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Requiem – Lauren Oliver
<– this girl on the cover is looking progressively manlier with each book. I’m not really sure I have much to say about Requiem. I didn’t like it. I just feel rather blah about the whole thing, and I’m really … Continue reading
Posted in Dystopian, Young Adult
Tagged Delirium, dystopian, Lauren Oliver, Requiem, young adult
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Pandemonium – Lauren Oliver
Here are some random thoughts I have about Pandemonium, some taken from notes on my kindle while reading. It’s kind of ridiculous that, now that the “bad guy” (the Invalids) from the first book doesn’t really exist anymore, now there’s … Continue reading
Posted in Dystopian, Fiction, Young Adult
Tagged Delirium, dystopian, Lauren Oliver, Pandemonium, young adult
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Delirium – Lauren Oliver
Summary: Lena lives in a future USA in which the government has decided that all the problems of the world were caused by love – amor delirium nervosa – and has figured out a way to remove the ability to … Continue reading
Posted in Dystopian, Fiction, Young Adult
Tagged Delirium, dystopia, fiction, Lauren Oliver, Sarah Drew, YA, young adult
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Two Dorks, One Book: The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
Michelle says: BLARGH. I hate when a series I love goes beyond the expected mid-series slump into boring and even begins to disappoint… I love love loved The Lost Hero, the first book in the Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan. It made me go … Continue reading
Posted in 2 Dorks 1 Book, Children's, Fiction, Young Adult
Tagged 2 Dorks 1 Book, children's books, fantasy, heroes of olympus, Mark of Athena, Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan, YA, young adult
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Princess of the Midnight Ball – Jessica Day George
Wellllllll, this one was a fail for me. I mean, fairy tale retellings, yay I love those! But this was a fairy tale that I’m not very familiar with – The Twelve Dancing Princesses. And then there was the problem … Continue reading
Wither – Lauren DeStefano
Awww, man. This is a review that I really don’t want to write. Not because I feel bad about writing a bad review – some people like books, some people don’t, oh well. It’s because I feel like there’s something … Continue reading
Posted in Dystopian, Fiction, Uncategorized, Young Adult
Tagged Chemical Garden, dystopian, Lauren DeStefano, Wither, YA, young adult
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Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
Oh no. It hurts me to have to say I didn’t like a John Green book, because I, like everyone else ever in the entire universe, adore John Green. But…yeah, I hated it. Still, this is John Green. JOHN GREEN. … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Young Adult
Tagged David Levithan, John Green, Will Grayson, young adult
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Chaos Walking series – Patrick Ness
The Chaos Walking trilogy starts with The Knife of Never Letting Go, and it’s apparently geared toward the young adult market. Basically, Todd is our hero and he’s a settler on a planet where everybody can hear the thoughts of … Continue reading
Posted in Sci-Fi, Young Adult
Tagged Chaos Walking, Patrick Ness, Sci-Fi, young adult
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The Alchemy of Forever – Avery Williams
Seraphina has been alive since the 1300’s, made immortal when the boy she was beginning to love back then, Cyrus, saved her from death with a strange liquid – a method of alchemy that lets them swap bodies with any … Continue reading
Posted in Paranormal, Young Adult
Tagged alchemy of forever, avery williams, paranormal, YA, YA paranormal, young adult
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The Scorpio Races – Maggie Stiefvater
I basically agree with everything Michelle said about this book, but I’ll expand by complaining about some other things as well. This was a good enough book. If I was the type to give ratings, I’d give it a 3…which … Continue reading
Posted in 2 Dorks 1 Book, Fantasy, Young Adult
Tagged 2 Dorks 1 Book, maggie stiefvater, scorpio races, young adult
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