Being a teacher and having a passion for ending peer bullying, K. M. Walton certainly knows how to show the impact of bullying from the mind of both the victim and the bully in her 2012 novel Cracked. Her novel follows characters Victor and Bull, who have a deep hate for one another. But, their …
This book seems to be appreciated most by those who have a family member/friend/child dealing with mental illness, or who have dealt with it themselves. Although I would hope that others who are unfamiliar would attempt to understand it better. I was really amazed by the author’s creativity, which was inspired mainly by his teenage …
2021 EDIT: ‘Princess Academy’ is a lovely, bountiful, funny, lived-in and soulful book. The realness of its world! The female power! The amount of life lessons that can be learned from it! Everything is easy to picture and follow without over-descriptions, and I was never bored. I could feel the weather conditions, the rock, the …
4.5/5 Stars With its deliciously creepy atmosphere, irresistible humor, and enticing romance, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer quickly became one of my favorite reads last year, and I’ve been eagerly and anxiously awaiting its sequel…and thankfully the wait as been well worth it! While I’ll admit that I loved book one a wee bit more …
Sometimes you must lose everything to find yourself. Jandy Nelson’s debut novel The Sky is Everywhere is an absolute must read for YA readers. I breezed through this book in one sitting, and I’m still going over in my heart and in my mind all the emotions this book made me feel about the complexities …
I am totally on a binge with Dean Koontz – enjoying myself greatly, swept away with enthusiasm for my discovery, I gulped ‘Strangers’, ‘Phantoms’, ‘Whispers’ and savoured last chapters of ‘Midnight’ right now this morning, even mused a little bit what appeals so much to me and I think I know – scary and gripping …
The long and short of it is, ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ really is an excellent example of how women were treated in the past and how we are still treated in the present. I got into a fight last night with a long time friend who I think has reached the toxic level of friendship for …
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I read the first half of this when I was in seventh grade. I bought over a dozen Stephen King books at a garage sale and laid out a plan to complete the entire Stephen King catalogue. This was even more foolish than my more recent attempt to read the entirety of In Search of …
Ignorance is BlissIt is interesting that despite Cthulu being somewhat popular that you don’t really get any movies appearing in the mainstream cinemas, or even its own television show. However, I suspect it has more to do with the whole genre being more part of a sub-culture than anything else. If we take the roleplaying …
The glass series follows Opal Cowan, a glass magician who can trap magic inside glass. She crafts glass messengers for Sitia and helps with a glass crisis. The Stormdance clans orbs are shattering, killing Stormdancers and leaving the coastal residents in life-threatening danger. The orbs contail the power of the seasonal coastal storms and are …