I loved the first line of Raven Boys. Blue Sargent had forgotten how many times she'd been told that she would kill her true love. -Maggie Stiefvater, Raven Boys pg 1 And then I was bored for the next 200 pages. Don't get me wrong - there were a lot of things I liked. I really loved the ... Read More »
Book Review: Elizabeth Street by Laurie Fabiano
Elizabeth Street was one of those books where I had to know what happened. I was reading while I was making dinner, and eating dinner, and when I should have been sleeping. I couldn't put it down until I knew what happened. I mean, I knew what happened at the end because it's told in non-chronological ... Read More »
Book Review: Urban Hunters Collection Books 1-3 by Gary Taaffe
The Urban Hunters is like The Jungle Book set in Aboriginal Australia. When I saw the subtitle, “Billy’s Gotta Find Some Girls,” I knew I had to read it. I was pulled in from the first page by how vivid and visual the writing was. I was immersed in an entirely new and fascinating culture ... Read More »
Book Review: The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
Before I start my review of The Casual Vacancy, I want to make it clear that I only read 25 pages of this book (and it took me 5 days to even get that far because it wasn't keeping my interest). I also want to make it clear that in my life I have not ... Read More »
Book Review: The Vicious Deep by Zoraida Cordova
The Vicious Deep starts out with a guy narrating for a change, which was nice. Not only that, but the voice was amazingly well done - it felt authentic and like what an average teenage boy would really think and say (as far as I know....I am a girl). This debut novel had a lot of ... Read More »
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.