Title: The Girl on the Train Author: Paula Hawkins Publisher: Riverhead books Publication Date: January 2015 Rating: 4.5 stars Warning: This review contains slight spoilers. I reveal a little more information about the plot and the characters than the summary on the back of the book. Today was the absolute perfect day to read: gray skies,…
What Are You Reading Wednesdays is a weekly meme hosted by Its A Reading Thing. To participate, open the book you are currently reading to page 34 (or 34% in your e-book) and answer these three questions. Feel free to leave your answers or a link to your blog post in the comments. - -…
Title: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Author: Jesse Andrews Publisher: Amulet Books Publication Date: March 2012 Rating: 3.5 stars High school senior Greg Gaines has mastered the art of high school - well, socially, that is. To make it through high school, his plan is to remain almost invisible, skirting around the edges of each…
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Title: Everything, Everything Author: Nicola Yoon Publisher: Delacorte Press Publication Date: September 2015 Rating: 4.5 stars I received an ARC of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Madeline is allergic to everything - like, everything everything (ha). Okay, not really. She has a disorder called SCID (Severe Combined Immunodeficiency), "the result of an immune system…
Title: Two Across Author: Jeff Bartsch Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: August 2015 Rating: 4.5 stars I received an ARC of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The year is 1960. At the age of 15, both Stanley Owens and Vera Baxter tie for first place in the annual National Spelling Bee.…
So I see all these cool bookish memes out there and I've decided I want to join in. The one I see the most on my feed is What Are You Reading Wednesdays, a weekly meme hosted by Its A Reading Thing. To participate, open the book you are currently reading to page 34 (or…
Title: The Dogs Author: Allan Stratton Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Publication Date: September 2015 Rating: 3 stars I received an ARC of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Cameron and his mother are on the run – again. From Cameron’s own father. They’ve packed their bags and moved out to the middle of nowhere in…
"If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater his effort the heavier the world bore down…
Title: A Monster Calls Author: Patrick Ness Publisher: Walker Books Publication Date: May 2011 Rating: 5 stars Patrick Ness has done it again - he has brought me to tears and left me speechless. His novel More Than This blew my mind and instantly sparked my interest in the author. At a Barnes & Noble last weekend, I…
Title: What Lies Within Author: James Morris Publisher: Kindle Press Publication Date: June 2015 Rating: 4 stars Many thanks to the author, James Morris, for gifting me a Kindle version of his book in exchange for an honest review. Not only do I love free books, but I especially love getting them from the authors…
