Love the characters in this book. Most of them you've known for the whole series, but in this book they start to grow and change the way real people would. The realistic characters are what makes this story shine. The plot felt unfinished and unresolved - not like a cliff hanger, but just like we ... Read More »
Book Review: Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
The pace definitely picks up in Linger. The author switches narrators often which can be interesting and refreshing, but it was also sometimes confusing and frustrating to remember who was narrating. There seems to be two story lines going at once and you'll find yourself rooting for one or the other. Shiver stood well on it's ... Read More »
Book Review: The Woman I Was Born To Be by Susan Boyle
It gets slow in the middle, but when you get to the part about her overnight fame and her incredibly honest reaction to it, it was very inspiring. If you've never heard her audition from Britain's Got Talent, then look it up on YouTube before you read this book. Content Rating: Mild, at the most there ... Read More »
Book Review: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
It's like Harry Potter meets Ancient Greece with a mix of Bruce Coville's "My Teacher is an Alien." It was entertaining, if not a little immature, but the part that was most touching to me was why Rick wrote these stories. His son loved Greek Mythology and when Rick ran out of stories, he made ... Read More »
Book Review: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
A great murder mystery set in medieval times. I felt like the main character, William, was a modern character in medieval times. Apparently, I wasn't the only one that thought this because he addresses it the post script and says that the passages that most people find too "modern" are direct quotes from 14th century ... Read More »
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