Alligent by Veronica Roth | Website | Twitter | Publisher/Year: Katherine Tegen Books | October 22, 2013 Pages: 544 Series: Book three of the Divergent series Genre: YA Dystopian Format: Hardback Source: Own Amazon | Goodreads Summary (From Goodreads) The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered–fractured by violence and power …
Saturday Stories
I was inspired be a writing challenge: one sentence stories. So here’s three I came up with. Let me know what you think. ~I looked and saw my next door neighbor standing outside my window, on the second story of my house. ~You could cut the darkness with a knife, and when Susie did, there …
Be Kind Please Rewind: November
I don’t even think I remember most of the month of November, so this may be a challenge but here are my top three: 1) I joined in with NaNoWriMo this year. I haven’t done this officially since 2009, but I decided to give it a go this year. Two days into it, I trashed …
Versus: Mockingjay
Verses is where I put two mediums of the same story against each other IMDB | Goodreads First Off: the spoiler free points As soon as I sat down in my seat I remembered parts of the movie that gave me all the feels, and also decided where they would end the first …
Recently Reread: City of Light City of Dark
City of Light City of Dark by AVI Illustrator: Brian Floca Publisher/Year: Scholastic, Inc | 1993 Pages: 192 Series: Stand Alone Genre: Middle Grade, Graphic Novel Format: Paperback Source: Owned Amazon | Goodreads Summery (From Amazon) Complications abound in a graphic novel related in brief narrative boxes plus dialogue (some of it in both Spanish …
Review: A Grimm Legacy
A Grimm Legacy by Janna Jennings | website Publisher/Year: Patchwork Press | October 26,2014 Pages: 337 Series: Book One in the Grimm Tales Genre: YA Fantasy | Fairy Tale Retelling Format: eBook ARC Source: Patchwork Press through Netgalley (Thanks!) Amazon | Goodreads I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest …
Stacking the Shelves
Stacking the shelves is hosted over at Tanga’s Reviews Holy load of books! I seriously I have a problem, I can’t resist a good deal on a book and need an intervention, but really, don’t try to stop me. Some of these I’ve wanted for a long time and happened across them at a good …
Review: Gathering Blue
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry | Website Publisher/Year: Ember | January 24, 2006 Pages: 240 Series: Book 2 in The Giver Quartet Genre: Middle Grade Dystopian Format: Audiobook Source: Overdrive Media Amazon | Goodreads Summary (From Goodreads) In her strongest work to date, Lois Lowry once again creates a mysterious but plausible future world. It …
Review: Pride and Prejudice Manga Adaptation
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Adapted by Stacy King Illustrators: Morpheus Studios, Shane Law, Po Tse Publisher/Year: Udon Entertainment and Myrick Marketing and Media, LLC | August 19, 2014 Pages: 376 Series: Manga Classics Genre: Manga Format: E-book Source: ARC through Netgalley from UDON Entertainment and Morpheus Publishing (Thanks!) Amazon | Goodreads I received this …
Tiny Tales: The Book with No Pictures
Tiny Tales are my reviews about books under the Middle Grade reading level. The Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak Publisher/Year: Dial | September 30, 2014 Pages: 48 Series: None Genre: Early Reader (k-3rd) Format: Hardback Source: Borrowed Amazon | Goodreads Summary (From Goodreads) You might think a book with no pictures seems boring and serious. …