Here’s my March Wrap-Up! March was a good reading month, mostly because of LADY MIDNIGHT. *screams in a totally sane way* Anyway, I read a total of four books: –Winter by Marissa Meyer: 5/5 stars –LADY MIDNIGHT by Cassandra Clare: 5/5 stars (understatement of the year) –Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl: 3/5 stars –Shadow and Bone by […]
Archive | March, 2016
Shadow and Bone Review
Rating: ***** Suggested Age: 13 Summary: “Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee. Alina Starkov has never been good […]
“Alive”-Sia and Nico di Angelo (Songs and Sundays #2)
I have listened to Sia’s music for a while, ever since “Chandelier” became popular, but yesterday I listened to primarily her music. I was listening to “Alive” this morning and realized how similar the lyrics are to Nico di Angelo, a character from Rick Riordan‘s Percy Jackson and the Olympians series and The Heroes of Olympus […]
Beautiful Creatures Review
Rating: *** Suggested Age: 12 Summary: “Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she’s struggling to conceal her power, and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot […]
Lady Midnight Review
Rating: ***** Suggested Age: 13 Summary: “It’s been five years since the events of City of Heavenly Fire that brought the Shadowhunters to the brink of oblivion. Emma Carstairs is no longer a child in mourning, but a young woman bent on discovering what killed her parents and avenging her losses. Together with her parabatai Julian Blackthorn, […]
Winter Review
Rating: ***** Suggested Age: 13 Summary: “Princess Winter is admired by the Lunar people for her grace and kindness, and despite the scars that mar her face, her beauty is said to be even more breathtaking than that of her stepmother, Queen Levana. Winter despises her stepmother, and knows Levana won’t approve of her feelings […]
“Art of War”-We The Kings and The Hunger Games (Songs and Sundays #1)
My fellow music- and book-loving friend introduced me to We The Kings this past summer, but I recently started listening to a lot of their songs this past week. She sent me the link to “Art of War” by We The Kings last weekend and I have been listening to it ever since. It reminds me […]
Eleanor and Park Review
Rating: ***** Suggested Age: 14 Summary: “Two misfits. One extraordinary love. Eleanor… Red hair, wrong clothes. Standing behind him until he turns his head. Lying beside him until he wakes up. Making everyone else seem drabber and flatter and never good enough…Eleanor. Park… He knows she’ll love a song before he plays it for her. […]
The Last Song Review
Rating: ***** Suggested Age: 13 Summary: “Seventeen year-old Veronica “Ronnie” Miller’s life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alienated from her parents, especially her father… until her mother decides it would be in everyone’s best […]
Alive Review
Rating: **** Suggested Age: 13 Summary: “A teenage girl awakens to find herself trapped in a coffin. She has no idea who she is, where she is, or how she got there. Fighting her way free brings little relief—she discovers only a room lined with caskets and a handful of equally mystified survivors. Beyond their […]