Review:Hale has a great style of keeping you entertained and giving you a satisfying ending. I think the mark of a really poor writer is one that has to leave a cliff hanger to make you feel obligated to buy the next. I only buy Hale books because I *love* her stories! Each book can stand on its own, and each is so well written it leaves me wanting more! Read more

Review:Oh wow, I half expected this book to be something on the lines of sleeping beauty but I was wrong. I love the concept on the story line as it is something I haven't read before. This is the first book I have read by this author although I do have some of their other books on my wish list. I can't wait to read more of their books and look forward to the next in this series. Read more

Review:I love Lauren Oliver's other dystopian novels. This was a big cheat. It was a short story with no additional information to the ongoing story. I think had I known this, it would have been an easy SKIP and save your money. Read more

Review:Denton Little has a date with death. In fact, thanks to AstroThanatoGenetics, Denton knows the exact date of his death. He doesn't know how or what time it will happen, but sometime tomorrow Denton will die. And if that wasn't bad enough he has to attend his own funeral where he will be expected to listen to many people, most of who he doesn't know or doesn't care about, blather on about how much they will miss him, how much he means to them, not to mention the stories and anecdotes. On the plus... Read more

Review:The story Max the Mighty is about a big, humungus kid at age fourteen escapes his basement goes out and seeks the world. He also meets a new friend named Worm,
Worm is a person who loves to read books and never stops reading them. But one
day Max found Worm's evil stepfather, The Undertaker, abusing Worm's mom and
Max was forced to take Worm away. Along the way they meet a old bus driver by the name Dip. Dip gives them a ride along the way they encounter two more people who are running... Read more

Review:As always Patricia C Wrede has written a book that is stimulating on all levels. She has such an uncanny knack for writing things that are both exciting, fantastical and humourous. She has taken two worlds that aren't normally connected and seamlessly worked them together. Her sense of character development and dialogue style make me read every book by her that I can get my hands on and this one is certainly among the exceptional of her work. I settled down for an entertaining, yet intellectuall... Read more

Review:So, I picked this up only vaguely knowing the premise -- teens and summer, sick dad and family bonding -- and assuming I knew where it would go. I expected a fun read, a bit of an emotional roller coaster, but a happy ending.

Nope.

It was still a fun read, mostly because of the setting. I spent the whole book with a distinct longing to pack my bags and hike up to the mountains for some summer fun. The Edwards family was great, too, especially by the end. I really loved following th... Read more

Review:This is for a younger reader and addresses many issues that I still deal with when struggling with boys and I read this while 22 years old. Enjoyable at most any age I believe. Read her other book first! Read more

Review:Definitely not questioning whether or not I loved this book. It is very simple and sweet, with an American Dream love story. The boy next door and the girl next door falling in love, after growing up together. <3 Read more

Review:While I, mostly, enjoyed reading the series I found the writing to be somewhat inconsistent. It felt like the author was writing one, or more, books at the same time. Two instances, in particular, stand out. One where she says Jeremy is interning at his father's company, but in another book he was a banker. The second one was so obvious, I question whether it was the same author. In the first chapter of the first book Belly says her brother Steven taught her to whistle really well and how pro... Read more