May and Libby were best friends from the start. They didn't need anyone else---they had each other. And one fateful day, May and Libby created Princess X using rainbow chalk. From there, they created an entire comic series for themselves: Libby drawing the illustrations, May writing the stories. But that was before the accident. Now, Libby is . . .
Makani Young was forced to leave her life behind in Hawaii after a terrible accident. She now lives with her grandmother in Osborne, Nebraska---basically, a giant corn field, the most boring place on the planet. That is, until Makani's classmates started turning up dead. And not just dead---horribly, disgustingly mutilated. Makani and ...
On a seemingly normal evening, Alex and his son Max chase their cat into the neighbor's back yard, then through his open back door. What they find changes everything: their neighbor, dead, in the bathtub. What first looks like suicide begins to seem like murder as new information is ...
I'm here with (you guessed it!) another binge-worthy Netflix series recommendation. What more could you ask for? You're welcome. The show I want you all to go out and watch rightnow is Dark. This series isn't brand new. It debuted on Netflix back in December and was immediately hailed as the "adult" Stranger Things. Well, I'm certifiably [...]
Albert Ellingham ran a free school for the gifted, a magical place for high school juniors and seniors who just weren't getting the attention they needed in the public school system. But not just anybody could get in---you had to appeal and ... Continue reading
Misty Marie Kleinman grew up poor, sitting on a cigarette-burned shag carpet with her hippie waitress mother, drawing beautiful houses in a perfect town on a gorgeous island. In art school, she met the man who would make her ... Continue reading
I am an Alien superfan. I was introduced to the franchise through Alien vs. Predator when I was in my pre-teens and fell in love. Little did I know AVP was simply a crossover of two other franchises, and that I had so many more films to watch! And here I am, in my twenties, going to see the [...]
Title: Jaws Author: Peter Benchley Series: n/a Publisher: Bantam Publication Date: February 1974 Genre(s): Horror, Thriller, Adult fiction, Classics Opening Line: The great fish moved silently through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail. The Synopsis The small town of Amity, located on Long Island, depends on the summer people for survival. In the winter, [...]
Title: Olivay Author:Deborah Reed Series: n/a Publisher: Lake Union Publishing Publication Date: July 2015 Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller, Mystery Opening Line: Those who saw what happened that morning never said a word about Will's long stride when he walked down the sidewalk, or the way his legs bowed slightly with every step. The Synopsis Olivay’s entire life changed in a single [...]
Title: 52 Likes Author: Medeia Sharif Publisher: Evernight Teen Publication Date: January 2015 Rating: 2 stars Opening Line: "No!" *I received an ARC of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. 52 Likes is the first novel from Medeia Sharif that I've read, and I'm glad I received a copy through NetGalley so I didn't have [...]
