Monster by Walter Dean Myers Review by Lauren Source: copy from library; all opinions are my own Official Summary: This New York Times bestselling novel and National Book Award nominee from acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers tells the story of Steve Harmon, a teenage boy in juvenile detention and on trial. Presented as a screenplay […]
Some Fine Day launch giveaway! Grand Prize: Kindle Paperwhite with custom cover, preloaded with Some Fine Day Second Prize (2): Signed copy of Some Fine Day Third Prize (2): CD audiobook of Some Fine Day This contest runs from February 7 to March 7. Synopsis: A generation ago, continent-sized storms called hypercanes caused the Earth […]
The True Confessions of a DUFF I read The Duff by Kody Keplinger around the time it came out, and while I’ve been meaning to read it again, I haven’t had the chance. Therefore, I will say right now that this post is not going to be a compare and contrast with the book and […]
A Look Back at Blog World (5) I haven’t had one of these posts in a couple weeks, so some of these links are a bit older than just a week! Enjoy! Books I’m Now Curious to Read– My So-Called Chaos wrote a review of the book Tell The Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka […]
Panic by Sharon M. Draper Review by Lauren Source: copy from library; all opinions are my own Official Summary: Diamond knows not to get into a car with a stranger. But what if the stranger is well-dressed and handsome? On his way to meet his wife and daughter? And casting a movie that very night—a […]
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz Review by Lauren Source: copy from library; all opinions are my own Official Summary: Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet […]
I created this new feature last year, where I talk about the various places and events I went to around my local area, but I only posted it once. I’m hoping to do better this year, so here we go… Touring Local: January Have you ever seen a film in an Omnimax theater? The screen […]
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor Review by Lauren Source: copy from library; all opinions are my own Official Summary: Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil’s supply of […]
The Truth About Alice by Jennifer Mathieu Review by Lauren Source: copy from library; all opinions are my own Official Summary: Everyone knows Alice slept with two guys at one party. When Healy High star quarterback, Brandon Fitzsimmons, dies in a car crash, it was because he was sexting with Alice. Ask anybody. Rumor has it […]
Bossypants by Tina Fey Review by Lauren Source: personal copy; all opinions are my own Official Summary: Before Liz Lemon, before “Weekend Update,” before “Sarah Palin,” Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She […]