Category: Books

Review: Dance of the Red Death..

I had trouble with this one in the beginning. Not because it was a bad book or because I wasn’t interested. It was purely because I couldn’t remember what the heck happened in the first part of the series because I read it so long ago! I couldn’t for the life of me remember what happened in Masque of the Red Death and what I loved about it. But as Dance of the Red Death continued and the memories started to return I remembered my love of Will and Araby and the world Griffin created and I found the book […]

Posted June 14, 2013 by Andi / 0 Comments

Review: Eleanor and Park ̵..

You killed me Rainbow Rowell, completely killed me with this book. It was fun and light hearted and deeply sad and broke my heart and made me laugh. I felt a plethora of emotions and it is completely your fault. The story of Eleanor and Park was magical and real and deeply emotional. Did I cry? No, but I did feel all the feels because really, there is no way you can’t. Eleanor & Park is a story about 2 teenagers in 1986. Eleanor is the new girl, and everyone makes sure she remembers it when she arrives on the […]

Posted June 12, 2013 by Andi / 0 Comments

Second Chance Sunday – M..

On Tuesday the final book in the Masque of the Red Death series, Dance of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin, will be released(review on Friday). So I thought what better book for today’s Second Chance Sunday then Masque of the Red Death. I really enjoyed this story. It was a very clever take on an Edgar Allen Poe story that was made into a modern dystopian but kept the same creep factor vibe from the original. Really great start to this story. The characters were interesting, the setting was eerily described and spot on for the plot and the […]

Posted June 9, 2013 by Andi / 0 Comments

Review: Dare You To – Ka..

I heart Beth’s story! She was so lost and alone. Ryan was just what he needed. Although similar to McGarry’s first book, it also was a book all of its own too. Sure Beth and Ryan were opposites like Noah and Echo from Pushing the Limits, but there was something more believable about Ryan and Beth’s connection. As they say, opposites attract and Beth and Ryan were complete opposites. Dare You To is the story of Beth, who we were first introduced to in Pushing the Limit. Beth has been relying on herself for a really long time and has […]

Posted June 7, 2013 by Andi / 0 Comments

Review: The Great Gatsby ̵..

I freely admit that I was a slacker when it came to reading in high school. I did the bare minimum of my summer reading, just enough to get me by. Cliff’s Notes, sorry cringing teachers everywhere, were my best friend for the books I didn’t read. But I can say with great confidence that isn’t why I never read this classic until now. The truth is, this book was never assigned to me so I never gave it a second thought until Leonardo DiCaprio was cast in the movie. And if you know me, you know one thing about […]

Posted June 5, 2013 by Andi / 0 Comments