Category: Review

Second Chance Sunday – L..

Later this week I will post my review for Prodigy, the follow-up to Marie Lu’s book Legend. Since that was scheduled I thought it would be a great idea to use today’s Second Chance Sunday to review Legend. Legend is a story about a girl and boy that have been living in two different worlds. One is the privileged, “smart” girl that is destined for a high ranking in the Republic’s government. The other is a street rat that does everything he can to take the Republic down and save his family who are the most important people in the […]

Posted August 18, 2013 by Andi / 0 Comments

Review: The 5th Wave – R..

Flat out, I was disappointed when I finished this one. I don’t know what I expected, but after all the love and the hype I just wanted something more and I just didn’t find it. Was it different than what I normally read? Absolutely. Did it keep me interested enough? Yup. But something wasn’t there for me and that left me feeling meh. There was a lot going on and a lot of characters and the whole thing was written in 3rd person even with the switch of characters and that made it kind of hard to know who’s voice […]

Posted August 15, 2013 by Andi / 0 Comments

Review: Shadowlands – Ka..

Source/Type: Library/Hardcover Stars: 4.5 of 5 My first thought: Why did I take so long to read this book?! It has been on my list for so long. It was even on my ‘dying to read list’ and I still didn’t get to it. Well, that changed when I became a library convert and was able to check it out. And boy was it ever fantastic. It was everything that I was hoping for. It was well written and kept me guessing and had likable characters. It was all around an excellent book. Shadowlands is the first book in a […]

Posted August 8, 2013 by Andi / 0 Comments

Review: Thousand Words –..

Title: Thousand Words [Amazon] Author: Jennifer Brown [website] Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Genre: Contemporary Source/Type: Library/Hardcover Stars: 5 of 5 Publisher Description: Ashleigh’s boyfriend, Kaleb, is about to leave for college, and Ashleigh is worried that he’ll forget about her while he’s away. So at a legendary end-of-summer pool party, Ashleigh’s friends suggest she text him a picture of herself — sans swimsuit — to take with him. Before she can talk herself out of it, Ashleigh strides off to the bathroom, snaps a photo in the full-length mirror, and hits “send.” But when Kaleb and Ashleigh […]

Posted August 1, 2013 by Andi / 0 Comments

Review: The Infinite Moment of..

Title: The Infinite Moment of Us [Amazon] Author: Lauren Myracle [website] Publisher: Amulet Books Genre: Contemporary Source/Type: Gifted/Paperback ARC Stars: 2 of 5 Publisher Description: For as long as she can remember, Wren Gray’s goal has been to please her parents. But as high school graduation nears, so does an uncomfortable realization: Pleasing her parents once overlapped with pleasing herself, but now . . . not so much. Wren needs to honor her own desires, but how can she if she doesn’t even know what they are. Charlie Parker, on the other hand, is painfully aware of his heart’s desire. […]

Posted July 30, 2013 by Andi / 0 Comments