I’m sure everyone reading this blog has heard of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, be it through the various movie adaptations, school, or even through a children’s illustrated classics edition. I can remember when I was little, my parents would often bring home Great Illustrated Classics after a visit to the super market. If […]
Review of Geek Charming by Robin Palmer
December 29, 2009
Geek Charming by Robin Palmer is about a girl named Dylan who is at the top of the popularity chain. Dylan makes Regina George look like Eleanor Roosevelt. Anyways Dylan makes a promise to let Josh, one of her geeky classmates, make a documentary about her and the other popular people. As a character, I couldn’t […]
Review of How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
December 28, 2009
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff is a totally amazing dystopian book. It won a Printz award in 2005. I found How I Live Now to be compelling and impossible to put down until the very end. The protagonist is named Daisy. Essentially Daisy is having some trouble with her father and stepmom in […]
Review of Girl on the Other Side by Deborah Kerbel
December 18, 2009
Let’s face it, high schoolers can be real assholes. Not all of course, but with the pressure to be in, sometimes the only way of being cool is by bringing others down. Girl on the Other Side by Deborah Kerbel is a short, gut-punch of a book featuring the intertwining of characters Lora Froggett and […]
Review of The Dark Divine by Bree Despain
December 8, 2009
I didn’t like The Dark Divine by Bree Despain at first. I know, what a way to start off a book review right? To be honest, in the beginning it felt like a Christian fiction novel which is a genre I tend to avoid. I also did not like the love interest, Daniel, at first […]
Review of Japan Took The JAP Out of Me by Lisa Fineberg Cook
December 1, 2009
Japan Took The JAP Out of Me By Lisa Fineberg Cook is a memoir about a woman who lives in Japan for a year. She’s a stereotypical Jewish American Princess, which is definitely not a bad thing, but it makes for some funny culture show moments. I thought Lisa was intriguing, in America, she’s a […]