Winter ended up being my favorite book in the whole series. Snow White is probably the hardest fairy tale character to connect to. She's perfect and helpless. Winter spends a lot of time dusting, sweeping, cleaning rugs, organizing and washing laundry like Snow White does (but no forest animals in this version). But Winter pays ... Read More »
Book Review: Cress by Marissa Meyer
I liked Cress much better than Cinder or Scarlet. In fact, it took me a few years to even finish the series because I didn't like Scarlet very much. I'm so glad I didn't quit the Lunar Chronicles series! My favorite thing about this series has been the subtle tie-ins to the fairy tales. In ... Read More »
Book Review: Geekerella by Ashley Poston
Fandom meets Cinderella with a Gilmore Girls-level of nerd culture references, Geekerella was witty, charming and funny. There were references to Lord of the Rings, The Little Mermaid, Firefly, Star Trek, Star Wars and yes, even Gilmore Girls. Every reference was a fun little surprise. The author gets all the nerd points I can bestow ... Read More »
Book Review: Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
I'm not sure that I liked this as much as Cinder, the first book in this series. The writing was funny. I find this series very unique in the fact that the story is continued but from someone else's point of view. Cinder still has chapters from her point of view in this book, but ... Read More »
Book Review: A Whole New World by Liz Braswell
The first 82 pages of A Whole New World are extremely similar to the Disney movie, Aladdin. Even for a novelization of a movie, that's pretty unusual. We get a tiny bit more of Aladdin's backstory but almost all of the dialogue stays the same. On page 82 Jasmine actually goes looking for Aladdin after ... Read More »
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My name is Jessica. I love to read Young Adult and classic literature. I’ve been a book blogger for six years and I haven’t gotten tired of it yet. I’m a very curious reader. Writing about all the questions and thoughts I had while reading a book is the best hobby ever.