Paper Towns
Title: Paper Towns Author: John Green Genre: Juvenile Fiction Publisher: Puffin Release Date: 2009 Pages: 305 One month before graduating from his Central Florida high school, Quentin “Q” Jacobsen basks in the predictable boringness of his life until the beautiful and exciting Margo Roth Spiegelman, Q’s neighbor and classmate, takes him on a midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Reprint. Review: I love John Green. No other author can turn a phrase […]
The Registry
Title: The Registry Series: The Registry, Book 1 Author: Shannon Stoker Genre: Fiction Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Release Date: 2013-06-11 Pages: 336 Welcome to a safe and secure new world, where beauty is bought and sold, and freedom is the ultimate crime The Registry saved the country from collapse, but stability has come at a price. In this patriotic new America, girls are raised to be brides, sold at auction to the highest bidder. Boys are raised to be soldiers, […]
Under the Never Sky
Title: Under the Never Sky Series: Under the Never Sky, Book 1 Author: Veronica Rossi Genre: Juvenile Fiction Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books Release Date: 2012-12-04 Pages: 400 When Aria is exiled from the enclosed city of Reverie, she forms an unlikely alliance with an Outsider named Perry, who could be her only chance of survival providing they can overcome their prejudices. Review: Before I begin the review, I have an embarrassing confession about a misconception I formed at the […]
The Darkest Minds Never Fade
Title: The Darkest Minds Never Fade Series: The Darkest Minds, Book 2 Author: Alexandra Bracken Genre: Juvenile Fiction Publisher: Hyperion Release Date: 2013-10-15 Pages: 512 “In the second installment of The Darkest Minds trilogy, Ruby joins forces with the revolutionary Children’s League to find critical information about the epidemic that has torn both her life and America apart”– Review: Ruby and friends are back, with the book picking up only a few months after the first one left off. […]
The Darkest Minds
Title: The Darkest Minds Author: Alexandra Bracken Genre: Juvenile Fiction Publisher: Hyperion Release Date: 2012-12-18 Pages: 496 “Sixteen-year-old Ruby breaks out of a government-run ‘rehabilitation camp’ for teens who acquired dangerous powers after surviving a virus that wiped out most American children”– Review: To put this out there right up front, this is one of my favorite books ever and the beginning of one of my top three favorite dystopian series. Ruby and company are part of a generation […]
Reborn
Title: Reborn Series: Born Trilogy, Book 3 Author: Tara Brown Genre: Survival Release Date: 2013 Pages: 252 Review: I did this to myself. Part of me really wanted this to be good and fix the problems in “Born to Fight”. The series had so much potential, in spite of some flaws, and got progressively worse. The typos and sentence structure were so bad in this one that it felt like it had been translated from another language by someone […]
Born to Fight
Title: Born to Fight Series: Born Trilogy, Book 2 Author: Tara Brown Genre: Survival Release Date: 2013-04-08 Pages: 252 Ten years ago when the world ended she ran for her life. Five weeks ago the world she’d hidden from came knocking on the door of her secluded cabin. Ten days ago she found salvation hiding amongst the dead. Yesterday she went back for the living. Today she wonders if she will live to see tomorrow.”–P. [4] of cover. Review: […]
Born
Title: Born Series: Born Trilogy, Book 1 Author: Tara Brown Genre: Survival Release Date: 2012-11-01 Pages: 260 Ten years ago when the world ended she ran for her life. Five weeks ago the world she’d hidden from came knocking on the door of her secluded cabin. Ten days ago she found salvation hiding amongst the dead. Yesterday she went back for the living. Today she wonders if she will live to see tomorrow.”–P. [4] of cover. Review: I bought […]
Damned
Title: Damned Series: Damned, Book 1 Author: Chuck Palahniuk Genre: Fiction Publisher: Anchor Books Release Date: 2012-10-02 Pages: 247 As thirteen-year-old Madison tries to figure out how she died and ended up in Hell, she learns how to manipulate the corrupt system of demons and bodily fluids. Review: To be upfront, I am not typically a fan of Chuck Palahniuk’s writing, but this one’s description caught my eye so I decided to give it a try. I’m glad I […]
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