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Book Review: Tithe
Sixteen-year-old Kaye is a modern nomad. Fierce and independent, she travels from city to city with her mother’s rock band until an ominous attack forces the sixteen-year-old back to her childhood home. There, amid the industrial, blue-collar New Jersey backdrop, Kaye soon finds herself an unwilling pawn in an ancient power struggle between two rival faerie kingdoms — a struggle that could very well mean her death. –From Goodreads Cover Inspection: The wings on this cover are absolutely gorgeous! First Thoughts: Kaye is my kind of girl. *** My Review: Tithe is a very well put together story. From the first…
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Book Review: Thirteen Reasons Why
Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker–his classmate and crush–who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he’ll find out how he made the list. Through Hannah and Clay’s dual narratives, debut author Jay Asher weaves an intricate and heartrending story of confusion and desperation that will deeply affect teen readers. –From Goodreads Cover Inspection: Hauntingly appropriate…
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Book Review: Wings
Laurel was mesmerized, staring at the pale things with wide eyes. They were terrifyingly beautiful—too beautiful for words. Laurel turned to the mirror again, her eyes on the hovering petals that floated beside her head. They looked almost like wings. In this extraordinary tale of magic and intrigue, romance and danger, everything you thought you knew about faeries will be changed forever. –From Goodreads Cover Inspection: I love this cover so very very much. It’s too gorgeous for words! First Thoughts: Pure magic. *** My Review: Enchanting. That is the first word that comes to mind to describe this book! Aprilynne…
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Book Review: The Tooth Fairy
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Tooth Fairy Author: Graham Joyce Publisher: Tor Books Pages: Paperback; 320 Release Date: October 15, 1998 Source: Purchased at a thrift store ——————————————- Content Screening: Sexual Content HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are comfortable with sexual situations in a coming of age novel. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N The disquietude in Graham Joyce’s coming-of-age tale is that of having too much power as a child–the kind of power that turns your slightest wishes into mayhem. This power is granted to the rather ordinary…
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Book Review: The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in the mountains. Rex was a charismatic, brilliant man who, when sober, captured his children’s imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and above all, how to embrace life fearlessly. Rose Mary, who painted and wrote and couldn’t stand the responsibility of providing for her family, called herself an “excitement addict.” Cooking a meal that would be consumed in fifteen minutes had no…
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Book Review: Dead Until Dark
Media Type: Print Book Title: Dead Until Dark Author: Charlaine Harris Publisher: Ace Pages: Paperback; 312 Release Date: May 1, 2001 Source: Swapped through Goodreads ——————————————- Intended Reading Group: Adult Genre: Paranormal Romance ——————————————- HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a simple read with a paranormal twist. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana, but she keeps to herself and doesn’t date much because of her “disability” to read minds. When she meets Bill, Sookie can’t hear a word he’s thinking. He’s the type of guy she’s…
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Book Review: The Unwritten Rule
Everyone knows the unwritten rule: You don’t like your best friend’s boyfriend. Sarah has had a crush on Ryan for years. He’s easy to talk to, supersmart, and totally gets her. Lately it even seems like he’s paying extra attention to her. Everything would be perfect except for two things: Ryan is Brianna’s boyfriend, and Brianna is Sarah’s best friend. Sarah forces herself to avoid Ryan and tries to convince herself not to like him. She feels so guilty for wanting him, and the last thing she wants is to hurt her best friend. But when she’s thrown together with…
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Book Review: Love, Stargirl
This book is the much anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling book, Stargirl and centers around “the world’s longest letter” in diary form. It picks up where the previous novel left off after Stargirl left Mica High and describes her bittersweet memories in the town of Mica, Arizona along with the involvements of new people in her life. In Love, Stargirl, we hear the voice of Stargirl as she reflects on time, life, Leo, and – of course – love. –From Goodreads Cover Inspection: Reminiscent of the first one, cute and simple! First Thoughts: Once again, I’m instantly smitten…
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Book Review: Wherever Nina Lies
Have you seen Nina? Nina was beautiful, artistic, wild . . . and adored by her younger sister, Ellie. But one day, without any warning, Nina disappeared. Two years later, Ellie can’t stop thinking about her sister. Although everyone else has given up hope that Nina will return, Ellie just knows her sister is out there, somewhere. If only Ellie had a clue where to look. And then she gets one, in the form of a mysterious drawing tucked into the pages of a book. Determined to find her sister, Ellie takes off on a crazy, sexy, cross-country road trip…
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Book Review: Marked
The House of Night series is set in a world very much like our own, except in 16-year-old Zoey Redbird’s world, vampyres have always existed. In this first book in the series, Zoey enters the House of Night, a school where, after having undergone the Change, she will train to become an adult vampire–that is, if she makes it through the Change. Not all of those who are chosen do. It’s tough to begin a new life, away from her parents and friends, and on top of that, Zoey finds she is no average fledgling. She has been Marked as…