Fond of Fonts

A good series always ends with a dynamic prequel!      Let's flash backwards to Suzanne Collins' world of Panem, where President Snow is merely eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow making his way through his senior year in the Capitol's prestigious high school. He's preparing to become one of the 24 first student mentors in the Tenth Annual Hunger Games. Readers see a historic version of Panem, decades before Katniss Everdeen was even a blimp on the country's radar of civilization. Irony is alive and well in this prequel, however, as Snow's tribute as an unlikely female located in none other than... District 12!      Snow is fascinated by Lucy Gray, a witty-unconventional young woman who claims to not actually be from District 12 originally, but apart of a small traveling music group known as the Covey. The entire novel has short but meaningful instances featuring songs and music. Melodies shared among characters, all familiar as they are referenc...

I have never wanted to recommend an author more than I do Lisa Jewell. Once again, her suspense novel has taken me for a tailspin. The Girls in the Garden   centers around a thirteen-year-old girl who is found in a community park, half-exposed and passed out. She's discovered by her little sister and the entire community of neighbors are surged forward into a chaotic whirlwind of who-dunnit scenarios. However, a majority of the book is spent in the BEFORE stages of the young girl, Grace's, unfortunate circumstance. Centered around her, her little sister, Pip, and their mother, Clare, the three women move into the cliquey neighborhood, Virginia Crescent. Everyone knows everyone, pasts intertwine and the present is impacted by what once was. Loyalties have been established and trust is a hard characteristic to gain among these people. The three ladies have a hard time fitting in at first, but seem to mingle their way among the sets of parents and children, finding a peaceful...