Title: My Dead World Author: Jacqueline Druga Published: June, 2016 Rating: 3/5 ______________________________________________ BLURB Since childhood, Nila Carter is made to spend every weekend at the family cabin. In her teenage years she believes it to be a prison, as an adult it becomes her sanctuary and means to survive.
When the latest and final installment of one of my favorite series came out last week, I raced over to the bookstore to pluck it off the shelf (along with several other books that I just couldn’t help but grab as well). Arms overloaded with books, I made my way into my house where… Read More The City of Mirrors – Book Review
ANTHEM is a dystopian fiction novella by Ayn Rand, written in 1937 and first published in 1938 in England. It takes place at some unspecified future date when mankind has entered another dark age. Technological advancement is now carefully planned and the concept of individuality has been eliminated. Equality 7-2521, writing by candlelight in… Read More Anthem – Book Review
It’s been a while since I have read a book from The Selection series, and this second part of The Heir, The Crown was interesting in a different way to the previous books. Eadlyn, Maxon and America’s daughter is destined to rule and is the first Princess to hold her own selection. As… Read More The Crown – Book Review
1312, A knight destined to rule… Jareth Tremaine, the first Duke of Dover, has seen how he’s remembered in history books—either a saint who rules his lands with justice or a religious extremist whose harsh treatment of the church nearly has him executed.
About the book: All the missing victims of North Carolina’s deadliest serial killer have been found, all except Rachel Smith. When the FBI produces a photo proving Rachel is alive and well in Texas, one case is closed but another one is opened. Either this is a case of mistaken identity or there are… Read More The Siren – Book Review
The Elite by Kiera Cass, paperback novel, 323 pages, published HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2013. The Elite is the second book in The Selection series, following on directly from the first book. Prince Maxon has cut the cohort of girls vying for his affection, and the throne, down to just six. These girls are… Read More The Elite – Book Review
Released: June 24th, 2008 Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books # of Pages: 560, Hardcover Source: Borrowed from Library Summary: In the blink of an eye, everyone disappears. Gone. Except for the young. There are teens, but not one single adult. Just as suddenly, there are no phones, no internet, no television. No way to get… Read More Gone – Book Review
Sixteen-year-old Alex is your average teen who thought she’d be spending the next few years suffering through high school…not saving the world from an alien plague. But when a rare meteor shower unleashes something otherworldly, she finds herself at the center of a five thousand-year-old conspiracy.
The Pledge by Kimberly Derting 5/5***** Seventeen-year-old Charlaina is from Ludania, a country ruled by a cruel queen. The country is divided into a class system and every class has its own language. No lower-class citizens of Ludania can speak or even understand the language of the upper-class. Even to look upon an… Read More The Pledge – Book Review
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