Enchanting, beautiful and sweet. It's about the kind of fairies you think of as a little girl with flowers and fairy circles. It also surprised me with its new imagining of fairies walking among us. A great page-turner that I couldn't put down. Content Rating: Mild, for minor swearing, some kissing, and a tiny bit of ... Read More »
Archives for June 2011
Book Review: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Maggie Stiefvater is a great storyteller. I liked how she used smells to describe everything. A lot of it made me think of Twilight. I always thought Jake had it easy. What if you couldn't choose to be a wolf? It was heart-breakingly sad and beautiful at the same time. The pace was calm to ... Read More »
Book Review: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The narration style is what made this book so unique and interesting. The narrator is all-knowing and is actually a character in the story that talks to you, the reader. It's old-fashioned to do that, but the author modernizes it by making the narrator Death. Set it WWII, it's a thought-provoking story on the power of ... Read More »
Pottermore
J.K. Rowling herself put up a scavenger hunt on the internet a few days ago (which I participated in!) and it revealed the word "Pottermore" and a new website. And the craziness began. WHAT IS IT? Everyone wants to know and there's a YouTube video covered in owls where in 5 days and counting, she'll ... Read More »
Flashback Friday: Civil War in 3rd Period English
Flashback Friday is where I post a little snipet of my life as a teenager. This story is totally true as far as I remember it. I'm sitting in my 7th grade English class when severe pain hits in the lower abdomen area. There's a civil war raging inside me and I know it's only a ... Read More »
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