You know how there is that one book that EVERY SINGLE YA READER except for you has read? Or at least, that is how it feels? For me, that one book was Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta which is like a super huge deal of a book in young adult community, at least among the circles that I find myself in.
Rumble by Ellen Hopkins | Book Review
September 18, 2014
When a copy of Hopkins’s latest book, Rumble, arrived in my mail I was so excited. I was excited because it was on a topic that I could really relate to, losing your faith. I mean, I can’t relate to drugs or prostitution, but I can totally relate to going from being religious to being not-so-religious. Yet, Rumble goes a little deeper than the whole question of having faith vs. being faithless.
Chasing Before by Lenore Appelhans | Audiobook Review
September 17, 2014
I picked up Chasing Before because I was desperate to see what happens next. I wanted more Felicia and Neil. I decided to listen to the book because I liked the sound of Holloway’s voice and also because I am so time limited when it comes to eARCs, so, audiobooks makes the TBR more manageable and Lenore’s book was something I knew I needed to read.
The Jewel by Amy Ewing | Book Review
September 15, 2014
Set on a dystopian island, The Jewel by Amy Ewing is about a society divided into rigid classes. At the very bottom rung are the residents of the Marshes. At the top rung are the residents of the Jewel, or the inner city.
The Inventor’s Secret by Andrea Cremer | Audiobook Review
September 14, 2014
Cremer’s latest series reimagines the world so that the Americans lost the Revolutionary War. In The Inventor’s Secret, the British have this mega-empire which is not really much different from the age of Imperialism.