It’s not necessarily a bad thing. I’m at least reading relatively high quality YA. And the next book up is different, so I’m getting out of that rut. But it’s important to recognize when you’re in one. Anyway. Hey this one is being made into a movie! Starring that really feminist badass who is always saying awesome things on TV and Twitter and in articles! And it has Gwendolyn Christie! I know a lot of folks thought Divergent and The Fifth Wave spelled the end of the dystopian […]
I’ll probably gift this to my aunt
I come from a book family. I think everybody gives everybody at least one book for Christmas so it’s always fun to figure out who to give what. My father and I have very similar tastes, so that’s easy, and I’ve more or less got my mom nailed down. With my aunt, though, I always end up giving something bland and inoffensive because I really just don’t know her well enough to branch out. Before We Were Yours fits the bill nicely. The poorly kerned text […]
Is it just me or are these really good
Normally book 2 is where a series starts to lose its way, but not only is The Ask and the Answer as good as The Knife of Never Letting Go (oh god please better titles), it is so so much better. If the first book looks at altered history in isolated communities, this one is almost a psychological study in what humanity is capable of in the name of keeping your head down. This book, moreso than the first one, is what has me recommend the series […]
YA but, like, fascinating
The review title is mostly in jest – if you’ve read my previous reviews, you know I love me some YA . In this case I’ve done myself a disservice because I’m reviewing it late and I’m most of the way through the second novel and they’re starting to blur together. I’m going to try to stick to The Knife of Never Letting Go (ugh, awful title). We start in a small village in a New World. Our narrator, Todd, is nearly 13 and his village […]
An excellent book club book
I can totally buy Reese Witherspoon reading, liking, and recommending this book. It’s a mental image I have no problem with. And a book I have no problem with. I feel like it’s a book you’re about to see everywhere. Admittedly, I’m a bit of a prude and never directly search for the title – I search for the author, or Reese Witherspoon Book Club, or something of the sort. But that’s me. Anyway, a friend saw this on the RWBC list and suggested it […]
Remove head from sphincter, then write.
I almost wish I actually hated this book because then I could summon enough vitriol to fill a full 250-word review. As it stands, all I really got is ” … meh”. I kind of wish I’d done CBR last year just so y’all could have been treated to my screed on My Absolute Darling but nope, you guys are stuck with this much masquerading as a philosophical journey. It’s a writer writing about a writer writing about a writer. She’s so far up her own […]
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