The Dark Rose is Fantastically Freaky

I know Erin Kelly can write a good thriller; she already did with 2011’s Poison Tree—a book that was sometimes so dark, I had to put it down and watch something silly like The Golden Girls for an hour. Not that I’m complaining. If there’s one thing you know about me, it’s that I love [...]

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An H and Five Ws with Dark Rose Author Erin Kelly

Erin Kelly is the acclaimed British author of The Poison Tree. She’s so awesome Stephen King gave her an endorsement. How cool is that? I loved her first book, so I knew I had to read The Dark Rose when it hit American soil. Well, I read it, but you have to wait for the [...]

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I Finally Finished Atlas Shrugged

A 1200-page book (small print, hardcover) is a challenge, especially when it’s a book like Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. But everyone kept telling me to read it—you have to read it, Sara—so Santa brought it for Christmas. Santa: I’m not entirely thankful. Atlas Shrugged is Rand’s fourth and final novel. She considers it her magnum [...]

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Yoga Bitch is Awesome (even the part about pee)

I count myself lucky to have randomly stumbled upon Suzanne Morrison’s book trailer for Yoga Bitch: One Woman’s Quest to Conquer Skepticism, Cynicism, and Cigarettes on the Path to Enlightenment. I connected with her. I, too, am a yoga freak, writer, and past lover of cigarettes. Therefore, I just had to read her book … [...]

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An H and Five Ws with Yoga Bitch Author Suzanne Morrison

I randomly heard about Suzanne Morrison via an email from a writers’ group buddy. Suzanne’s new book trailer was featured on “Funny or Die.” As soon as I saw the trailer for Yoga Bitch, I decided Suzanne was FUNNY and that I had to read her book. Being the yoga enthusiast and writer that I [...]

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Fahrenheit 451: A Horror Story

Over the course of my twenty-nine years, it’s safe to say I’ve read Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 at least half a dozen times. The last time I read it was about four years ago, but in homage to Banned Books Week 2011, I decided to give it another look. I’ve now decided that I will [...]

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Read a Banned Book Today

Banned Books Week is September 24th through October 1st this year. Every year I make note of this, because to me, censorship is one of the world’s major evils—especially in regards to literature. During the last week of September every year, libraries and bookstores around the US draw attention to the problem of censorship by [...]

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Read This Before You’re Dead

My father is on this reading kick right now. He’s trying to read literature that’s considered “classic.” He called me yesterday after finishing Catcher in the Rye and asked, “Sara, why is this book considered a classic?” I was embarrassed to admit I didn’t remember why. I remember the book, of course. I remember Holden [...]

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Felix Palma’s Mind-Blowing Map of Time

I’m not happy to admit the rest of the world is kicking our ass in literature. Of my current four favorite authors, THREE of them are from overseas: Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Angel’s Game) is Spanish, Erin Kelly (The Poison Tree) is English, Felix Palma (Map of Time) is Spanish, and thank goodness, Ransom Riggs (Miss [...]

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Snooki Has a Second Book Deal. What the …?

I am highly disillusioned today, and it’s not only because Phoenix has 31% humidity. Nay, I am disillusioned because the over-baked Jersey Shore dumb-ass we call “Snooki” has now signed her second book deal, and I can’t stop dry-heaving. I’m sorry; do I sound angry? Well, that’s because I AM ANGRY. I’m like the hulk [...]

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