Catch me reading one of these books and most likely I will be cringing and wincing. The best books inspire curiosity, these books will give you more information that you would ever want to know about a topic. But, like a car crash, you can't look away. You will be hooked!
Did you ever wonder what the difference is between baking soda and baking powder, why there are so many different kinds of flour, and what is Dutch cocoa? If so, you are just the type of advanced cook for whom this book is intended. It is full of the culinary science involved in various cooking methods and ingredients, which the author explains plainly and un
The first in a series by Danish author Adler-Olsen, the The Keeper of Lost Causes introduces us to Detective Carl Mørck, assigned to head up a newly created Department Q. Carl is back at work, recovering from a gunshot wound and career-induced apathy.
Croak is a coming-of-age, teen identity, death-is-my-life book. Lex is 16 and headed for expulsion from school. Her parents are trying to understand and help her, but Lex has become an unmitigated brat and terror.
A modern-day fairy tale with some teen drama and angst thrown in! A 15-year-old girl brings a storybook character to life as she struggles with her own real-life issues. My 12-year-old daughter and I both really enjoyed this book! It would make a great mother/daughter read.
Duncan returns to his senior year at the Irving boarding school haunted by the unnamed disaster that he was involved in last year. He’s also nervous about the defining (and exhausting) senior project called “The Tragedy Paper,” and excited for his private room. As it turns out, his private room was last occupied by Tim MacBeth—a former student who was
As a librarian I try to be widely read, sampling a little from column A, a little from column B. But like many readers, I have a literary home, a place that I come back to when I need support, or rest, or inspiration. And that place has always been books about kick-ass girls. It started when I was about ten years old and discovered Alanna, Tamora Pierce's cross-dressing heroine. Alanna, the daughter of landed gentry, is relegated to learning sorcery after being told that girls cannot become knights.
Thirteen Reasons Why
