by amiemccracken | Dec 1, 2011 | book review, books, reading
When She Woke by Hillary Jordan is a science fiction remake of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Can I just say that I hope high schools start moving on to newer syllabi and teach things like this. Hannah Payne, the main character, had an abortion and was...
by amiemccracken | Nov 22, 2011 | book review, books, reading
Ginny in 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson has the adventure that I probably need. She receives a package of letters from her dead aunt encouraging her to follow instructions blindly. She travels across Europe on her own and grows into a different...
by amiemccracken | Nov 17, 2011 | book review, books, reading
Torbrek…and the Dragon Variation by Lexi Revellian is such a refreshing story. The characters are very natural, the idea of dragons living among people is normal, and the dialogue is superb.It’s a story about a girl, raised to fight like a man, and...
by amiemccracken | Nov 14, 2011 | book review, reading
Jessica Bell’s literary novel String Bridge is about everyday life and the things we need to give up to live it. The main character, Melody, is a wife and mother who isn’t sure she wants to be doing that, she wants to be a musician.Being as it’s literary...
by amiemccracken | Nov 12, 2011 | book review, books, reading
Divergent by Veronica Roth is the story of a choice, of identity. It’s dystopian fiction about Tris, a sixteen-year-old who has to make a choice of who she will be the rest of her life. She only has five choices. But by the end of the book she realizes that...
by amiemccracken | Oct 27, 2011 | book review, reading
Our book club ended up small for The Book Thief, but we had a good discussion. The only theme we had was some pea soup since it seemed a little morbid to all dress as the grim reaper. Here’s a few things we discussed.A New PerspectiveThe book was depressing....
