3.5*I have to be honest. I really wanted to like this novel, but a huge part of me, didn't like it or didn't connect with the story. Beggars and Choosers stars Brett and Cory. Two very different boys sharing the same problems. I loved Brett. I found him to be interesting and unique. Brett was a s...
I liked this a lot even though it was both YA and menage, which is not my two favorite themes. But here it was handled very well.Of course there's always the teen drama that I can find a bit too much, especially Casey's naivete when it came to "the mean girls". But what really made this book stan...
Out of Hiding is a solid, well-crafted novel. I enjoyed being immersed in the NYC ballet world and thought the supporting characters (Phillipe's niece Sophie, bitchy Kevin) were very well done. I struggled a bit with the leads - Dario comes across as a lot older than his 21(ish) years and I didn'...
But since we’re eating breakfast in a diner where there’s a television mounted on the wall above the breakfast bar, we’re half-listening to the day’s events between bites of pancakes and conversation. We can’t miss the report that yesterday a fire had been set intentionally by a disgruntled emplo...
Had to call in sick to work today. Shit, I ain’t sick. But I am a fuckin’ mess. Can’t be seen in public ’til the swellin’ goes down some. See, Cindy was in a nasty-ass mood last night. Like, what’s new, right? She needed Uncle Rich’s signature on some field trip permission...
Not even once, as the occasion has never arisen. Since middle school I’ve had a core group of friends from church—the devout kids clique from youth group who sit together at the “awe-scoff lunch table”—and we’ve always looked out for each other. Until today, when I sit alone at a lunch table in t...