A room without books is like a body without a soul
And this review is not meant to scare you away from doing the rewarding work of psycho-spiritual development. Nor is it meant to entice novices into depth psychology work. This book review is here to engage someone that has heard of Bill Plotkin, the North, South, East, West facets of the self. Perhaps you’ve even … Read more
Being a mom is hard work. It takes grit, guts and overall bad-assery. In honor of Mother’s Day, our editors have put together a list of inspiring, entertaining, humorous and emboldened books for the bad-ass moms in your life. From heart-warming memoirs about women changing the world, to inspirational how-tos for moms just trying to … Read more
Hooked To Books is pleased to invite you to read the five most inspirational essays in our 2017 Scholarship Program, among nearly 800 submissions this year. The essays, excellent in writing styles and rich in content, show us not only the power of books, but also the power of the readers. Read and see how books change lives – the readers’, and many others’.
Warning: Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider will break your heart. Guaranteed. The moment it broke mine was when I decided this book went from good to excellent.
Anna and the French Kiss is a phenomenal debut YA novel from Stephanie Perkins. It walks the line between hilarious and emotive, hysterical and hard hitting. If you’re looking for a story that grabs at your heart and holds it with incredible characters, a beautiful setting and many a near miss, you’ll find a home in this story. After many a Tumblr recommendation of this novel, I picked it up in Waterstones and set myself down to read.
The hairs on the back of Jackie’s neck started to tingle. She held her composure, feeling the eyes of everyone in the group on her. The limelight was her home. Today, however, she wanted nothing more than to crawl into a hole. She wouldn’t let her composure crack, not like Cece. Cece was dramatic on a typical day.
Tremontaine introducers readers to a world where ambition, love affairs, and rivalries dance with deadly results. In this serial, Ellen Kushner and a team of writers return readers to the world of scandal and swordplay introduced in her cult-classic novel Swordspoint.
In one moment the lives of twenty-three teenagers are forever changed, and it’s not just because they all happen to die. “ReMade” in a world they barely recognize – one with robots, space elevators, and unchecked jungle – they must work together to survive.
