I've been getting into children's books lately, mostly because a lot of my reading the past few weeks has been for my voldies in school. That being said, I have one below that I really liked, and the other that I was kind of disappointed in. The City of Ember was one of the books [...]
Initial Thoughts: This seems to be leading up to an overall big picture story, which means sequels. Yay. (Make note I also groaned.) It was a simple, middle grade read about a dystopia pulling from Biblical and Bradburyan (that's totally a word now...) inspiration, and I did love the concept of a wordsmith collecting and [...]
Initial Thoughts: Hot damn, but this was a very good book. It was DARK by the end, and now I'm bummed because I have to wait for the second book, but omg, that ending though. I can't trust anyone in this book! And I definitely should have told myself not to get attached to people. [...]
Initial Response: Hngrrsrrdhhhggghgh. Okay, Ms. Shannon. You win. I laughed and rolled my eyes and everything, but that didn't seem to stop me from going "WAIT NO. DON'T STOP THE STORY NOW." Damn this series. THE BONE SEASON by Samantha Shannon Bloomsbury, August 2013 YA science fiction, fantasy, dystopia Rated: 4 / 5 cookies The [...]
I dreaded writing this review not because I hated the book, but because of the emotional wreck the book left me in right after I finished it. And before that, I was mostly wanting to throw the book out the window. But that wasn't happening because my window has screens and I actually like my [...]
