faery-tales-and-nightmares: • Nature is out of balance in the human world. The sun hasn’t shone in years, and crops are failing. Worse yet, strange and hostile creatures have begun to appear. The people’s survival hangs in the balance. To solve the crisis, the oracle stones are cast, and Kaede and Taisin, two seventeen-year-old girls, are picked … Continue reading Huntress | Malinda Lo
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The Revenge of Seven (Lorien Legacies #5) by Pittacus Lore | Book Review
The Garde have suffered an unbearable loss. Number Five has betrayed them. Eight is gone forever. Ella has been kidnapped. The others are now scattered.In Chicago, John makes the unlikeliest of allies: Adam, a Mogadorian who turned his back on his people. He has invaluable information about Mog technology, battle strategies, and weaknesses. Most important, … Continue reading The Revenge of Seven (Lorien Legacies #5) by Pittacus Lore | Book Review
Cosmicomics | Italo Calvino
librarianreadseverything: A really incredible work that is a wild mix of science and prose. The stories took the science of the world and anthropomorphized it. It’s hard to describe exactly where the attraction of the book came in, but it was tangible throughout. The stories are short enough to make it well worth giving them … Continue reading Cosmicomics | Italo Calvino
The Giver by Lois Lowry | Book Review
The Giver is a novel by Lois Lowry, which was first published in 1993. The novel follows a young boy, Jonas, in a society that eliminated pain and conflicts by eradicating emotional depth from their lives. Jonas is apprehensive about an upcoming ceremony that will determine is “job” in the community. It might not be … Continue reading The Giver by Lois Lowry | Book Review
The Lost Files: Five’s Betrayal (Lorien Legacies: The Lost Files #9) by Pittacus Lore | Book Review
This sequel to I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: Five’s Legacy finds Number Five entering the ranks of the Mogadorian army. The Mogs have convinced him that they will be the victor in their war for Earth, and Five decides he would rather be on the winning side. Realizing that the only thing that … Continue reading The Lost Files: Five’s Betrayal (Lorien Legacies: The Lost Files #9) by Pittacus Lore | Book Review
Americain Gods by Neil Gaiman | Book Review
librarianreadseverything: You’ve got your old gods - Odin, Ibis, a bunch of others I can’t remember. And they’re brought to America by the people who believed in them. Then you’ve got your new gods - television, media, the Internet. For reasons that I didn’t really catch, they’re going to fight. Okay, so I really like … Continue reading Americain Gods by Neil Gaiman | Book Review
The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner #1) by James Dashner | Book Review
The Maze Runner (book1): I finished reading the Maze runner after years of letting it sit there unfinished. To be honest, it was knowing the movie was coming out soon that pushed me to finish it. It was a brilliant idea on James Dashner’s part to have the characters of the glades speaking with their own … Continue reading The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner #1) by James Dashner | Book Review
I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: Return to Paradise (Lorien Legacies: The Lost Files #8) by Pittacus Lore | Book Review
How was it? I usually read these novellas within hours after I bought them but this one sat on my e-reader for days before I got to it. I even read it in a week. The main reason is that Mark is not my favorite character neither is Sarah Hart btw and to be honest … Continue reading I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: Return to Paradise (Lorien Legacies: The Lost Files #8) by Pittacus Lore | Book Review
Watchmen (Graphic Novel) | Review
librarianreadseverything: Watchmen set the standard for future graphic novels. It stands out for the complexity of morals of its main characters. It doesn’t rely only on the comic book panel but mixes in hard text. What was really interesting was its use of parallel storylines, providing depth without length of novel. It really brought forward … Continue reading Watchmen (Graphic Novel) | Review
Worn Out Spines 