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Category Archives: Young Adult
Bitterblue – Kristin Cashore (7 Kingdoms #3)
Ugh, super boring. Bitterblue is one of those main characters that I felt like smacking throughout most of the book. You are the QUEEN, girl. Why are you letting everyone lie to you? Fire your shady-ass advisors, quit worrying what … Continue reading
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Tagged 7 Kingdoms, Bitterblue, fantasy, Graceling, Kristin Cashore, YA, young adult
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Fire – Kristin Cashore (7 Kingdoms #2)
Fire is about a girl with magic hair, and – yeah that’s right, I said magic hair – and magic beauty that can make people overcome with desire. There’s also some nonsense about her being able to control people’s minds, … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Young Adult
Tagged 7 Kingdoms, fantasy, Fire, Graceling, Kristin Cashore, YA, young adult
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Graceling – Kristin Cashore (7 Kingdoms #1)
Yet another YA series that I keep hearing is so good, so I finally broke down and read it. It was…good. Not great, not bad. I don’t really have a lot of opinions on Graceling, other than that I moderately … Continue reading
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Tagged 7 Kingdoms, fantasy, Graceling, Kristin Cashore, YA, young adult
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Well, I did it to myself AGAIN, but…
Well, I did it to myself again, but…it’s that time of year when I allow my students to choose from a list of novels to read. This year, I was dumb and let them choose from TEN selections. This was … Continue reading
Rebel Angels & The Sweet Far Thing (Gemma Doyle 2&3) by Libba Bray
Oh look, I’m actually for once reviewing an ENTIRE series! Usually my interest in writing up reviews tends to fizzle out after the first one, it seems. Especially when my interest in the book fizzles out like it did with … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Pretty Covers, Young Adult
Tagged fantasy, gemma doyle, pretty covers, witches, young adult
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A Strange and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle #1) – Libba Bray
What a strange book. It kept me entertained, but as I sit here thinking about it, more and more stuff keeps popping into my mind. First, the good. OK, this cover? Gorgeous, and really the thing that made me read … Continue reading
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Tagged fantasy, gemma doyle, pretty covers, witches, young adult
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Bruiser by Neal Shusterman
Otherwise known as the last, most incredible book I read. Ooh, man, I REALLY liked this one. Twins Tennyson and Bronte, who are having some issues at home, disagree about Bronte’s new boyfriend, Brewster Rawlins. Tennyson feels his sister can … Continue reading
The Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry
The Giver – Now, folks, THIS is what a dystopia should be…complex, controlled, dysphoric and incredibly, believeably real. Jonas is selected to become the next Receiver of Memory of his drab, gray, deprived community. He seems to have a special … Continue reading
Posted in Children's, Dystopian, Fiction, Young Adult
Tagged Gathering Blue, Lois Lowry, Messenger, Son, The Giver
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Divergent by Veronica Roth
Eh…this book was very nearly a DNF for me. And, to be honest, I’m not sure if that is the fault of Divergent itself or me as a reader. As you may have noticed in my earlier post, I am kinda … Continue reading
Posted in Dystopian, Fiction, Young Adult
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Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Sorta liked it: Seraphina is an original, clever, political novel about a medieval society in which dragons take human form and interact fairly freely with the rest of the population. I found the world of Goredd fascinatingly real and well … Continue reading
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Tagged dragons, fantasy, Rachel Hartman, Seraphina, YA
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