Ugh. I hate being disappointed in books. This one almost totally missed the mark for me. It was aggressively okay, and the coolest bits I’ve seen done better elsewhere. I knew going in this might be an off book for me, but if anything I anticipated it being more like the last book was: a fun sci-fi romance romp about starcrossed lovers in an alien environment. Well, actually, turns out that was exactly what I got, because everything about this book is echoed from the […]
Holy Crap Guys, These are Great!
I received Red Rising from Scootsa1000 (THANKS!!!) and ordered the sequel, Golden Son before I was even finished the first book. These books are bloodydamn great and you should buy them both immediately. I don’t have the words to do them justice and I’m afraid my fumbling attempt might mistakenly convince you that, “Eh, it sounds like other YA dystopian books, been there done that. No thanks.” This would be a mistake. Red Rising is the story of Darrow, who is a miner deep in […]
Sometimes you just have to get away. But then you can’t ever escape. (another choice tagline)
Sorry folks. I really should stop reading these books. But this one was available at the library. I was helpless. And I can’t promise that I won’t be going back to the library for more; apparently there’s a five-book vampire series that came out this century, so I kind of feel obligated to check it out. But back to this one, brought to you by the year 1986. Same basic premise as Slumber Party – a bunch of friends are getting together for a weekend […]
Cry All the Tears
I first decided to read this because of the comparisons to John Green and Rainbow Rowell. I almost didn’t read it because I was a little bit afraid. I read how the story made reviewers cry and I got nervous…but I am very glad I decided to read it. It’s a really sweet story about two teenagers who meet at their school’s bell tower. They eventually form a friendship as they visit all these sites in Indiana (Which are actually mostly real sites, something I […]
It’s the Perfect Weekend … for murder (that’s seriously the tagline on this book)
So I think I’ve decided that thrillers set before cell phones and Internet research work well. It’s a lot easier to accept that someone going missing might just be them out on a walk if they can’t be reached by text message. As this book was written in 1986, it makes sense that when, say, one member of the group disappears, it’s totally reasonable that she’s just gone somewhere else. Or when someone seems suspicious, it makes sense to just feel things out, because you […]
The Impossible, Interesting YA Novel
In 2014, Laurie Halse Anderson’s The Impossible Knife of Memory was nominated for a lot of awards. After finishing it this morning, I can totally see why. Hayley Rose Kincain is a teenager in upstate New York. She and her father have lived a nomadic existence for several years, until he insists they settle down so she can finish school. They move into his mother’s old home, and she enrolls in a local high school. There, she meets self-described Casanova Finnegan Ramos, and there, her […]
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