The Book: The Truth About Forever, by Sarah Dessen
The Story: Macy is kind of quiet and bookish, but is perfectly fine with the state of things. She has a boyfriend who is as quiet and bookish as her and a pretty relaxing summer ahead of her. She plans on some quality time with her SAT [...]
The Book: Keeping the Moon, by Sarah Dessen
The Story: Because of a situation that is far beyond her control, Colie ends up at her aunt’s house for the whole summer. Not only is her aunt a little… off… but also she lives in a podunk town with nothing to do. Colie is all set to [...]
The Book: Uglies, by Scott Westerfeld
The Story: YAYADN (Yet Another Young Adult Dystopian Novel)
The little “twist” here is that after you turn 16, each person is made “Pretty” through some crazy surgery. Until then, you live as an Ugly. Tally is just a handful of days away from turning sixteen and going in for her [...]
The Book: The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
The Story: Charlie has kind of been on the outside his whole life. He doesn’t have any friends and even his family kind of avoids him. When he makes a couple of friends and starts to experience life, he starts to figure out what it’s [...]
I told you in my recent review of The Sky is Everywhere that I won this in a giveaway over at Jessica Love Writes. What I did not tell you that the giveaway was a little different than most giveaways. It came with a little caveat…. it is part of a Give It Forward giveaway [...]
The Book: The Sky is Everywhere, by Jandy Nelson
The Story: Lennie is geeky and pretty happy with that. Her older sister, Bailey, is cool and fun and Lennie is totally okay with living in her shadow. All of a sudden Bailey dies during play practice. She leaves behind a distraught sister & Grandma as well [...]
January 18, 2011 – 8:02 pm
So, I realize that I put off reading this for over a month. It’s funny because on my first time through the series a couple of years ago, this was my absolute favorite… this time I was reluctant to read it though because I knew just how sad it is. I went in (somehow) totally [...]
November 17, 2010 – 8:01 am
I feel like this book is kind of a great bridge between the first three books, which kind of seem silly and childish at times, and the last three books, which I think are incredibly dark. Goblet of Fire captures that playfulness and youth as well as starts getting into the “real” issues that come [...]
October 30, 2010 – 11:09 am
The Book: Elsewhere, by Gabrielle Zevin
The Story: Liz is walking across the street when a taxi smashes into her. When she comes to she is on a boat and she’s way, way confused. Days pass and she kind of just thinks that she is on a cruise… but there is so much wrong with that [...]
October 28, 2010 – 9:54 am
I’m so excited to be part of the blog tour for Kristen O’Donnell Tubb’s new book, Selling Hope. Selling Hope is a YA book about a young girl living with her widowed father. The year is 1910 and Halley’s Comet is just about to pass over Earth. In a burst of ingenuity, Hope invents and [...]