Kitty Tylney and Cat Howard are best friends. Kitty thinks of herself as Cat’s shadow in a time when women were always the shadow of either their parents or their husbands. But Cat is ambitious and cunning, and Kitty follows Cat, no matter how much she disagrees with her schemes. But when Cat seduces King…
Author: Ikhlas
Recipe: Marble Cookie Bars
When I was a kid, my mom left me at one of her friend’s house after school, a lovely British lady who lived in the apartment building opposite mine. Her daughter was a year younger than me, and we became the best of friends from these afternoons of playing Barbies and watching Disney movies together….
Recipe: Reese Chunk Cookies
So, you guys might’ve noticed that my posts have gotten a bit sporadic, and I’m sorry about that. Things have been kind of crazy lately, for no reason whatsoever, and I’ve found myself getting lazy about posting. Oops… I’ve been busy applying to grad programs, and that’s been taking up a whole chunk of my…
Review: Seraphina
It’s been exactly 40 years since the treaty between dragons and humans was signed in Goredd. Despite the banner of peace, the relationship between dragons and humans isn’t perfect. Half-dragon, half-human, Seraphina tries to maintain her secret in a land where being mixed is not only illegal, but extremely taboo. As she joins court as a…
Compilation: Favourite Middle Grade Books
After working in Chapters.Indigo for 2 weeks now, I’ve spent a lot of time in the teens/kids’ section, and more specifically, the middle grade section. As I work on scanning middle grade chapter books and series, I’m excited by some of the titles I go through, which all sound very exciting and full of great…