Tag: teen
The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
My rating: 5 stars After his release from a mental institution – the “bad place” – Pat Peoples, former history teacher, is left in the care of his mother and aloof father. Pat believes he was in the “bad place” for a handful of months rather than four years. Also, he has a theory: his [...]
Posted: March 30th, 2013 under Uncategorized.
Tags: adult, Matthew Quick, movie, review, Silver Linings Playbook, teen, The Silver Linings Playbook
Comments: none
The Contortionist’s Handbook by Craig Clevenger
My Rating: 5 stars After an overdose of painkillers, Daniel Fletcher wakes up in a Los Angeles trauma center and is detained for psychiatric evaluation. Again. Except his name isn’t really Daniel Fletcher. Or Eric Bishop. Or Christopher Thorne. All of these names belong to one man – John Dolan Vincent – an intelligent and [...]
Posted: December 26th, 2012 under Craig Clevenger.
Tags: adult, Chuck Palahniuk, Craig Clevenger, Fight Club, Invisible Monsters, review, teen, The Contortionist’s Handbook
Comments: 3
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
My Rating: 4 stars In a novel vastly different from the widely known ¬Harry Potter phenomenon, The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling follows the lives of multiple people who live in the small town of Pagford. After the sudden, very shocking death of Barry Fairbrother (that’s Barry, not Harry), a chain reaction travels throughout Pagford. [...]
Posted: October 21st, 2012 under J.K. Rowling.
Tags: adult, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, review, teen, The Casual Vacancy
Comments: none
Divergent by Veronica Roth
My Rating: 5 stars In Beatrice’s world, when one turns sixteen, the ultimate choice is made. One choice decides your future, your friends, and your values. At sixteen you must choose your faction: Abnegation, the selfless; Amity, the peaceful; Candor, the honest; Dauntless, the brave; or Erudite, the intelligent. From that choice on, you leave [...]
Posted: June 19th, 2012 under Veronica Roth.
Tags: Divergent, Insurgent, review, teen, Veronica Roth
Comments: 5
Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
My rating: 5 stars Lena has escaped. She’s in the Wilds. She is free. There is only one downside: Alex is dead. We follow along Lena’s journey past the fence and into the Wilds through two perspectives: “Then”: Days after escaping and leaving Alex behind, Lena wakes up in a dark and dingy room. She [...]
Posted: May 19th, 2012 under Lauren Oliver.
Tags: Delirium, Delirium trilogy, Lauren Oliver, Pandemonium, review, teen
Comments: none
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
My Rating: 2 stars I may be biased, because I did not finish reading this book, but honestly, this novel was not as great as I thought it was going to be. I had read so many good reviews and heard so many good things about this novel, so I guess I started it with [...]
Posted: April 29th, 2012 under Jonathan Safran Foer.
Tags: Extremely Loud, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer, review, teen
Comments: 3
“The Casual Vacancy”
I know I am very behind on this, but on Thursday, J.K. Rowling announced the title of her new novel for adults, called “The Casual Vacancy” and a brief synopsis of the book. “When Barry Fairweather dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an [...]
Posted: April 15th, 2012 under J.K. Rowling.
Tags: Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, teen, The Casual Vacany, Upcoming books
Comments: none
The Hunger Games
My Rating: 3 stars I walked into the theater with very high (very unrealistic) expectations for this movie. I guess had these high expectations because, well, the Hunger Games books themselves are one of the best young adult novels ever written, I expected its movie to be as mind-blowing as the book. Now, don’t me [...]
Posted: April 7th, 2012 under Movies.
Tags: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, movie, review, Suzanne Collins, teen, The Hunger Games, the Hunger Games movie
Comments: 2
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
My Rating: 5 stars When I think of classic novels, the first thing the comes to mind is one of those boring, musty books that students are forced to read in English class that barely seems like it is even written in English. I was highly mistaken. The Catcher in the Rye, a title very [...]
Posted: April 2nd, 2012 under J.D. Salinger.
Tags: J.D. Salinger, review, teen, The Catcher in the Rye, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Comments: 3
Crossed by Ally Condie
My Rating: 5 stars In the sequel to Matched by Allie Condie, Cassia and Ky’s story continues. Both are trying to find a way to be reunited with each other after they were both separated by the Society. Ky was sent to the Outer Provinces to his sure death. Cassia discovers that Ky escaped to [...]
Posted: March 21st, 2012 under Ally Condie.
Tags: Ally Condie, Crossed, Matched, Reached, review, teen
Comments: 1
