By LK Gardner-Griffie on January 15, 2012
I loved this book. I tried to think of another way to start this review, but that is the overwhelming thing that comes to mind. Reading Molly Hacker Is Too Picky! is like getting together with an old friend you haven’t seen for a while and catching up on all that has happened in her life during the past year.
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Posted in Reviews of Other Books | Tagged Books, comedy, dating, friendship, Lisette Brodey, LK Gardner-Griffie, Molly Hacker, Molly Hacker Is Too Picky!, new york, review, romantic comedy, she-devil, snark, women's fiction |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on January 15, 2012
Somewhere during the tumultuous years we call being a teenager, I read a book called Voices that impacted me strongly at the time and stuck with me for many years. The concept of the book was the background and letters of teens who committed suicide, and was based on non-fiction cases.
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Posted in Reviews of Other Books | Tagged African refugee, Ashley Sanders, Australia, Books, Cancer, child prostitute, contemporary, demons, Facing Demons, fiction, gang member, LK Gardner-Griffie, rehabilitation, troubled teens, young adult |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on November 21, 2011
Epic Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance. I have been waiting for a chance to read The Fallen Queen for quite some time now. I’ve had the privilege of catching some snippets of the book while playing on Twitter, and the concept intrigued me, so I jumped at the chance to get my hands on an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of the book.
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Posted in Reviews of Other Books | Tagged Anastasia, Anazakia, Angels, demons, epic fantasy, Heaven, Heaven and Earth, Imperial Russia, Jane Kindred, LK Gardner-Griffie, Ophanium, Russia, Seraphim, supernal family, The Fallen Queen |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on September 18, 2011
Think back in time to when you were young and had lost your first tooth. The excitement of putting it under your pillow, knowing that the tooth fairy would come and retrieve it and leave you some money in its place. And hoping, against all hope, that somehow you’d know when the tooth fairy came, and might sneak a peek at her as she carried away your tooth.
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Posted in Reviews of Other Books | Tagged Candy, Candy King, Candy Wars, childrens fiction, LK Gardner-Griffie, R. G. Cordiner, teeth, Tooth Fairies, Tooth Fairy |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on September 1, 2011
Remember those humiliating moments during childhood and adolescence when making a public mistake? Or when someone outside the family has been subjected to the dorkiness that is your parents? If so, you’ll have an idea of what it’s like to be Darla McKendrick…
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Posted in Reviews of Other Books | Tagged book review, contemporary, family saga, fiction, Lisette Brodey, LK Gardner-Griffie, Squalor New Mexico, young adult |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on August 5, 2011
A book’s cover is its calling card and this cover is gorgeous. A lot of times I’ll read a book and go back and look at the cover and realize how the cover didn’t quite capture the story, or how there are bits of the cover which don’t quite fit with the tale inside. But in this case, I couldn’t imagine a more perfect showcase for The Devil’s Garden.
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Posted in Reviews of Other Books | Tagged adult, Carina Press, courtesan, fantasy, fiction, Jane Kindred, LK Gardner-Griffie, romance, The Devil's Garden |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on July 19, 2011
It’s not often I have the pleasure of reviewing a book prior to release, so I’m especially honored to have the opportunity to review Born To Be A Dragon the day before it launches.
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Posted in Reviews of Other Books | Tagged action, adventure, Born To Be A Dragon, dragons, Dragons Forever, Eisley Jacobs, fiction, foster child, friendship, juvenile fiction, middle grade |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on April 18, 2011
Who could resist a title like The Bear In A Muddy Tutu? Certainly not me. Then I glanced at a few sample pages and I was hooked. The beginning of the book was strongly evocative of Peter Hedge’s What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? with perhaps the characters of Gilbert and Arnie rolled into one.
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Posted in Reviews of Other Books | Tagged Bear In A Muddy Tutu, book review, circus, Cole Alpaugh, jersey shore, literary fiction, LK Gardner-Griffie, new jersey, Peter Hedges, What's Eating Gilbert Grape |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on January 30, 2011
Upon graduation from college, the road of life stretches in front of us. We have seemingly unlimited potential and just need to hop on the road and start moving forward. At that point in our lives, we see the possibilities, we have hope fueling our desires, but out of sight are the curves life will throw as well as the pitfalls we hope to avoid.
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Posted in Reviews of Other Books | Tagged BDA Books, Belinda D'Alessandro, book review, crime drama, criminal justice, fiction, justice, law, lawyer, LK Gardner-Griffie |