I just really, really enjoyed this book. I enjoyed the positive upbeat attitude of the author, I enjoyed how youthful she sounded while remaining put together and intelligent, I enjoyed the many, many exclamation points, and I absolutely love that that this book is available for tweens and teens to read to help understand other people in their community better. “Change happens through understanding, and one of my biggest hopes is that our next generation of kids will grow up in a world with more compassion.” […]
“The sun, stars, ocean, trees, everything, I gave it all up for you.”
I feel like this book might be kind of polarizing, with its alternating viewpoints/timelines and its quirky quirkiness. But overall, it worked pretty well for me — especially the parts told by Noah. So, at 13, twins Jude and Noah are still amazingly close, despite navigating a turbulent family life. They’re both artists (he draws, she sculpts) and plan to attend the same art school. But then something (or a bunch of somethings) happens, and 3 years later they barely speak. The plot at 13 […]
Do You Think There’s Such a Thing as a Perfect Day?
So, here I am, more than a month after finishing this novel, trying to write a review. Sigh. First of all, I enjoyed reading this YA outing, as much as you can enjoy a novel where one of the main characters is bipolar but doesn’t seem to fully understand what that means. It’s the story of two very different teenagers, trying to survive high school but for very different reasons. Finch is the classic loner, obsessed with death, smart but unable to fully follow the […]
“Year ten of Watson v. West starts now.”
In short, we were the smart kid school, Xavier’s School for the Gifted Youngsters minus the mutant abilities- unless you counted the polyglots and concert violinists as mutants, which wouldn’t be entirely unfair. The Only Thing Worse Than Me is You is a very cute, somewhat predictable pieces of YA chock full of geeky references and snark. Trixie Watson and her friends attend a high school for gifted students where school ranks are flaunted and no one has had eight hours of sleep since Kindergarten. Trixie’s senior […]
City of Meh
A city called Ember has survived, as the citizens believe, as the only human civilization left after a catastrophe no one can remember. Things aren’t going well though because the lights won’t stay on, supplies are running low, and growing political unrest. The city doesn’t produce anything other than vegetables in green houses, so any building materials have to be recycled. Even things such as paper and coloring items (e.g. paints, crayons, colored pencils, etc.) have become luxury items. Lina and Doon are 12 and […]
“I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse.”
So this book is probably skewed towards middle schoolers more than the typical teenagers I think of when I think of YA. But I also think it should be required reading for just about anyone. It’s a wonderful story and could teach just about anyone how to respect other people a little bit better. “Kinder than is necessary. Because it’s not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than needed.” Auggie Pullman is about to start 5th grade at a brand new school, and […]
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