Reviews written by Kimberly Pauley

If youre looking for something a little different, a little magical, and very original, The Water Mirror by Kai Meyer is exactly what youre looking for. The first book in the Dark Reflections series, it leaves you wanting more much more at the end. Im hoping the next...

Trace, first introduced to us in So Lyrical is back again and this time shes a regular Overnight Sensation. Shes finally on her way for a visit with her dad Shamus where shes determined to spiritually bond with her long-last parent. There are lots of things to distract her from...

I read this book about a month ago and waited a while before I wrote the review, in the hopes that my emotional feelings about the book would die down a little. They havent, so Im going with what my first reactions were. The moment I...

I hadnt previously read anything by Garret Freymann-Weyr, but after reading Stay With Me , Ive got the feeling I really need to pick up her other books. Theres a lyrical beauty to her words that works its way inside you and wont let go. Leila...

Every day, each of us is presented with choices. They can be very simple ones (getting up on time, paying attention in class, volunteering to do something for the boss) or complex ones (being true to ourselves, helping someone out in a life or death situation, even to kill or...

This is an odd but strangely compelling book. If you think about the plot too hard, things fall apart and make no sense; you must, MUST, kick in your suspension of disbelief and just allow yourself to be carried along by the story. Dont question things too much, just let...

The Fall of Fergal is The First Unlikely Exploit in the adventures of the McNally family, though it is hard to say exactly what place Fergal will play in the remaining novels, as he dies&well, splats, almost immediately. Page one, in fact. The author, Philip Ardagh, then spends the rest...

Jess doesnt quite think about things like your typical girl would. When presented with a flat chest (as many of us have been, especially early on, when it seems everyone elses has exploded into WonderBra status), she decides to make some filler & out of minestrone soup. Now, some of...

Jennifer L. Holm is perhaps best known for her historical novels featuring spunky girls (Our Only May Amelia, for instance). In The Creek, shes touching on entirely different territory. Still told through the eyes of a young girl twelve-year old Penny Carson this is a story of suburban...

Dustin Grubbs knows exactly what he wants out of life. His long term goal is to be an actor and not just any old actor, but a star. But right now hes in the sixth grade in tiny Buttermilk Falls. Therere limited options for a starring role in a...

When Brent Runyon was just fourteen, he purposefully set himself on fire to try and commit suicide. But, as with his previous suicide attempts, he doesnt quite kill himself. Instead, hes left with a body almost entirely touched by fire (85% coverage). This is a true story, and one that...

Lucy Hellenberg soon realizes there really is no such thing as coincidence. Theres a good reason shes named Lucy (as was her mother, her grandmother, her great-grandmother and so on), and that her best friends name is Mina, and that her father is practically a hermit. Not to mention, her...

So, did Genesis Bell really steal the boyfriends away from her best friends? Or is there another side to the story? Genesis wants to get out the truth, so she starts a blog and confesses all. See, she was part of the clique at school: The Terribles. Her best friends...

When her fashion-plate mom (a former model) and her high-powered dad (a successful lawyer) move her from New York to Southern California, Rio is sure its going to be tough. Shes leaving behind her good friends to be shoved pell-mell into a fancy private school where everyone seems perfect and...

Just listen to people talking and youll hear the word love thrown around a lot. We say that we love a movie, or some kind of food, or the actor on the screen. But what, really, is love? What is true love? What does love mean? In...