Divergent by Veronica Roth
If you read my review of Matched, you’ll know that I’m starting to get worn out by my favorite genre. I love dystopian sci-fi, but, like eating Hot Pockets for a month, it starts to get old. With that...
View ArticleAfter Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick
If I told you that a book about cancer patients was funny, you might call me disturbed, crass, or several versions of inappropriate. But After Ever After is funny despite the very serious subject. This...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
I just finished The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater. It’s the story of Puck Connolly and Sean Kendrick, two teens on a small Celtic island that is visited by man-eating horses every year. Yeah, I...
View ArticleCharlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading by Tommy Greenwald
This is a funny book for a librarian to carry around. This is a funny book. Charlie Joe Jackson has avoided reading a book for all of the years that he’s been in school. He has paid off his friend,...
View ArticleLegend by Marie Lu
I finished Legend by Marie Lu last night. (The last 100 pages really flew by – especially since I had my dystopian Pandora playlist pumping through my headphones. Getting ready for today’s booktalk was...
View ArticleOut of Sight, Out of Time by Ally Carter
“And I remembered ‘normal’ might never be the same again.” That, in a sentence, is the theme of the series and the core idea woven throughout the entire plot of the fifth book in the Gallagher Girls...
View ArticleCinder by Marissa Meyer
I’ll be honest. It’s pretty tough to convince me that the world needs another Cinderella re-telling, especially since so many stories out there are rags to riches. Re-tellings of fairy tales are huge...
View ArticleThis Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel
I am convinced that Ken Oppel is required by contract to have at least one weird creature in his books. We’ve had flying cats, lonely bats, and maybe even mutated rats (that last one I may be wrong...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nevermore by James Patterson
I just finished Nevermore by James Patterson and feel like I have come to an end of a journey. I remember when the first one came out while I was in the classroom and pretty much any student that I...
View ArticleUnited We Spy by Ally Carter
I’ve folowed the series from start to finish now, which is tough when trying to keep up with so many series being launched each month in YA fiction. Part of it is because of Ally’s visit to our school...
View Article
