I really enjoyed The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants books by Ann Brashares, so I was interested to see what she would do writing something a little bit different in her latest book, The Here…
Posts tagged Young adult
The Klaatu Terminus
After watching Tucker and Lia jump back and forth through time and seeing the rise and fall of civilizations and religious zealots, in The Klaatu Terminus, the final book in the Klaatu Diskos trilogy by…
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
I loved Matthew Quick’s The Good Luck of Right Now so I had to check out another of his books, this time a young adult novel called Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock. I liked this one…
Grasshopper Jungle
I am so not a 15-year-old boy. That was my first reaction after I finished reading Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith. It’s not a bad story, there are many things I liked about it, but…
This One’s Going to Leave a Mark
Disclosure: I adore Carrie Mesrobian. She is my one of my very favorite Twitterers. Also, we like to watch the music-themed soap opera “Nashville” together — she on her couch in a northern Twin Cities…
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
After a wild party, Tana wakes up in the bathtub surrounded by dead bodies. Vampires ransacked the house in the night killing everyone except Tana and her ex-boyfriend, although he’s been bitten and is going…
Dystopia. Now with more incest
This has to be a terrible time to be a pop YA novelist. The paranormal couplings have been played out and there is so much dystopia that one might suspect dystopia is secretly a 15-year-old’s…
More Than This
I read this book in a day. That could be my whole review, because even though I read a lot, I don’t often finish a book in one sitting, so you know it has to…
Sex & Violence
Evan Carter is used to being the Eternal New Guy. Moved from school to school because of his father’s work schedule, Evan is never around long enough to make friends. He’s also not interested in…