This page is for my book reviews. They are in order of post date. They are all my own opinions and are not influenced by any 3rd party. Please enjoy!
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Rating: 5/5
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Wow I love this book so much. While I know the book is meant for a younger age group I can't help loving it and recommending it to friends. Everyone I have given it to has demanded the second book. I love the characters and the plot is constantly interesting. Each of the characters are unique and likable. Even villains are fun to read about. The plot twists are fantastic, and I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. Even if you think you are much to old for this book, give it a try. Like Harry Potter it's a book for all ages. Yes, I did just liken this book to Harry-freakin'-Potter!
Book Summary:
Young readers who have worked their way through Lemony Snicket may well find their next obsession in The Mysterious Benedict Society, a dandy YA debut by novelist Trenton Lee Stewart. This engaging tale has all the elements tweens find intriguing: gifted kids, a dangerous mission, and a secret society where nothing is as it seems. Stewart throws plenty of challenges -- physical, mental, and moral -- in the path of his young protagonists, and readers will have fun solving the riddles and unraveling the clues in this smart, unconventional mystery. Complex, unpredictable, and deeply respectful of children's innate intelligence, The Mysterious Benedict Society is highly recommended for thoughtful preteens.
Bloom by Elizabeth Scott
Rating: 1.5/5 stars
Review:
I wasn't a huge fan of this book (or really a fan at all.) I felt sympathy for the main character but... come on if you aren't happy with someone please move on. The entire book was the main character whining about how she hates her boyfriend. She cheats on him, and then whines that she doesn't know what to do. I stayed with this book hoping it would get better. It didn't. The last page brought the main characters father in and opened up a new plot, that looked promising. But wait that was literally THE LAST PAGE. The book ends, and I wanted to throw it. This book drove me crazy. No character development no real story, I hated the main character.
I went to a YA panel Q and A. I actually saw this author and someone asked if she thinks abut predicablitly when she writes. She said no and got kind of annoyed with the question when they then asked how she keeps her books interesting if she doesn't think about predictability. The truth is she doesn't. Long story short I think that the author may have promise with a better plot line, but I wouldn't waste your time with Bloom.
Book Summary:
Lauren has a good life: decent grades, great friends, and a boyfriend every girl lusts after. So why is she so unhappy?
It takes the arrival of Evan Kirkland for Lauren to figure out the answer: She's been holding back. She's been denying herself a bunch of things (like sex) because staying with her loyal and gorgeous boyfriend, Dave, is the "right" thing to do. After all, who would give up the perfect boyfriend?
But as Dave starts talking more and more about their life together, planning a future Lauren simply can't see herself in -- and as Lauren's craving for Evan, and moreover, who she is with Evan becomes all the more fierce -- Lauren realizes she needs to make a choice...before one is made for her
Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
Rating: 4/5 stars
Review:
My favorite Sarah Dessen Book! After reading all of the rest of her books I stand by that. In this book the main focus of the book is not the relationship but the trauma of being abandoned by your family. The romance is there and we get to hear about the boy, but the characters are deep and very developed. I even cried during this book. If your looking for pure fluff, this isn't your best bet. However the whole book isn't deep. There are moments of fluff. I very good beach book.
Book info: After her mom vanished in a stench of drugs and alcohol, Ruby continued to live in the family house alone. Finally found out, the introspective teenager is sent to the luxurious home of her older sister, Cora, whom she hadn't seen in ten years. Everything there seems unfamiliar, uncomfortable, and supremely weird: her fancy new room; her lavish new wardrobe; the exclusive private school where she never quite fits in. Most mysterious of all is Nate, the friendly boy next door who seems to have a deep secret of his own. Another subtle character-driven teen novel by Sarah Dessen, the author of Just Listen and That Summer
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Hunger Games
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I picked up this book after all of the hype. I figured it would be ok, I didn't expect much. I love this book. From the first PAGE I was hooked. Read it and don't let people tell you about it before it spoils the book but this book is so good it doesn't really matter.
Summary: This book is about I government where they prove their strength by forcing children into an arena where they fill it with weapons, traps, and who knows what else. There they are forced to kill everyone else to survive. The whole thing is a sport fun for the capitol government , not quite as bloody as it sounds
Checklist(1-5)
Characters: 5 Katniss rocks but Prim her little sister is the best character ever.....(trying to think of better character)..... nope ever! 5
In general fast paced - YES AMAZING 5 Betrayal - Is there umm yep and it's epic 5
love (lust is fine too) - yep awww Peeta.
Adventure - yes yes yes yes yes 5 5 5 5 5
Plot - They go into an arena where they try to kill each other so yes 5 good plot
Line- YES 5 Shouldn't be too predictable- Nope it isn't 5
Extra comments/ old review: AHHHHHHHH this is the first time I have EVER and I mean EVER given a book all 5s on my reviewing system. Amazing book. A must read. Not as violent as though it was going to be but still bloody, a perfect mix. Perfect book 5 stars!!!!
Book Summary:
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.
Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before—and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that will weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
Rating: 4/5 stars
Review:
I enjoyed this book. I was really able to understand the main character's (Andi's) pain... That is after the beginning of the book. The first few chapters I almost stopped reading ( I don't think I have ever donethat before... ever.) Ijust wasn't interested. Andi bothered me. She was very hard to understand, and impossible to feel for. In the first couple of chapters I didn't know her, and I definitely didn't like her, but I wasn't going to put down a book that I spent money on because of the first three chapters. Actually I'm extremely glad I didn't. The story quickly picks up. After Andi's father shows up and drags her to Paris I started to see a real character. I saw a girl who cares for her psychotic mother, and is grieving for her deceased brother. The book read like a completely different book. The characters become likable and the story of the French Revolution started. We got to follow Alexandrine, a girl trying to survive during the French revolution, and let me tell you her story was amazing. I could have just read her diary as a book. The way her story was described and told was refreshing. I was torn between which story I wanted to read more of Alexandrine's of Andi's. Ok, so long story short horrible beginning and the rest was great. I actually handed this book to a friend the next day, but I told her to stick with it past the beginning.
Book Summary:
BROOKLYN: Andi Alpers is on the edge. She’s angry at her father for leaving, angry at her mother for not being able to cope, and heartbroken by the loss of her younger brother, Truman. Rage and grief are destroying her. And she’s about to be expelled from Brooklyn Heights’ most prestigious private school when her father intervenes. Now Andi must accompany him to Paris for winter break.
PARIS: Alexandrine Paradis lived over two centuries ago. She dreamed of making her mark on the Paris stage, but a fateful encounter with a doomed prince of France cast her in a tragic role she didn’t want—and couldn’t escape.
Two girls, two centuries apart. One never knowing the other. But when Andi finds Alexandrine’s diary, she recognizes something in her words and is moved to the point of obsession. There’s comfort and distraction for Andi in the journal’s antique pages—until, on a midnight journey through the catacombs of Paris, Alexandrine’s words transcend paper and time, and the past becomes suddenly, terrifyingly present.
Jennifer Donnelly, author of the award-winning novel A Northern Light, artfully weaves two girls’ stories into one unforgettable account of life, loss, and enduring love. Revolution spans centuries and vividly depicts the eternal struggles of the human hear
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