Tag: adult
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: 2
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: 1
