I read one Sarah Dessen novel and I kind of liked it, so I have not been able to pass up her books without reading them. She seems to like to take an issue that is pertinent to young adults and form it into a novel. The Truth About Forever is about grief. This Lullaby’s [...]
Category Archives: Young Adult
Shiver a novel by Maggie Steifvater
February 11, 2010 – 2:37 am
Maggie Steifvater is yet another author riding the twilight wave. Why not? Her novel has a different take on werewolves than the Twilight series and different than I have heard before. The boys become wolves in the winter but stay human in summer. They live in the frozen north near the Canadian border, must be [...]
Graceling a novel by Kristin Cashore
January 23, 2010 – 6:35 pm
One of the first genres of books I fell in love with was Fantasy. But I have since moved away from reading books with maps in the front. This past week, I read a novel with a map. I read a fantasy novel and I really enjoyed it. This is Kristin Cashore’s debut novel about [...]
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
January 12, 2010 – 12:40 am
Ender’s game is set in a future world where humanity is in a war with an alien race of giant bugs. Genius children have been bread and molded to become the greatest military leaders and win the war. This is my first Orson Scott Card book and I liked it. He writes [...]
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
December 7, 2009 – 1:51 am
This is the second installment of the Hunger Games trilogy. It continues the story of Katniss Everdeen after she wins the Hunger Games (sorry if that’s too much information for those who wanted to read the Hunger Games). This fast paced novel is full of twists and turns. I couldn’t put it down. And now [...]
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
October 18, 2009 – 6:41 am
I enjoyed this book. The Hunger Games is a very quick read and a real page turner. Set in a near future dystopia after the fall of the United States of America, a young girl and boy from the 12th district in the nation of Panem must compete in a death match type [...]
The Truth About Forever a novel by Sarah Dessen
September 4, 2009 – 1:56 pm
This novel is about a young girl who is gripped with the death of her father. In order to deal with her loss, she becomes a perfectionist, trying to control all the uncontrollables in life. The novel is set during the summer when her perfect boyfriend leaves for “brain camp.” Unsure of what to do [...]
The Hollow Tree by Janet Lunn
September 27, 2008 – 6:24 pm
This novel takes place during the Revolutionary War. It is a look at what took place in the homes of the citizens of America during it’s infancy. It portrays how neighbours turned against neighbours as they drew lines and forced people to decide who’s side they were on. Phoebe is a young girl in the [...]
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
December 17, 2007 – 4:29 pm
Ok, I must confess, I read the whole trilogy in four days. I would say that is a great testament to the author’s pacing. Oh, and the fact that every book ends in a cliffhanger. Eclipse was no exception. I thought the tension and the love triangle was staged and brought to climax almost perfectly. [...]
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
December 17, 2007 – 4:28 pm
Stephenie Meyer delivers with a great sequel to Twilight. Sometimes the only thing more intense than love is loss. I loved the transition after Edward left with blank pages marking the months. Very creative and effective by the author. New characters and more back story flesh out the novel, and a mostly terrific finish.
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
December 17, 2007 – 4:27 pm
I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I was not expecting to like a book classified with words like ‘young adult’ and ‘romance’. The writing was great, the characters were well developed, and the plot lines were believable. An exciting combination of danger and forbidden love keeps the tension high. This book will not change [...]
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
October 20, 2006 – 7:49 pm
I watched this movie a few months ago and Suzi leant me this to read. I was pretty excited to read it because I really enjoyed the movie. The book and movie were different enough to keep me reading. The book is about a group of friends of different sizes and backgrounds with their birthdays [...]
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
August 13, 2006 – 9:53 pm
I loved this book. There were so many different themes in this book. To name a few, love, mother daughter relationships, motherless daughters, race, human rights, family, and of course… bees. This novel was amazing to read. I took my own truckload of emotions into this book so that probably changed the way that I [...]