Things I Can’t Forget is the third book in Miranda Kenneally’s Hundred Oaks series. Despite being part of a series, all of the Hundred Oaks books can stand alone – you don’t need to have read a previous book to appreciate or understand a later book. There are some crossover characters since all the books […]

I reread Orson Scott Card’s novel Ender’s Game in January in anticipation of the upcoming movie adaptation and also because I love the book. While I’m a little worried about how the filmmakers will handle the material, everything I’ve seen about the movie lately has worked toward putting those fears to rest.

Lauren Miller’s debut novel, Parallel, is a stunningly complex novel about a young woman named Abby who wakes up one morning only to discover that she has somehow wound up in a parallel universe where, instead of living out in L.A. and having a role in a sure-to-be-blockbuster movie, she is studying journalism at Yale.  […]

Parallel by Lauren Miller honestly left me speechless. That’s a pretty difficult thing to do, but as soon as I finished reading the final words, I couldn’t do anything but sit in silence and try to wrap my mind around how a book can be that complex and adorable and amazing all at the same […]

F. Scott Fitzgerald described the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, who is the love interest of Jay Gatsby in his American classic The Great Gatsby, as a flapper girl. Since the highly anticipated adaptation for the screen by Baz Luhrmann will finally be released on May 10th, Daisy’s flapper look is again hot this summer. A style […]

The Madness Underneath is the second book in Maureen Johnson’s Shades of London trilogy. There may be spoilers for the first book, The Name of the Star, in this review. After reading The Name of the Star, I thought I had an idea of what might happen in the next book in the series. Sure, […]

To preface, it is important to note that I have a tendency to avoid YA paranormal like the plague. This is mostly due to the fact that, in my experience, most of these books tend to be very melodramatic with unbelievable doomed romances. I’m not interested in reading about a human girl in love with […]

Rory Samantha Green brings readers an adorably funny read with her self-published debut novel Playing Along. The book, told from the alternating perspectives of British heartthrob George and California girl Lexi, follows the two as they try to figure out how life and love fit together, narrowly missing meeting each other several times in the […]

I am a sucker for romantic comedies. Any story with a sense of humor and a couple who may or may not know that they are meant to be together is right up my alley, which is probably why I loved Playing Along by Rory Samantha Green. George is the lead singer of the popular […]

When The Daily Quirk Bloggers aren’t writing, they’re reading! We decided it would be fun to share our bibliophilia with you by listing what we have been reading each month and giving you our opinions on a three point scale: Recommend It, Maybe, or Skip It. Have fun checking out what pages we’ve been turning, and feel free […]

Susan Rizzo Vincent, with the help of her daughter Andréa Rizzo, has written a heart-wrenchingly beautiful novel about tragedy, death, cancer and the strength and love it takes to move on. Dréa’s Dream: An Unfinished Dance starts in 2011 with Susan looking back over her life – the decisions, the heartbreak, the triumphs and the love […]

Susan Rizzo Vincent, author of Dréa s Dream: An Unfinished Dance and founder of The Andréa Rizzo Foundation, has provided hope, comfort, and inspiration to countless individuals through her book, chronicling the experience of her and her daughter Andréa’s overcoming of childhood illness only to be separated by an unforeseeable tragedy (read the review), and through the foundation she founded in Andréa’s honor, which helps children with […]

Rumors have been swirling for months about who will take the coveted spot as director for the upcoming film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James, but it seems Gus Van Sant is pushing to surpass his competition. Sources say that Gus Van Sant, director most notably of Good Will Hunting and Milk, recruited Magic Mike star Alex Pettyfer, one of […]

When I first cracked open Sketchy by Olivia Samms, I didn’t know what to expect, but within the first few pages, I was hooked. Sketchy’s plot revolves around sharp and spunky Bea Washington. Bea, newly released from a drug rehab program, is preparing to start life at a new school. Unlike most high school seniors, […]