Category: Young Adult

Review: 100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith

Posted on November 7, 2014 by

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Andrew Smith is a mad scientist. I imagine him, even now, sitting in his writing laboratory playing with every imaginable ingredient and coming up with another brilliant concoction of literary gold. This might sound like the delusions of a raving fanatic or a particularly… Continue Reading “Review: 100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith”

Category: Andrew Smith, Andrew Smith Event, Book Review, Book Tour, Coming-of-Age, epilepsy, Fiction, Friendship, Young Adult

Interview with Merlin Author T.A. Barron!

Posted on October 7, 2014 by

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As a big fan of T.A. Barron’s Merlin Saga series, I’m excited to announce the paperback release of Atlantis Rising, the first book in an exciting fantasy new series!  I’m even more exciting to bring you all this interview with the author.  Enjoy! From the publisher:… Continue Reading “Interview with Merlin Author T.A. Barron!”

Category: Fantasy, Giveaway, Giveaway Hop, Giveaways, interview, Monthly Review, T.A. Barron, Young Adult

Thoughts: Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith

Posted on February 11, 2014 by

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Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith So, this is the way the world ends.  Not with a bang, but with a …uh… clacking-buzzing sorta sound? Yes, I think T.S. Eliot would be proud of Andrew Smith’s newest wasteland, which is to say, an average, all-American,… Continue Reading “Thoughts: Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith”

Category: Andrew Smith, Andrew Smith Event, Book Review, Coming-of-Age, Dystopia, Fiction, GLBT, LGBT, Science-Fiction, Young Adult

Thoughts: The House of Hades by Rick Riordan

Posted on January 3, 2014 by

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House of Hades by Rick Riordan Final Verdict: 3.7 out of 4.0 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting and believable The House of Hades is Book 4 in the Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan.  This series follows the five-book Percy Jackson &… Continue Reading “Thoughts: The House of Hades by Rick Riordan”

Category: Adventure, Book Review, Fantasy, Fiction, Mythology, Rick Riordan, Young Adult

Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth

Posted on July 9, 2013 by

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. Divergent by Veronica Roth Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 41 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting and believable. In Chicago, sometime in the (not too distant) future, society has been torn apart by war, and those who remain have separated into… Continue Reading “Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth”

Category: Book Review, Chicago, Coming-of-Age, Dystopia, Fiction, Science-Fiction, Veronica Roth, Young Adult

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