The Shadows by Alex North: A Book Review Genre: Suspense Looking over my list of want-to-read books, I was drawn to Alex North for too reasons. One: the titles were vague enough to be interesting. Two: the cover art looked cool. (Whoever said not to judge a book by a cover, never visited the library … Continue reading The Power of Legends
Hey guys, I was hoping you would be willing to help me out. For my capstone, I am working on building my local library's YA Programming. Unfortunately, (fortunately?) I am not a teenager, so I created a survey to see what teenagers are interested in and what they would think would be fun to do. … Continue reading I interrupt this regular broadcasting to….
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo: A Book Review Genre: Fantasy I did not really know what to expect form Bardugo going into this story; I knew that she had multiple books published, and that she was being called one of the best authors of current years, but I didn’t know what to expect at all. … Continue reading Waiting on the Sequel
What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum: A Book Review Genre: Young Adult Buxbaum’s What to Say Next is a breath of fresh air. Within the brutal honesty and realistic characters, there is a brillent story of the experience of grief and the journey through it. I highly enjoyed this novel. With different beginnings and … Continue reading Beginnings and Endings
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn: A Book Review Genre: Contemporary Written in a country that prides itself in the alphabet, Ella Minnow Pea details the story of what would happen if letters of the English alphabet were lost. The result, while deep in meaning, is actually quite comical as the … Continue reading Symbols and their Power
Fear of Flying by Kate Allen: A Book Review Genre: Coming-of-age; Contemporary Lit [Disclaimer: I received an advanced review copy for free, and am leaving this review voluntarily.] Kate Allen crafts a story of fear and longing in her first book Fear of Flying. A quick read, I enjoyed the storyline with only few complaints; … Continue reading Potential to be Great, but not There Yet
Turtles All The Way Down by John Green: A Book Review Genre: Young Adult If you haven’t heard of John Green before this review, he is legendary for killing off his main characters and for inflecting intense pain into his readers. Turtles All The Way Down has one and not the other. Rather than seeming … Continue reading Coming-of-age with Mental Illness
The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken: A Book Review Genre: Fantasy, Dystopia I wasn’t sure what to expect from The Darkest Minds as I tend to stay away from mainline popular culture books as the intense fan base typically leads me to disappointment. I also find that reading during the immediate reaction of publication creates … Continue reading Talents & Gifts
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert: A Book Review Genre: Fantasy Albert’s story is definitely a mix of surreal fantasy and horror making the reader what to put the book down at the end and ask, “what did I just read”. The work is catching through as it draws the person in so they can … Continue reading What You Would Expect… Except Not?
Genre: Fantasy (self-described as Epic Fantasy) I rather enjoyed this book. The amount of foreshadowing was reasonable so that although you knew something of the sort was going to happen, you did not know when. Call certainly knew how to use the suspense element as many times you though something big was going to happen … Continue reading Master of Sorrows by Justin Travis Call: A Book Review
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