I have yet to tire of books set in the world of the Fae, and A Court of Thorns and Roses puts its own spin on an oft visited place in the land of fiction. While some elements were familiar, there was still newness to this particular world, so it did not feel overdone. […]
Category: 5 Birds
An Ember In The Ashes By Sabaa Tahir
One word dominates my thoughts about this book: brutal. The world of the Martial Empire is one ruled by violence and terror. That is immediately apparent, as Laia watches the last of her family taken away, and she decides that help from rebels is her only hope. The jacket copy said this this was a […]
Razorhurst By Justine Larbalestier
It was obvious to me from the very beginning of Razorhurst that this was a story built by extensive research and gifted world building. I can’t think of a book that has sucked me into its pages in quite the same way that Razorhurst did. Not only does it have all of the blood-soaked, […]
The Start Of Me And You By Emery Lord
For the last year, Paige’s life has been defined by the death of her boyfriend. Right away, I knew that Paige was a character that was looking to define her self by taking the control that grief and forced public mourning stole from her life. She is ready to move on and, […]
Mosquitoland By David Arnold
Many of my blogging colleagues tend to avoid books that are seen as “hyped”. Indeed, there has been a lot of talk about Mosquitoland, and having been burned by more than one hyped book, I can understand their reluctance. I am here to tell you that Mosquitoland was pretty much everything that I […]
The Winner’s Crime By Marie Rutkoksi
The Winner’s Curse was one of my very favorite books last year and so I was both excited and little nervous to start The Winner’s Crime. Almost immediately, I was thrown back into the dangerous political game that Kestrel was playing and any worries I had about whether this book would be as good as […]
Ex Libris Audio: I’ll Give You The Sun
I’m not sure what I can say about I’ll Give You The Sun that hasn’t already been said. It is an amazing, emotional, thought-provoking, heart-breaking, joyful story that is expertly structured and delivered. I was skeptical about the dual voices since we only hear Jude as a 16 year old and we only hear […]
I’ll Meet You There By Heather Demetrios
There is a lot to love about I’ll Meet You There. Set in a small, fairly isolated town in California, this story pulls you in and completely envelopes you in the lives of two young people who are both facing big changes and big decisions. Skylar has worked very hard to set up a […]
The Last Time We Say Goodbye By Cynthia Hand
The Last Time We Say Goodbye was a book that absolutely punched me in the gut in a way that really surprised me. It deals very frankly with suicide and its aftermath, so it may be triggering for some readers. Through sessions with a therapist and a journal he asks her to […]
I Was Here By Gayle Forman
When I peeked at other people’s reactions to I Was Here I kept seeing remarks abut how dark it was. The story, which centers on Cody’s emotional journey after her friend’s suicide, is quite dark. Meg was the friend that got out. While Cody stayed in the small Washington town after high school, Meg […]