Month: January 2011

Prom and Prejudice Giveaway

Prom and Prejudice Giveaway

Prom and Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg is a delightful retelling of Jane Austen’s beloved Pride and Prejudice and I am lucky enough to have two copies for a giveaway! Lizzie Bennet, who attends Longbourn Academy on scholarship, isn’t exactly interested in designer dresses and expensive shoes, but her best friend, Jane, might be—especially now that […]

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48 Hour Read-A-Thon

January 31, 2011 Whitney read-a-thon 9 Comments
48 Hour Read-A-Thon

Unputdownables is hosting her second 48 Hour Read-A-Thon over the weekend of February 4 – 6  This is the weekend of the Super Bowl which is perfect because I am a 0% football fan and just in it for the commercials and half-time show.  Because of my lack of interest I usually read during the […]

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Review: The Hidden Staircase

January 30, 2011 Whitney Review 3 Comments
Review: The Hidden Staircase

Is it just me or does Nancy get overly excited when learning about a new mystery which usually comes around containing other people’s misfortune?  She is described as becoming giddy, sitting on the edge of her seat her eyes becoming wider and wider.  Yes, she would make the perfect girl scout sell hundreds of Thin […]

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Review: Exit The Actress

January 29, 2011 Whitney Review 6 Comments
Review: Exit The Actress

Words can not describe  Priya Parmar’s novel Exit The Actress, it is so rich and vibrant that I felt like I was actually in the audience watching Nell perform and wanted to reach out for one of her oranges.  While reading Nell’s journal entries I wanted to be her friend, with her tell it like […]

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Book Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

January 8, 2011 Whitney Review 5 Comments
Book Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, what is there to say that hasn’t already been said?  Magical, creative, spellbinding, suspenseful, cleverly crafted with a sense of camaraderie, just to name a few. Harry Potter, the boy who lived has no idea that he is special or famous, how could he with a cousin like Dudley […]

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Huck Finn and the “N Word”

January 7, 2011 Whitney books 6 Comments
Huck Finn and the “N Word”

Has anyone read or heard about publishers editing Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn by omitting the “N Word” changing the derogatory slang to Slaves?  The reason being that because the novel is on so many school’s banned books list that this change will allow more students to read it.  I understand that the saying puts us […]

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Book Review: The Silence of the Lambs

January 4, 2011 Whitney Review 7 Comments
Book Review: The Silence of the Lambs

What was I thinking?  I read The Silence of the Lambs in a wooded, secluded area.  It was like taking a shower after watching Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho.  Creepy. Back in the day before cell phones, my family went on vacation in the same wooded area that I read Silence of the Lambs. My mom read […]

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Book Review: The Abbott’s Ghost

January 1, 2011 Whitney Review 1 Comment
Book Review: The Abbott’s Ghost

The Abbott’s Ghost is another hidden gem written by Louisa May Alcott. Maurice Treherne saved his cousin Jasper’s life after a misadventure in the water and was made a cripple because of it. Jasper, of course, is forever grateful but due to a small faux pas does a poor way of showing it. Maurice is […]

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Review: Devil In The Details

January 1, 2011 Whitney Review 2 Comments
Review: Devil In The Details

Quirky yes, but Devil in the Details was also a little manic (which explains the OCD).  I thought the novel was more like a series of short stories or a vignette of her childhood.  To me it felt all very disjointed, one moment she was three and the next thirteen, I never felt a smooth […]

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