The City of Mirrors Author: Justin Cronin Grade: A The City of Mirrors is the last book of Cronin's Passage Trilogy and despite having a couple of things that usually drive me nuts I thought it was a fitting end to the series and I really enjoyed the story. Both this book and as a... Continue Reading →
June: New Releases that Caught My Eyes
JUNE! It's only the beginning of June and I'm trapped in triple digit heat! So actually while most of the books I'm salivating over are coming in the fall (I'm looking at you Crooked Kingdom) and a lot of the movies late summer there are a bunch of interesting looking new releases for this month!... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Plan to Read this Summer
10 Books I Plan to Read This Summer I'm not really big on the summer season. In fact books are pretty much what I use to get through until the Fall so these aren't particularly summer related but here are some things I would really like to read in the next couple of months: Suicide... Continue Reading →
The Last Star
The Last Star Author: Rick Yancey Grade: C+ The invasion happened in waves. Power, destruction, plague, violence... the last book in The 5th Wave series is about the final step of the invasion. Once again we follow Cassie, Ben, Evan and their friends as they fight to stop it while keeping their humanity (and a... Continue Reading →
If I Was Your Girl
If I Was Your Girl Author: Meredith Russo Grade: A If I Was Your Girl follows the story of Amanda as she moves to a new town to live with her father for the first time in years. There she meets new friends, settles in and even finds a fantastic love interest. Only Amanda has... Continue Reading →
The Gratitude Diaries
The Gratitude Diaries Author: Janice Kaplan Grade: B (ish) đŸ™‚ I have to admit there's a cynical nature to my brain that was reading parts of this thinking, "Yeah, no kidding you can be grateful. Tell me some more about your place in New York, your country house in Connecticut and all the traveling you... Continue Reading →
Flawed
Flawed Author: Cecelia Ahern Grade: A- In Celestine North's world anyone who makes a mistake, including what a court of "judges" deem a moral one, is branded and becomes near to outlaw citizens. They aren't jailed per say but worse than that they are forced to live under such draconian laws that they may as... Continue Reading →
Queen of Hearts
Queen of Hearts Author: Colleen Oakes Genre: YA/Fantasy Grade: A I absolutely love the thought of adventures in Wonderland although recently it's been hit or miss for me. (Alice in Zombieland and After Alice- they did nothing for me.) Luckily the story of  Princess Dinah was a lot more intriguing and fun. The Princess is... Continue Reading →
Star Wars: Bloodline
Star Wars: Bloodline Author: Claudia Gray Genre: Sci-Fi Grade: B This was a good book but personally I had a hard time connecting with the story. Bloodline takes place a couple of years before the movie and deals with Princess Leia, the gridlock in the Senate, her fear that a new enemy is gathering strength... Continue Reading →
You Were Here
You Were Here Author: Cori McCarthy Genre: YA Grade: A- "Do you guys know what a Gordian knot is?" Bishop asked. "Some people think it represents time. A tangle of sorts, but basically, it implies that anything that happened is still happening. That the past is never gone. The future already exists. Spirals upon spirals."... Continue Reading →