I'm slowly working my way through the Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy series (see my review of the first book, Vampire Academy, if you haven't read it yet). I'm still struggling with feeling like a creepy stalker dude reading this series. I'm loving it, but it continues to feel weird to…
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Danielle on Five Books You Can Read for Halloween
I do not love scary movies. In fact, I have a really difficult time with them. There are a few reasons for this, but the major one is that most horror movies get fairly gory, and I don't love being grossed out. It ruins the atmosphere if I start gagging,…
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Danielle on Five Books You Can Read on a Rainy Fall Day
Rainy days -- especially rainy days in the fall -- seem to demand a warm beverage, a cozy blanket, and a good book. But not just ANY book. Just like there are books that are better read at the beach, there are books that are particularly suited for rainy fall…
Dan on Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Trigger warning: cutting. Picture if you will: I'm reading along, enjoying myself immensely when I have a realization. An upsetting realization. This book was not written for me. I'm a good thirty years older than the target age demographic and probably the wrong gender to boot. A sense of being…
Dan on The Passage, The Twelve, and The City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin
I feel incredibly uncomfortable doing anything but rave about popular books. It always leaves me feeling like I've missed something that others have so obviously loved. Either that or it makes me feel like a total curmudgeon who hates popular things strictly because they are popular. So here's the confused…