Category: Book Review

Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Will Grayson, Will Grayson

My Thoughts: You have to love a book that starts out by disproving the adage “You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your friends nose.” John Green and David Levithan tell this story in alternating chapters. All of the odd chapters are told by John Green’s Will… Read more »

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Keturah and Lord Death

Keturah and Lord Death

My Thoughts: I randomly picked this book up at the bookstore yesterday. I vaguely remember hearing about it as a National Book Award finalist but that’s it. The cover is what really caught my attention. I really didn’t have any expectations going in to it. This is the story of a sixteen-year-old girl named Keturah…. Read more »

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Along for the Ride

Along for the Ride

My Thoughts: Can I just start off by saying how much I love Sarah Dessen? Her books are fun and yet still have some depth to them. There are always waiting lists for her books in my LMC. This means that I have pretty high expectations of her new releases. Along for the Ride did… Read more »

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Marcelo in the Real World

Marcelo in the Real World

My Thoughts: I received a free copy of this book from a giveaway I entered at goodreads. Thought I’d share the review here as well. Marcelo is not what his father would call “normal,” but he is okay with that. He is happy with his life and looking forward to his senior year at Paterson… Read more »

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Fire

Fire

My Thoughts: I’ll admit, I was a bit hesitant about this book. Graceling was one of my favorites of the year and although I was excited about this book I was a bit leery because it was a prequel. I don’t always like those, especially when the only character that appears in both is not… Read more »

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Catching Fire

Catching Fire

My review oh. my. stars. Now I have to wait for the third?!?! I couldn’t even wait a few more months to read this one!!! Since I read an ARC I don’t want to give anything away. I’ll just say this…. ….the beginning felt a bit rushed to me. There was a lot going on… Read more »

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