Archive for April, 2012
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
