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Somedays you need to read fluff

February 4, 2014 by Beth Ellen Leave a Comment

Sometimes it

Chunk 4 of 4

January 31, 2014 by Travis_J_Smith 23 Comments

#40: The Grim Grotto by Lemony Snicket: 1 star. #41: The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket: 1 star. #42: The End by Lemony Snicket: 1 star. #43: Bachelor’s Anonymous by P.G. Wodehouse: 1 star. #44: A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L’Engle: 1 star. #45: The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle: 2 stars. #46: Dear Girls Above Me: Inspired by a True Story by Charlie McDowell: 4 stars. #47: Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things […]

Sharply, Darkly, Beautiful

January 29, 2014 by Sweetpsychosis 6 Comments

This magical, dark and complex book was also a gift. It came in a bag of books from a friend that I promised to take to the charity shop (I will at some point!) and it called to me from the bag like a jewel in the (Beast Quest and Goosebumps) rough. It is told from the viewpoint of fourteen-year-old Evie, who after four years is finally able to tell her adoptive parents about the shattered ribs she has kept secret. The story begins as […]

I’m glad I got SOMETHING out of that Eastern European Lit class…

January 29, 2014 by Siege Leave a Comment

In which Siege revisits the work of a college favorite and appreciates some poetry like a damn lit major.

Chunk 3 of 4

January 28, 2014 by Travis_J_Smith 6 Comments

#27: Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer: 1 star. #28: Ask the Passengers by A.S. King: 1 star. #29: Let it Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle: 2 stars. #30: Reality Boy by A.S. King: 1 star. #31: Shit My Dad Says by Justin Halpern: 3 stars. #32: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde: 1 star. #33: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins: 2 stars. #34: Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore: 2 stars. #35: A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle: 2 stars. #36: The Hostile Hospital […]

Are We All Defined by Our Inner 15-year-old?

January 27, 2014 by Jenny S 1 Comment

Meg Wolitzer’s novel spans many decades—telling the story of a group of friends who meet at an “arty” summer camp in upstate New York in the early seventies but whose lives remain entangled with each other’s into the new millennium. Most of the novel is told from the perspective of Jules Jacobson, who comes to the camp as Julie but after getting invited into a circle of already established friends, turns into Jules and embraces a life in the arts. The group consists of the […]

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