bj read and liked Stephanie Anne's review of A Certain Slant of Light:

"I first learned about this book in the "Have You Read?" section of Bookmarks magazine where readers send in a list of their favorite books. It so happens that there are two very different books of the same title and the reader that submitte...more I first learned about this book in the "Have You Read?" section of Bookmarks magazine where readers send in a list of their favorite books. It so happens that there are two very different books of the same title and the reader that submitted the recommendation accidentally read this one before reading the one she intended to. Both have been on my TBR shelf.

Anyway, I found the story wildly imaginative and captivating, the writing beautiful, and the love story interesting and romantic without being sickeningly sweet.

I go into some plot details, but no real spoilers. If you like to be completely surprised in a book, stop here. ;)

A young woman, who is "Light" (a ghost basically), is in limbo for some reason (unknown) and is forced to haunt different people who are still "Quick" (alive). One day, while haunting her current host - an English teacher named Mr. Brown - she discovers that one of his students can see her. This is where the story really takes off, because she finds out that the spirit of a 27 yr old man is inhabiting a student's body because his soul left. He convinces Helen, the main character, to find a body to inhabit so they can be together (not weird because they were both the same age when they died). Their story unfolds, they begin remembering their original lives, etc. This was a real surprise and a great page-turner. (less) "

bj read and liked Shanna's review of Living Dead Girl:

"My emotions about this book are extremely mixed. I think it was a good book but i would never read it again or recommend it to anybody. However if i were to recommend it it would be to an older audience like 18+. I think it is very scaring. It has al...more My emotions about this book are extremely mixed. I think it was a good book but i would never read it again or recommend it to anybody. However if i were to recommend it it would be to an older audience like 18+. I think it is very scaring. It has also made me super paranoid. My friend has a three year old daughter and when we are in public i will not take my eyes off of her. This book was extremely disturbing and part of me wishes i hadn't read it. Ultimately i'm not sure how to rate it. on personal preference it would be a one, but for the writing and if someone like intense stuff i think it could be a 4.(less) "