Richenda Gould

Graylight

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By Naomi Nowak NBM/Comicslit The field of comics, also sometimes known as graphic novels, is

All Around Wide Pre-Tied Headband (product review)

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I have very thick hair. I don’t bother with most barrettes or clasps; they just

Joy Pendant (product review)

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I fell in love with the Joy Pendant the moment I saw it. The sweeping,

Remarkable Creatures (book review)

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By Tracy Chevalier Read: January ’10 Rating: Illuminating For the Feminist Review I’m a huge

Chosen by Desire (book review)

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By Kate Perry Forever Kate Perry is a pretty kickass chick. Her childhood dream was

Louder Than Words: Marni

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Marni Bates comes from a dysfunctional home. Her parents are estranged long before they divorced, and her sister is her rival. Young Marni wants to be loved, so she plays into the manipulative games her father contrives. The shocking realization that her father sees her as a tool, rather than a daughter to love, is the first of many sledgehammers to Marni’s self-esteem

Racing the Dark (book review)

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Racing the Dark is unique among fantasy books. The world draws upon Pacific Island and East Asian cultures to create a rich blend very different from fantasy canon—an island nation with an animist religion centering on sacrifice and binding. Though a young adult novel, Johnson is unafraid to tackle harsh topics, and readers will love her for it

Mating Ritual of the North American WASP

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Peggy and Luke meet in Vegas where inhibitions go to die. Aunt Abigail, clearly having her priorities straight, says she will allow Luke to sell the house if he and Peggy remain married for one year. Needing her share of the house’s selling price, Peggy starts leading a double life. During the week she lives and works in the city and on weekends she rents a car, drives to Connecticut, and pretends to be the happily married wife of a genuine, full-blooded

The Hebrew Tutor of Bel-Air

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The majority of the book focuses on Norman alone. He is seventeen, and turning into quite the Hebrew scholar, yet he doesn’t feel a strong spiritual connection with his studies. His student is impossible—she wants nothing to do with this Bat Mitzvah stuff. Rather than fight her, Norman sits back passively and lets Bayla waste their time. He observes the goings-on at Bayla’s, contrasts their rich lifestyle with his family’s poverty, and feels shame. Still, he does very little