bandherbooks's Reviews (3.65k)

Teen heart-throb actor Graham and small-town Maine girl Ellie "meet" and correspond for months via email after Graham mistyped the email of his pet pig baby-sitter. Dying to meet the mysterious "e," Graham convinces his current movie director to film in Ellie's town. It's love at first true meeting, but will a secret from Ellie's past keep them apart?

This was a cute and summery romance, good for the beach and fans of love at first sight. For me, this was a bit boring because the two mains have already fallen for each other when we meet them. The the only real drama is the will they or won't they make it due to Graham's stardom and Ellie's secret which she refuses to share with him.

Tiny Cooper is my hero, and Tiny's friendship with his classmate Will Grayson is touching, hilarious, and real. They are jealous, they bicker, but they always have each others back.

The "other" Will Grayson was a real piece of work, and I'm glad that Tiny Cooper was able to shine some light into his world. I was scared for "other" Will Grayson and really worried throughout that he may cause himself or others harm. While difficult to read, I think it is an important view into the mind of a troubled youth.

A must read, and definiteley a great collaboration between these authors.

Clearly researched, superbly written. I recommend this to all parents or anyone thinking of becoming a parent. Full review to come.

Aptly titled, this was a great volume of Sandman! I enjoyed this volume better than the first as I felt a clearer theme and knew the characters better. I'm intrigued to learn more about Dream's extended family. What a darn, dirty bastard that Desire is!

After a raging bender, Iggy Parrish wakes up with horns growing out of his head. Thinking he has finally lost his mind after the brutal rape and murder of his girlfriend Merrin Williams, Iggy soon finds out that his horns have a strange power over people. Will he finally be able to clear his name and find Merrin's real murderer?

This story started out super promising for me, but began to drag when the narrative became muddled due to many changes in time and POV. While I thoroughly enjoyed the writing and the audiobook narrator was excellent, I never really got the sense there was a meaning to all of it. Iggy got horns, yes **SPOILER ALERT** he got his revenge after several mishaps and I think he had a somewhat happy ending. I don't know, I was just a bit underwhelmed and found my attention wandering after one too many descriptions of violent acts. There was also a bit too many "leap of faith" moments were I wasn't really able to fully suspend my disbelief. I MUCH preferred N0S4A2.

Four friends from a small town in Wisconsin recount their memories, loves, and troubles as they come in and out of each others lives.

Beautifully written and overwhelmingly nostalgic, Butler definitely has Wisconsin in his blood and doesn't make a mockery or cliche out his small town characters. Leland, Ronnie, Henry, and Kip are all so flawed but good at heart. Ronnie, sweet Ronnie, was my favorite. My only quibble was that I didn't truly understand the draw of Beth. I wish a bit more time would have been spent developing her character, despite the couple of chapters from her POV. As magical as Beths are (ahem), I wasn't quite sold on hers.

Follow the adventures of Superhero Girl, a small-town Canadian hero with a thrift-store cape, lack of corporate sponsorship, and serious money problems. What's a girl to do when she doesn't even have an arch-nemesis besides the snarky know-it-all comic book guy who judges her very super hero-ness. Jerk.

Awesome set of sequential comic strips, adorable and bright illustrations, and snappy dialog. Superhero Girl is my kinda of gal. I would wear everyone of her outfits.

All I can really do is continue to sing the praises of Saga. A wonderful and diverse cast of characters, beautiful and engrossing illustrations, and writing that makes you laugh and cry. I can't wait to watch Baby Hazel continue to grow up.