Delirium Author: Lauren Oliver Genre: Young Adult Format: ebook Publisher: Harper Teen Release Date: 2-1-11 Lena Holloway will be 18 soon and with the arrival of her birthday, she will be cured. The burden of love will no longer weigh her down, and she couldn’t be happier. Everyone who is cured leads a better life […]
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Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
I was blown away from beginning to end by this book. I love that Cassie Clare decided to write a prequel to The Mortal Instruments series, which is one of my favorites of all time. As you would expect, there is plenty of action and adventure and we are introduced to some new and very […]
Divergent by Veronica Roth
The era of the vampire appears to be waning, and in it’s place is a dystopian future. Or, so one would think by the way The Hunger Games has spawned a new interest in our bleak future. I’ve never been a big fan of vampires, so this works out just fine for me! Divergent is […]
Water for Elephants
I was excited to read this book because so many people loved it. I wanted to love it, I really did, but something just fell flat. The story was good, although I found the flashing back and forth distracting, and Sara Gruen obviously did copious amounts of research, but I just couldn’t get excited about […]
The Year We Left Home by Jean Thompson
I have seen this book on many reading lists and the reviews have been favorable. There is no doubt that the writing is very good and the format is interesting. It’s written as connected short stories that span several different family members over a number of years. Being set in rural Iowa, it brought to […]
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
In the small town where I grew up, there was one movie theater with two screens. One of the screens was the standard size and the other was very small, and upstairs. The bathrooms were odd, too. As you went into the little alcove where the doors were, there were actually two identical entrances, although […]