In case you can’t tell, I really loved The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale. I have to say, I cared so much about the main character, Ani, that I wound up becoming very enraged at certain parts.
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale review
Review of North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Book Review: Across The Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn

Across The Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn is a wonderful novel set in feudal Japan and deals with themes of honor, descision making, and identity.
Book Review: The Road by Cormac McCarthy

For a post-apocalyptic book, The Road was alright, the writing style was definitely unique, but I still by far prefer The Stand by Stephen King, which again also disturbed me, but I felt more empathy for the characters of The Stand.
Book Crush For Kids and Teens-Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment and Interest by Nancy Pearl

I would recommend not reading Book Crush by author Nancy Pearl straight through like I did, but browsing through it for recommendations.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

What can I say about The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins that hasn’t already been said? I think Collins has hit on such an original concept. We’ve all read dystopian/post-apocalyptic novels before (HELLO 1984), I think Collins breathes some fresh air into the genre.

