Reviews written by Claire Johnson, Staff Reviewer

This book had so much going on that I'm not sure how to sum it up in one short review but I'll try. First, I want to tackle the relationship between Samantha and her mom. WOW. Samantha's mom, Grace, is running for reelection in the...

I had high hopes for this book but it didn't hit the mark for me. Summer and the City takes place the summer before Carrie Bradshaw is supposed to start at Brown. She meets Samantha Jones and Miranda Hobbes and this book highlights how they first met and...

I really wanted to love this book. It really fell flat for me and I struggled to get through parts of it. I did like that the book is told through alternating points of view-Amelia and Chris. Overall, I felt at like both characters were so...

It is not often a book moves me to tears, like sobbing into your Taco Bell tears, and really I cried into my breakfast and lunch today because I could not stop reading this book. I knew from reading the book description it would get to me but I...

First....a book that takes place in London? Count me in! On Julia's trip to London with her fellow students, she gets the opportunity to see the biggest and best sites the city has to offer. And thanks to Jason, the one person she did not want to...

I am a huge history buff. I love reading and learning about the history of our country, so any book that is set in Washington D.C. I am drawn to. This book is fantastic for many reasons but the main one is that I think it has an...

I was hoping that this would be a fun, light-hearted summer read. While I enjoyed it, I got caught up in the language. There is a lot of Italian phrases (obviously) and I found some of them hard to decipher. I also was hoping this would be...

OVER YOU wasn't what I thought it would be. I was hoping it would be a funny, light-hearted story about a girl helping other girls get over being dumped. The last part of that sentence was true, but I didn't find the funny or the light-heartedness I was...

I was a huge fan of KARMA BITES so I was more than excited to read FROM WHAT I REMEMBER. What a roller coaster this book is, it reads so quick and light that I felt like I was watching a movie. Just when I thought what else...

I was so surprised at the depth of this book. This wasn't just a story about an Amish girl who gets the chance to wear jeans and listen to cd's, it is a story about choices and figuring out a place in the world. Eliza gets the opportunity...

"And you're my Margaret." -Pip I'm going to admit that the initial reason I wanted to read MARGARET AND THE MOTH TREE was because my own daughter is named Margaret. I started this book just a few hours ago and could not put it down. ...

This book made my heart hurt. THE LIST, very simply, shows the good, bad, and ugly of what being labeled can do to a person. The story follows the eight girls that were selected to be on The List, and you may be thinking 8 POV's, too much for...

I love words! I love introducing new words to my children and my students. Daisy's Perfect Word is a perfect book for doing just that. This book is full of great vocabulary and is great for young readers. Daisy has a special notebook that she uses...

I think picture books are great resources to have when teaching young children print concepts. Picture My Day is a cute book that follows along with three children throughout their day. The illustrations have a classic touch, which I love! This book covers a variety of places...

If you have a fairy tale lover in your house, picking up a copy of Whatever After: Fairest of All is a must! For being a book geared toward young readers there is a lot of depth to it, meaning that there is something for everyone to love. ...