The Looking Glass Wars (Looking Glass Wars #1)

I’m currently harboring a more-than-is-probably-healthy literary crush on Neil Gaiman, but even I have to admit the man/hero/legend has one serious flaw: he’s not (yet) capable of writing an infinite number of books in an instant. Which means I’m often stuck deciding between reading American Gods for the seventeenth time or (gasp) finding another book to read. […]

Despite passing on their deep love for Disney, my parents weren’t big on the idea of princesses. I didn’t have dolls, my walls weren’t pink, and I didn’t have a crown I insisted on wearing in public. By the time I reached adulthood, I typically saw princess characters as being silly and vapid, and couldn’t […]

We all know the story: a little girl follows a rabbit down a hole and ends up in a magical world. As a kid, I was always kind of scared of Alice in Wonderland. I was as logical a five-year old as it was possible to be, and the idea of a world where logic […]

Let’s face facts: life is just a string of moments between Harry Potter rereadings. Ever since J.K. Rowling put her magical quill to parchment and penned the series that changed us forever, we’ve all been doomed to a life of answering every “What’s your favorite book?” query with a fervent and slightly suspicious “You mean… besides Harry Potter, […]