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Writing a review for Emma Donoghue’s Room is a tricky thing since I wholeheartedly want you to read it but the less you know about the plot, the better. It’s told from the point of …

This review of Suzanne Collins’s final book in the Hunger Games trilogy was written by contributing writer Aline Dolinh, 12, who’s been reading since she was 3 and writing short stories since she was 7. …

I was getting impatient sitting around waiting for Robert Crais’s next book, The Sentry. Yeah, I know it’s coming out January 11 but that’s five lousy months.
So I decided to take matters into my own …

Last year, I did this fun meme in which I described myself by completing sentences using only titles of books I read in 2009. It was based on something I’d seen at Reactions to Reading. …

I was in the car today listening to the “Top 5 at 5″ feature on a local radio station. Listeners send in lists of five songs they want to hear and the DJ picks one …

This year’s summer flicks have been so underwhelming, I can’t help fast forwarding to fall movies. Saw a few trailers in the past week that have me pretty excited. Any of these look good to …