Review:Will the real Hattie Hoffman please stand up!!

Hattie, multifaceted and complex character who really is a master manipulator whose skills match her acting ability. A senior in high school, she's determined to blow town after she graduates. Her problem is she is killed before she gets that chance.

The story is masterfully told via three characters, Del town sheriff and friend of Hattie's parents, Peter the English professor who finds himself in a place he never thought he'd be and H... Read more

Review:Rex likes to just put it all out there, “oh, I’m up for the task, Cupcake, don’t worry.” Again, that name. One brow arches as he grasps the edge of the door and eyes me up and down. “I’m up for a lot of things. Just sayin'.” Now normally Rex isn't bashful, or nervous but there are times when his hand gets caught in the cookie jar, "the old man’s been behind us for God only knows how long, and must've seen the way I’m practically butt-effing his granddaughter, fully-clothed or not." I loved this ... Read more

Review:"Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" was my second "cancer book" in as many months. Although both Jesse Andrews and John Green had the same intention - to write a story about cancer that was different from those other tearjerky novels, in my eyes, Andrews was much more successful at stepping away from melodrama and cliches of the genre than Green. Of course, Andrews does not (yet) have a publicity platform of Green's magnitude to promote his novel, so I am glad to be able to help him out a little, b... Read more

Review:If anyone compares Ned Vizzini to Ken Kesey, don't listen to them. He's different because I said so. And because he is. In so many good ways.

His third book, IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY, takes its readers on an honest (and, in the end, refreshing) plunge into Craig Gilner's teenage depression and resurfaces in world that, five days later, feels real for the first time. He looks like your everyday modern kid until he sneaks out in the middle of the night and admits himself into a mental hos... Read more

Review:This series is UH-MAY-ZING!! Highly recommend read for all! Michelle Madow has you hooked within the first chapter and keeps you hooked long after the final page is read! ❤️❤️ Still can't get over how amazing this series is!! Read more

Review:I read young adult fiction because there is usually very little swearing or sex. After the second chapter, I sent the books back. The main character has a filthy mouth. Sad because the premise of the story is a good one. Read more

Review:Let me preface by saying I didn't open the gift set. I'm giving this 3 stars because the book itself is somewhat a miniature version of the original, size-wise. Look at the dimensions carefully. I had assumed it would be the same as the regular book, with the added bonus of a CD, but this was not the case. If it's not a big deal to you, then the book should be fine. Amazon sent it fairly quickly. Read more

Review:Just received this today. I had read the book, but wanted a refresher for a discussion of it next week. This book is incredibly poorly written. Grammar, punctuation errors, sentence fragments and sentences worded so poorly I just put the book down.
Get a copy of Vance's Ted Talk and read the book. Never heard of BriskReads, but barely made it through 40 pages. DON"T waste your money! Read more

Review:(My rating is really 3.5 stars, this is the only time I’ve wanted half stars on Amazon!) I’ve loved everything I’ve read by Stiefvater, so I was really looking forward to this. The writing was magnificent, as usual, but I just didn’t feel very invested in the story until the last third of the book. Definitely worth a shot, but not quite my thing! Read more

Review:The Scorpio Races is an absolutely breathtaking book. Puck and Sean are both incredibly alive; I never felt like they were just characters on a page. Every background character had that sense of life.

I’m pretty sure we’re all familiar with the magic of Maggie Stiefvater’s writing; The Scorpio Races is no exception. Every part of this book, especially Thisby, the island Puck and Sean live on, breathes with every page turn.

I LOVED The Scorpio Races. Much like The Raven Cycle, it re... Read more