In fact, high school is where we are first introduced to the basic existential question of life: How is it possible to exist in a place that sucks so bad? I downloaded Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl from the library a few weeks ago. It’s the “other book” about kids with cancer and hasn’t been discussed with quite as much fervor or passion as The Book. Confession time: I still haven’t read The Fault in our Stars. I love you, John Greene, but I […]
How to achieve “closure” with great “finesse”
I downloaded Mockingbird from the library the other day, not really realizing that it was a YA book – actually it’s a middle grade book – until I was in to it, and by then, I was in to it, and couldn’t put it down. In fact, I finished it within a couple of days, even sneaking in a few minutes here and there at work. It grabbed me from the first page and didn’t let go. It also broke my heart. Ten year old […]
The Last Time I Encountered Something Centred on a Male ‘Witch’ It was “The Covenant”: This is Much Better
Half Bad. Half Wild. Half Lost. It sets itself up to follow the usual young adult series storyline, yet there was something really intriguing about this series to me, and I absolutely devoured all three of the books as fast as possible. It might be that I’ve never really experienced the mythology of witches presented quite in the way this book does, which made it interesting to me. There is also such a survival instinct present in these books, and a connection to nature that […]
Whoops I Summoned A Lightning Bolt and Now Everyone’s Freaking Out
Rating: 4/5 Summary: This story is about a mage who is prophesied to save the Realm. Out of all the elemental mages, only she can summon lightning, which makes her dangerous and extremely powerful. Atlantis, the evil corporation-like entity that controls the crown, wants Iolanthe and her power for themselves. However, Prince Titus, the Master of the Domain, has his own plans for Iolanthe. Namely saving her from Atlantis and hoping she’ll help him destroy Atlantis and all it stands for. Neither of them expects […]
Money isn’t Everything or Is it?
Rating: 3.5/5 Summary: Caymen is a poor girl, who is doing her best to support her mother’s failing business and get herself into a decent college. When Xander Spence walks into her mother’s shop, there is an immediate connection between the two of them. They’re only friends, but the attraction is obvious. Caymen struggles with accepting the fact that Xander has money and she hides her friendship with Xander from her mother. In addition, not only are mysterious calls for her mother coming in, but […]
Where’s that Dead King Buried?
Rating: 4.5/5 Summary: Blue Sargent is the only non-psychic in a house of psychics. However, she has the ability to amplify her families’ abilities. Blue despises the boys who go to Aglionby, the male-only private school in the small town of Henrietta, Virginia. Her prejudice holds true until she meets a unique group of four boys, whom she comes to call The Raven Boys. Raven boys in tow, Blue becomes involved in the search for the long lost Welsh King Glendower and to wake […]
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