Title: The Witches: Salem, 1962 Author: Stacey Schiff Publication Date: October 27, 2015 Format: Advanced Reading Copy Rating: 4 stars It began in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a minister's daughter began to scream and convulse. It ended less than a year later, but not before 19 men and women had been… Continue reading CJ Reviews The Witches: Salem, 1962 by Stacey Schiff
Title: Obsidian (Lux Series Book 1) Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Publication Date: May 8, 2012 Format: Paperback Rating: 3.75 stars Starting over sucks. When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I’d pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring… until I spotted my hot neighbor, with… Continue reading CJ Reviews Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s category is Top Ten Debut Authors Who Have Me Looking Forward To Their Sophomore Novel. The funny thing about this one is that a year ago I would have added Harper Lee to this list, then lamented the fact that we may never… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Waiting on Book Two
My pace seemed to slow a lot in October, partly because fall TV is back in full swing and also because I've been reading Stacey Schiff's The Witches. For some reason I always read non-fiction a lot slower than fiction, even when I'm really interested in the subject, as I am with The Witches. Therefore… Continue reading Recapping Reads: October in Review
Title: Conversion Auther: Katherine Howe Publication Date: July 1, 2014 Format: Paperback Rating: 3.5 stars It’s senior year at St. Joan’s Academy, and school is a pressure cooker. College applications, the battle for valedictorian, deciphering boys’ texts: Through it all, Colleen Rowley and her friends are expected to keep it together. Until they can’t. … Continue reading CJ Reviews Conversion by Katherine Howe
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