Victor Hugo's tale of injustice, heroism and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean, an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him. But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat: by his own conscience, when, owing to a case of mistaken identity, another man … Continue reading Blogmas #19: Mini Classic Review – Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Hi all! Sorry I haven't been posting much at all this month! I literally blacked out and before I knew it, it was November 25 😂. So I thought it would be a good idea to share a WWW meme because I haven't done one for a while, and it's a super quick and easy … Continue reading WWW Wednesday
Obsessed with creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life with electricity. But his botched creature, rejected by Frankenstein and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy his maker and all that he holds dear. Mary Shelley's chilling Gothic tale was conceived when … Continue reading Mini Classic Review: Frankenstein
Our story begins in 1902, at The Brookhants School for Girls. Flo and Clara, two impressionable students, are obsessed with each other and with a daring young writer named Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. To show their devotion to Mary, the girls establish their own private club and call it The … Continue reading Review: Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
Twins Alec and Walker Holland have a reputation around town. One is quiet and the other is the life of any party, but they are inseparable. For their last summer before college, the two leave the city to live with their rural cousins, where they find that the swamp holds far darker depths than they … Continue reading Mini Review: Swamp Thing: Twin Branches by Maggie Stiefvater and Morgan Beem
When Addie LaRue makes a deal with devil, she trades her soul for immortality. But the devil takes away her place in the world, cursing her to be forgotten by everyone. Addie flees her tiny home town in 18th-Century France, beginning a journey that takes her across the world, learning to live a life where … Continue reading ARC Review: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
A brand new space opera on an epic scale from the New York Times bestselling author of a beloved YA fantasy series. It was supposed to be a routine research mission on an uncolonized planet. But when xenobiologist Kira Navárez finds an alien relic beneath the surface of the world, the outcome transforms her forever and will … Continue reading Review: To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
The boys of Kings Row bout with drama, rivalry, and romance in this original YA novel by The New York Times bestselling author Sarah Rees Brennan--inspired by the award-nominated comic series by C.S. Pacat and Johanna The Mad. Sixteen-year-old Nicholas Cox is the illegitimate son of a retired fencing champion who dreams of getting the proper training he … Continue reading ARC Review: Fence Striking Distance by Sarah Rees Brennan
Hi all! Today is Read a Book day, where everyone should spend the day reading books! I know that's what I'm going to do -- I'm planning on reading as much of my ARC of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue as possible. What are you planning on reading? But to celebrate, I thought it … Continue reading Read a Book Day: My friends Share Their Favourite Books
In the ruins of Caswell, Maine, Carter Bennett learned the truth of what had been right in front of him the entire time. And then it—he—was gone. Desperate for answers, Carter takes to the road, leaving family and the safety of his pack behind, all in the name of a man he only knows as a … Continue reading ARC Review: Brothersong by TJ Klune
