Turning the Hourglass

Title: Turning the Hourglass

Author: M.J. Keeley
Publisher: Black Rose
ISBN: n/a

Thoughts:  Had a few interesting moments, but mostly dry and confusing.

Rating: 2/5

Alien Superstar

Title: Alien Superstar

Author: Henry Winkler & Lin Oliver
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9781419733697

Thoughts:  Fun book for MG readers, but the story really took a while to coalesce.

Rating: 3/5

Stacking the Shelves: 2/23-4/4

LibraryThing Early Review:

Simon Grave and the Drone of the Basque Orvilles by Len Boswell

The Rite of Abnegation by Mackenzie Flohr

The Chelsea Girls

Title: The Chelsea Girls

Author: Fiona Davis
Publisher: Ballantine
ISBN: n/a

Thoughts:  Davis is an amazing historical fiction writer, but this is missing the juxtaposition between past and closer present that is in her other novels.

Rating: 4/5

Motherland

Title: Motherland: A Memoir of Love, Loathing, and Longing

Author: Elissa Altman
Publisher: Ballantine
ISBN: 9780399181580

Thoughts:  No-holds-barred memoir about learning to love a difficult mother.

Rating: 3/5

How It Feels to Float

Title: How It Feels to Float

Author: Helena Fox
Publisher: Dial
ISBN: 9780525554295

Thoughts:  Very poetic novel about an Australian teen coping (or not) with mental illness.

Rating: 3/5

Friendship

Title: Friendship: The Evolution, Biology and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond

Author: Lydia Denworth
Publisher: W.W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393651546

Thoughts:  Very dry almost-medical text about the biology and science behind friendship.

Rating: 1/5