Sarah tried to major in reading but the closest she got was two writing degrees. She recently moved to Seattle and plans to read her way through the city with the freshest of perspectives. She can be reached at omgbooks@gmail.com.
Wicked Lovely, by Marissa Marr, was recently free on Amazon.com's Kindle book lists. Unfortunately, it is currently unavailable, but I thought I'd review it for those of you who download every free book Kindle ever...
In a recent bout of "low-browism" I picked up two books that, while I didn't make the connection at the time, fit together very nicely for a double review. The first, My Horizontal Life...
Look at the Birdie is the title and the title work of a brand new collection of posthumously published works by the celebrated Kurt Vonnegut. While I have not had the good fortune to read the whole book just...
Dan Brown's most recent work, The Lost Symbol, was recently released to an eagerly waiting public. About half the public was actually excited for the book, the other half was morbidly curious. I included myself in the...
It’s not very often I read a book that makes me jump around and coo at it adoringly, but Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman added another check to that short list. Downtown Owl, which I imagined to...
Book hunters everywhere know the excitement of finding bestsellers in the bargain bin, so here are some places in Capitol Hill that exists solely as giant bargain bins! Half Price Books - Did you know that Capitol Hill had its...
The Housekeeper and the Professor , by Yoko Ogawa is a beautifully written and translated book. Originally written in Japanese, the book has only been published in America for the first time in February of 2009. The novel was translated by...
I bought this book on a whim, seeing it in a “recommended by staff” section in a book store. When I purchased it, I knew nothing of its background, its hype, or that it was to be...
Continuing with my Newberry Award Winners kick, here is The Higher Power of Lucky, by Susan Patron. The book endured some controversy when it first came out because of the use of the word “scrotum” on the...
Savvy, by Ingrid Law, received a Newberry Honor in 2009. It was once my goal, as a kid, to read all the Newberry Award and Honor books on the list, and every once and while I go back to...