Turning 16 is a big, meaningful birthday – it’s supposed to be one of those landmark, milestone birthdays that everyone remembers. Girls get a little bit more mileage out of it, what with the whole sweet sixteen thing, but even for guys, turning 16 tends to mean a certain amount of freedom – there’s the whole license thing, just for a start. Mine wasn’t like that, for various reasons, but I remember the hype. In the book, Sixteen; Stories About That Sweet and Bitter Birthday, […]
A Young Adult book that shows you may have to work for the Happily Ever After
Isla has been in love with Josh since their first year together at the American boarding school in Paris, but he’s been unattainable for most of her time there. Instead she’s been pining for him from a distance, hanging out with her platonic BFF Kurt (who has Aspergers’ Syndrome). Now in their final year together, it looks as if all of Isla’s dreams are coming true. Josh not only notices her, he wants to be her boyfriend! True love’s path doesn’t exactly run smoothly though, […]
Costumes and figure skating and inventions and infatuation
Synopsis from Goodreads because I read this way too long ago: Budding designer Lola Nolan doesn’t believe in fashion … she believes in costume. The more expressive the outfit – more sparkly, more fun, more wild – the better. But even though Lola’s style is outrageous, she’s a devoted daughter and friend with some big plans for the future. And everything is pretty perfect (right down to her hot rocker boyfriend) until the dreaded Bell twins, Calliope and Cricket, return to the neighbourhood. When Cricket […]
“Sometimes I think you willed me into existence. Took a look around and thought I don’t want to this on my own. I need backup.”
From the very first page of We Are the Goldens, – when 15 year-old Nell starts describing her interconnectedness to her sister Layla, and talks about that peculiar, WRONG feeling that happens when you and your sister are mad at each other, I knew this book and I were going to get along. And we did, except that, also from that very first page, also from that very first description of something being ‘off’, the author manages to impart that same sense of discomfort and […]
So awesome, so awesome
So this was an intriguing one. The two biggest YA superstars collaborate on a book, each writing alternate chapters, about two high school boys both named Will Grayson. John Green takes the straight Will, best friend to the biggest, gayest teen (ironically nicknamed Tiny, of course) while Levithan gives us the gay will, who is too cool to use capital letters at any point ever, but otherwise leads a tortured existence, prone to black moods and on medication to stabilise his moods. A freak turn […]
The Hunger Games: Now with Scary Metal Knife-wielding Bulls (No, Really)
So. I’ve heard all kinds of things about The Maze Runner, but until I realized there was a movie coming out, I didn’t feel an urge to read it necessarily. And then I saw the trailer, which left me a bit intrigued. And then I read the book very quickly. I have no idea how or where to start, because I have a lot of complex feelings about the book. I guess a synopsis should come first, eh? Thomas wakes up in an elevator-like lift […]
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