So, firstly, I want to say that my favourite thing about these books, and all of Suzanne Collin’s writing, is that she writes for and about children as if they are capable and intelligent people. Even the two year old in the books is treated as a character with depth and growth and understanding. The…

Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series, is probably one of my favourite authors. In the Percy series he did such a good job of weaving together educational facts, humour, plot, and good characters. And he’s done it again with The Red Pyramid. The story starts off with Carter Kane, a 14 year old…

Now, I read a fair number of books. I’ve been known to read upwards of three in one day. So, when I say this is the best book I’ve read this year believe me when I say it had competition. And it blew that competition out of the water. Finnikin of the Rock is a…

Back in September, I posted my very first ever review on this here blog. I raved  about how much I loved Carrie Ryan’s The Forest of Hands and Teeth and how excited I was for the sequel. The Dead Tossed Waves is technically released today, but I was fortunate enough to find it in my…

I bought Incarceron by Catherine Fisher right when they released it into US bookstores (it was already released in England 2 years ago), but I had some other stuff I wanted to read first and I kind of forgot about it. Big mistake. I’m going to do my best to talk about this without spoiling…

I was recommended Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver on twitter well before it was released. I immediately trotted off to Amazon to check it out and fell in love with 1) the cover (obviously) and 2) the premise. I was fortunate enough to find it at my local Barnes & Noble last Thursday (since…

Hate List by Jennifer Brown is yet another book I bought because I loved the cover. I almost didn’t, because I don’t like books about school shootings. So often they’re written from the point of view of the shooter or with excerpts from the shooters, and I just…I can’t get behind that for any reason….

I was hesitant about The Dark Divine by Bree Despain. To be perfectly honest, I didn’t love the cover all that much, and I’m still questioning what the heck it has to do with the story it was supposed to sell. Plus, I’ve been feeling a little burnt out on YA lit lately. I read…

The Prophecy of the Sisters is one of those books that I had never heard even a whisper of before glimpsing it on the bookstore shelves. The title grabbed me, and the cover looked promising and I liked the flap. But it was a hardcover that I didn’t know about so I dithered about it…

13 Little Blue Envelopes is the story of american teenager Ginny who has recently learned that her slightly wacky, artist aunt has died of cancer. The begins when Ginny receives an envelope from her aunt containing a letter with rules and instructions and $1000 cash. Shy, quiet Ginny, who prefers to go unnoticed is being…