Relish : My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley Pages : 192 Genre : Graphic novel, Memoir, Food Stand alone My Rating : 5/5 From the Back of the Book : Lucy Knisley loves food. The daughter of a chef and a gourmet, this talented young cartoonist comes by her obsession honestly. In her forthright, thoughtful, and funny memoir, Lucy traces key episodes in her life thus far, framed by what she was eating at the time and lessons learned...

The Uninvited by Liz Jensen Pages : 320 Genre : Speculative Fiction Stand Alone My Rating : 5/5 From the back of the book :  A seven-year-old girl puts a nail gun to her grandmother’s neck and fires. An isolated incident, say the experts. The experts are wrong. Across the world, children are killing their families. Is violence contagious? As chilling murders by children grip the country, anthropologist Hesketh Lock has his own...

The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson Pages : 572 Genre : Fantasy Series : Mistborn, book 3 My Rating : 5/5 My thoughts : I feel there is very little I could say to explain how much I loved that book – the whole series, in fact. I am not sure I can translate all these feelings in words, but I am willing to at least give it a try. I came from The Well of Ascension with a lot of expectations. It had been, if possible, even better than...

The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson Pages : 796 Genre : Fantasy Series : Mistborn, book 2 My Rating : 5/5 My thoughts : Reading the second book in the Mistborn series was long overdue; I had read the first one over two years ago, and even though I absolutely loved it, I kept pushing the moment I would read The Well of Ascension. I finally did, and oh my, it was purely AWESOME! I used to read a lot of fantasy as a teenager/young...

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor Pages : 418 Genre : YA, Fantasy Series : Daughter of Smoke and Bone, book 1 My Rating :  From the book :  Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil’s supply of human teeth grown dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to...

An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin Pages : 292 Genre : Fiction, Art Stand Alone My Rating : What it’s about : An ambitious young woman, Lacey is ready to take the New York art market by storm. With both wits and looks on her side, Lacey has no problem making her way up the social ladder while building herself a career. But her ascension is not without risks and difficult decisions, and her actions are not without consequences –...

Ponies by Kij Johnson Genre : Fantasy, Horror Short Story My Rating : Where to read it? On Tor’s website : http://www.tor.com/stories/2010/11/ponies What it’s about : Ponies. My Thoughts : This will be a really short review: in fact, if I’m writing this, it’s only because I wanted to share this awesome short story with you all. I’m hoping the “fantasy” and “horror” tags won’t stand...

Retro Friday is a weekly meme hosted at Angieville and focuses on reviewing books from the past. This can be an old favorite, an under-the-radar book you think deserves more attention, something woefully out of print, etc. Everyone is welcome to join in at any time! * * * Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey Pages : 341 Genre : Dystopia, Sci-Fi, GLBT Series : Santa Olivia, Book 1 My Rating :  From Goodreads : Loup Garron was born and raised in...