Rating: *** Suggested Age: 14 Summary: “Dara and Nick used to be inseparable, but that was before the accident that left Dara’s beautiful face scarred and the two sisters totally estranged. When Dara vanishes on her birthday, Nick thinks Dara is just playing around. But another girl, nine-year-old Madeline Snow, has vanished, too, and Nick […]
Archive | September, 2015
After The End Review
Rating: *** Suggested Age: 12 Summary: “She’s searching for answers to her past. They’re hunting her to save their future. World War III has left the world ravaged by nuclear radiation. A lucky few escaped to the Alaskan wilderness. They’ve survived for the last thirty years by living off the land, being one with nature, and […]
The Mortal Instruments Series Review
Rating: ***** Suggested Age: 12 to 14 While I read this series very spread apart with a little more than a year between when I read the first book and when I read the last book, I absolutely loved it. Cassandra Clare writes very well and I enjoyed her use of third person instead of the […]
My Thoughts #1: The Good and Bad of Required Reading
Every so often, I decided I will write a “my thoughts” post that will relate to books or writing, but won’t be a review. This way, if I am caught up with required reading (like I was this past weekend) or any other kind of stressful school moment, then I won’t feel obligated to read […]
Into the Still Blue Review
Rating: **** Suggested Age: 12 Summary: “The race to the Still Blue has reached a stalemate. Aria and Perry are determined to find this last safe haven from the Aether storms before Sable and Hess do—and they are just as determined to stay together. Within the confines of a cave they’re using as a makeshift refuge, they […]