Dear book, It's me, not you. I think I can see why you won lots of awards, but you didn't do it for me. I didn't really care about your characters, and apparently I'm not as much of a fan of horror as I used to be, because now I'm grossed out and might have trouble sleeping tonight because of ... VIEW POST

This big book was a little scary to start, the cover material did not make it sound like a book that I would enjoy, and it was a long one to boot. It was also a little slow to start, and I let myself get distracted by a couple of other things. Once I got going, and really got into it, though, I was ... VIEW POST

I didn't dislike this book, but I couldn't quite figure out why it was considered worthy of honor by the Printz Committee -- or of any of the honors it received. It was...fine? I learned quite a bit, actually, about Darwin's work and how he came up with his ideas, which was quite interesting, but ... VIEW POST

I am not the target audience for this book, and while that doesn't usually matter for a lot of books (a good book is a good book regardless of genre or targeted age-range), this one did nothing for me. I can appreciate the literary merit. I'm probably reacting as a mom of teenaged boys who would ... VIEW POST

This is not a book for everyone, and I don't think it's appropriate for younger teens. It starts off with some very disturbing events, and while some reviewers felt these were gratuitous, or too explicit, they didn't feel that way to me (and I have a pretty low tolerance for that kind of thing in ... VIEW POST