by Site Owner | Nov 20, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Pop Culture
All Things Cute and How They Dominate Japan By Manami Okazaki & Geoff Johnson Prestel, $24.95, 224 pages This in-depth look at Japanese cute culture addresses a plethora of perspectives on the subject. Supported through examples from food to fashion and everything...
by Site Owner | Nov 8, 2013 | Young Adult
A Different Perspective By Jennifer Brown Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 405 pages, $16.99 When Valerie Leftman begins writing down the names of everyone and everything she hates, she has no idea that her notebook will become evidence in a school...
by Site Owner | Nov 5, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Self-Help
A Beautiful Memoir On Living Past Trauma By Laura Gray-Rosendale SUNY Press, 271 pages, $24.95 Laura Gray-Rosendale presents an analysis of the circumstances surrounding her rape as an undergraduate student. From the college girl she was before the...
by Site Owner | Oct 31, 2013 | Young Adult
Ridiculous But Fun By Tim Tharp Alfred A. Knopf, 283 pages, $16.99 Dylan Jones has a unique style and his own brand of swag (despite his unassuming name), but it takes a roller coaster adventure for him to find himself. When he discovers nice guy Hector...
by Site Owner | Oct 16, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Religion
An Inspiring and Simple Book Edited by Julie Schwietert Collazo & Lisa Rogak New World Library, 136 pages, $12.95 “To recognize, accept, and live with all ways of thinking and being does not imply the renunciation of one’s own...