Posts from the Young Adult department.
Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone Realistic Fiction Romance Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) This book is very, very, very good, but not quite amazing. First of all the book is basically about a girl named Sam, and her battle against OCD. OCD being obsessive compulsive disorder, and she is obsessed with information and the number three. Well, Sam is in this group of friends called the crazy eights, but she feels like … Read more
Maze Runner Maze Runner #1 by James Dashner Science Fiction Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) It’s a life or death situation as people are doing an experiment on a big group of people. It never stops for these guys. I liked this book because it showed great emotion. Review #2 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) Thomas, the main character wakes up in an elevator and has no memory of before. … Read more
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand Biography Nonfiction Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) I liked the book, since it was nonfiction, but felt as though it was made up. The main character, Louis, is a great athlete and is able to compete at the Berlin Olympics, and is even able to meet Hitler himself. Louis is drafted and joins the Air Force, only to have his plane shot down. Louis survives the Pacific Ocean, … Read more
Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer Adventure Fantasy Mystery Romance Science Fiction Thriller Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) Get lost in the Lunar Chronicles, it’s a fun-filled and exciting adventure kind of book series. You’ll meet many new people who you’ll fall in love with. The book starts out with showing the main problem, then as the series goes on it shows how this problem came to be. Queen Levana and … Read more
Paper Towns by John Green Mystery Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) Paper Towns by John Green is a book about a boy named Quentin Jacobsen and his best friends, Ben Starling, Radar, and Lacey, as they search for missing Margo Roth Spiegelman, who Q both lives next to and loves. After sneaking into his house, Margo and Q go out for a night of pranking her friends and ex-boyfriend, … Read more
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) MSK is about a young girl who sues her parents over the rights over her own body. Since she was born, her parents have used Anna’s body parts and blood to keep Anna’s cancer stricken sister, Kate, alive. I enjoyed this book very much. It had many twists which made me think about the choices I make. I … Read more
Paperweight by Meg Haston Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) You must take it upon yourself to read this book. Paperweight is about a teen girl named Stevie who is suffering from an eating disorder. Her mom left a few years before she went into treatment and just a year ago her brother, her best friend, died in a car accident. She takes responsibility for his death and plans to … Read more
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls Biography Nonfiction Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) The Glass Castle is about Jeanette Walls’ life growing up in a broken family. The book is very raw and often shocking as she exposes the everyday life she had. I really liked this memoir and am glad I picked it up. I would recommend this to anybody who enjoys reading. It will be worth your time, but be … Read more
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell Realistic Fiction Romance Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) Eleanor & Park basically was a rollercoaster of emotions. It was just an explosion of feels and the ending had me crying my brains out. The switching of point of view was very confusing, but mainly because I’d stop in the middle of an Eleanor passage and then when I went to read the book again, I thought … Read more
The One Selection series #3 by Kiera Cass Adventure Dystopian Romance Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) The Selection series is a book series that perfectly blends The Hunger Games with The Bachelor. It’s a romance cake with an icing of adventure and sprinkles of dystopia. One might say that the book would’ve been a hodge podge that wouldn’t blend together nicely, but I definitely recommend this book to any other teen … Read more