those who run in the inner circles of the Circus, it is quite clear that […]
Review | Cinder by Marissa Meyer
2012-06-06 · by ·
Synopsis from Goodreads: Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . . Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen […]
Review | The Tower, The Zoo, and the Tortoise by Julia Stuart
2012-06-03 · by ·
Synopsis from Goodreads: Balthazar Jones has lived in the Tower of London with his loving wife, Hebe, and his 120-year-old pet tortoise for the past eight years. Balthazar is a Beefeater, one of the Tower’s guards. It’s no easy job living and working in the tourist attraction in present-day London. Among the eccentric characters who […]
Review | Heaven Is Here by Stephanie Nielson
2012-04-17 · by ·
Heaven is Here tells the story of Stephanie Nielson, best known for her blog, ‘The Nienie Dialogues.’ In 2008 Stephanie and her husband were in a plane crash that burned over 80% of her body. Many doctors believed she wouldn’t survive, but through the Stephanie fought through the physical and emotional pain to overcome the […]
Review | Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
2012-03-31 · by ·
Synopsis from Goodreads: On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared. A young lieutenant, the plane’s bombardier, struggled to a life raft and pulled himself aboard. The lieutenant’s name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he’d been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, […]
