I devoured The Giver last month and almost fainted when I heard that Lois Lowry wrote more books in the series. So of course it was off to my local library to put in a request because EVERYONE IS READING IT. I can see why–this book isn’t exactly a sequel, but it does provide some unusual counterpoint to the Stepfordian world Jonas inhabited in The Giver. Gathering Blue begins with Kira, who is mourning the sudden death of her mother. She is crippled with a […]
The absolutely true story of an Indian who defied stereotypes and taught us compassion
“‘I used to think the world was broken down by tribes,’ I said. ‘By black and white. By Indian and white. But I know that isn’t true. The world is only broken into two tribes: The people who are assholes and the people who are not.’” (176) I have begun working my way through “25 YA Novels Everyone–Even Adults–Should Read”–a list I discovered on the internet. Numbers one and two are the Harry Potter and Golden Compass series, so I decided it was legit–even if […]
Vampires, Half Vampires, and Evil Vampires, oh my
Frostbite (2008) by Richelle Mead is the second book in the Vampire Academy series. Wikipedia describes the books as “an American best-selling series of six young-adult paranormal romance novels.” Paranormal is not my usual go-to genre, but now it’s captured my interest and I’m planning on finishing the series. Rose Hathaway is a high school student at a preppy boarding school in Montana, but she also happens to live in a world with three different kinds of vampires. Moroi are pure vampires: they drink blood […]
Silver Shadows: More Vampires!
Back in March I reviewed The Fiery Heart, part of Meade’s Bloodlines series. The next book just came out, perfectly timed to me spending a week on the beach. Where better to read about vampires who can’t stand the sun than while sitting in it? This book picks up a few weeks after the last one left off. Sydney has been taken away to be reeducated after her love affair with vampire Adrian had been discovered. Adrian was losing himself in a haze of booze, […]
A Glamorous Tragedy
This YA novel, inspired in part by the life of Edie Sedgwick, follows the meteoric rise and precipitous fall of Addison Stone, an 18-year-old art phenom from Rhode Island who makes a huge splash on the NYC art scene before her untimely death. The story itself is bold and fast-paced (much like Addy) if a bit far fetched at times. Set in the current day, emails, Instagram photos of characters, and pictures of actual art works are peppered throughout the narrative, giving it a surprisingly […]
Who run the world? Girls.
Rarely have I felt like fist-pumping a book while I was reading it. But then, I had never read Diana Peterfreund before. I fell in love with For Darkness Shows the Stars and then realized that there was a companion novel. I was so excited. Across a Star-Swept Sea is not a direct sequel, but it involves the same world and even has a few cross-over characters (I won’t say anymore–it would spoil the surprise). This time, Peterfreund draws from the Baroness Orczy’s The Scarlet Pimpernel. […]
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