Initial Thoughts: I pretty much ripped through this story like nobody's business, and while I had some problems along the way concerning the big reveal and how stereotypical and cliche the book was for the most part, honestly I still stayed for the characters. I would definitely recommend the audiobook because the cast was stellar [...]
Initial Thoughts: EFF THESE BOOK ONIONS MAN. I'M NOT CRYING YOU ARE. THE HATE U GIVE by Angie Thomas Balzer + Bray, February 2017 YA contemporary fiction Rated: 5 / 5 cookies Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy [...]
Initial Thoughts: Lack of editing and formatting aside (and there was a LOT of that), there was just too much nonsense in this story for me to actually like. Shame, I really wanted to. It was a fast read at least? SECRETS IN THE SNOW by Michaela MacColl Chronicle Books, October 2016 YA historical mystery [...]
Initial Thoughts: You know at first I thought I was going to lose my shmat when I saw the story go down a 5 Centimetres Per Second route (and omg watching that movie at midnight does NOT make for pretty tears--not that my crying is at all attractive), but all I could really think at [...]
Occasionally I take a break from my fantasy/scifi obsession and read books that diverge from my usual faire. I don't always click with them, but from time to time I do end up enjoying these books and they give me fresher eyes when I delve further in the books I usually read. That said, I [...]
