“Grief was what you owed the dead for the necessary crime of living on without them.” –Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie, “Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.” Antigone by Sophocles I first read Antigone while in High School. While it felt… Continue reading Modern Antigone: Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
“There were two kinds of monsters, the kind that hunted the streets and the kind that lived in your head. She could fight the first, but the second was more dangerous. It was always, always, always a step ahead.” Victoria Schwab creates a dark and cruel world where monsters both roam the streets of Verity… Continue reading Review: Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab
Trust in Adon with all your heart. He will sustain you. I have been so impressed by the attention to detail in the work of the Author’s I have read lately. R.A. Denny is no different. In Refugees, the first book in the (Mud, Rocks and Trees Series), three heroes from three very different cultures… Continue reading Review: Refugees by R.A. Denny
“Do I think they found mermaids? Yes. Of course I do. And I think the mermaids ate them all.” Every time I read Mira Grant’s work I feel like I’ve stumbled upon something that I wasn’t supposed to find, like it is some secret treasure trove of literature that I never knew I wanted… Continue reading Review: Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
“Sometimes the most ruthless heart speaks the most truth” Cassandra Clare’s work is easy to like. It’s captivating with compelling characters and easy banter. I picked of the Lord of Shadows from the local bookstore this week and read the entire book in one day (I had a lot of free time). The book… Continue reading Review: Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare
Hello everyone, today I am writing about a book that is a little bit different. Normally, I only talk about fiction on here, but there will probably be more poetry in the near future. I will admit that going into this I was already a little bit biased. I have watched Olivia Gatwood’s slam poems… Continue reading Review: New American Best Friend by Olivia Gatwood
“You have three hundred sixty-five days of immunity.” And then, looking him in the eye, said, “And I’ll be seeing you on day three hundred sixty-six.” Scythe reeled me in with the profound inquisition as to whom, if anyone, should be allowed to decide who dies. My opinions of immortality and death were thoroughly shaken by the time… Continue reading Review: Scythe by Neal Shusterman
“Dedication: For everyone who knows there was enough room for Leonardo DiCaprio on that door. And for England. We’re really sorry for what we’re about to do to your history.” Hello everyone, I am back as promised with the light-hearted My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows. This book was such a pleasure to read. It’s one of those… Continue reading Review: My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
“All humans make mistakes. What determines a person’s character aren’t the mistakes we make. It’s how we take those mistakes and turn them into lessons rather than excuses.” Hello everyone, first off I would like to apologize for my extremely long silence. Life has been pretty crazy lately and for that reason and many others… Continue reading Review: It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
Hello Everyone! As one of my reading goals for 2017, I am rereading Harry Potter. As I am going through this, I am paying particular attention to how reading this series is different for me as an adult compared to now. At different points in our lives, the stories we read take on different meanings.… Continue reading Rereading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
“But some things are stronger than years of freedom. The draw of fire. A longing for freedom. Or a girl on a red horse.” Here’s another one from my stash. This is a new one for YA, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. I believe that this is the direction that we should be going… Continue reading Review: Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst
“She was the roar and the whisper and the stillness. She was nothing. She was everything.” This is another pull from my large TBR pile from the library. It is based on Arabian Nights, including jinnis, magic wish granting, and decorative bottles. I thought I was getting myself into another retelling, but this one is… Continue reading Review: Exquisite Captive by Heather Demertrios
“First, though, she had to go back out there and smile at everyone. Fake her way through the rest of the night and another three days. Pretend to still be normal. When she was pretty sure she never had been.” You guys know how much I enjoy a good retelling. This is a Macbeth… Continue reading Review: As I Descended by Robin Talley
“You can’t leave yet. I’m not finished falling in love with you.” Hello everyone! So this is the second Colleen Hoover book I have read (Ugly Love being the first) and I have Confess sitting in my TBR pile right now. Expect a review of that to come later this week. I have to say… Continue reading Review: November 9 by Colleen Hoover
I would have come for you. And if I couldn’t walk, I’d crawl to you, and no matter how broken we were, we’d fight our way out together-knives drawn, pistols blazing. Because that’s what we do. We never stop fighting. Hello Everyone! I hope everyone is having a lovely holiday season. My apologies for being… Continue reading Review: Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
“If you listen long enough to the whispers, you will hear the truth. Until then, I will tell you this: the world is made safe by a woman. She bound the monster up and cast him out, and the man who was left was saved.” I picked this one up from my elibrary this… Continue reading Review: A Thousand Nights
“That was part of being a girl–you were resigned to whatever feedback you’d get. If you got mad, you were crazy, and if you didn’t react, you were a bitch. The only thing you could do was smile from the corner they’d backed you into. Implicate yourself in the joke even if the joke… Continue reading Review: The Girls by Emma Cline
“We don’t need better emotional communication from machines. We need people to have more empathy. The reason the Uncanny Valley exists is because humans created it to put other people into. It’s how we justify killing each other.” I picked this one up from my library at school. Normally, they aren’t too good at having… Continue reading Review: All The Birds In The Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
“It’s our choices that matter in the end. Not wishes, not words, not promises.” I also picked this one up from my library via the online site. So for those of you that don’t know, I am in the Coast Guard. I see anything about ships and I am instantly intrigued. This story begins with… Continue reading Review: Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
“Sometimes love and chaos are the same thing.” I picked this one up from my library via the online site. I finished it in one day because it is that addicting. Once you are roped in, there is no getting out. This young adult novel is a twist on the lives of the young, beautiful… Continue reading Review: The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee
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