Today @KirkusReviews...

...I talk about Cori McCarthy's The Color of Rain, a book that is likely to be quite controversial in certain circles:

My boss caught me sneaking in a chapter of Cori McCarthy’s The Color of Rain when I was supposed to be, you know, LIBRARIANING, and was understandably curious about what had me so riveted. I took a deep breath, prepared to launch into a detailed description of the book, realized that she would probably appreciate brevity (you know, considering the whole reading-on-the-job thing), and ended up just blurting out, “SPACE PROSTITUTE.”

Oh! And last week, I wrote about Stewart Lewis' The Secret Ingredient. Or, well, it was so bland that I ended up writing about OTHER foodie-type books. Like:

Bittersweet, by Sarah Ockler: A figure skater trains her high school hockey team! It’s like The Cutting Edge, but you know, GOOD. AND WITH CUPCAKES!