Marian Keyes has the most uncanny ability to turn truly upsetting situations into laugh-out-loud, feel-good stories. Those Irish folks, eh? The Brightest Star in the Sky follows several people who live in the same apartment building — or “flat”, as they say — in Dublin. Matt and Maeve are a slightly frumpy, happily married couple; Katie is a 40-year-old PR … More The Brightest Star in the Sky

After reading something as heavy as Wild, I was really looking forward to some light and fluffy teenage romance goodness from Sarah Dessen. I didn’t do my usual back-cover due diligence, though, because Dreamland was the darkest novel I’ve ever read by my favorite teen writer. Caitlin O’Koren’s 18-year-old sister and shining star of the … More Dreamland

It was so relentlessly awful that my mother had been taken from me. I couldn’t even hate her properly. I didn’t get to grow up and pull away from her and bitch about her with my friends and confront her about the things I wished she’d done differently and then get older and understand that … More Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

The fifth book in the Heroes of Olympus series, also the last book in the Percy Jackson saga, was released last week. I was super-excited to find out how it would all come to an end, but I am now filled with a great sadness at the thought of never again reading about young Percy and his mythological … More Heroes of Olympus