by amiemccracken | Feb 14, 2013 | book review, books, reading
Tony, Charis, and Roz are three unlikely friends that are only friends because of another woman. Zenia has touched each of their lives in a horrible way and brought them together as a team. She has stolen a man from each of them, and made them realize they don’t...
by amiemccracken | Feb 12, 2013 | book review, books, reading
Imagine the world years from now, when people honor beauty so much that at the age of sixteen everyone is given an operation that makes them biologically beautiful. That is the world Scott Westerfeld created in Uglies. Summary Tally, the main character, is a daring...
by amiemccracken | Jan 31, 2013 | book review, books, reading
V is for Virgin by Kelly Oram is a young adult novel about standing up for yourself and being a role model. Val gets dumped for not sleeping with her boyfriend, so in order to avoid the embarrassment and scandal she stands up in front of the whole cafeteria and tells...
by amiemccracken | Jan 29, 2013 | book review, books, reading
Roost by Jasmine Winterson is a book about running from your past and not being able to get away. Four people move out to Colorado to escape. They meet Anna, who wants to face up to her past, and Derek who wants to find a new future. In the midst of it all is intrigue...
by amiemccracken | Jan 22, 2013 | book review, books, reading, story
The Book by Jessica Bell is an account of life through the eyes of a diary. A little girl is born and her parents decide to share their thoughts in a journal. As she ages, the reader sees how the parents grow apart and then the reader hears the girl’s voice. The...
by amiemccracken | Jan 17, 2013 | book review, books, reading
It took me a while to get to The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling. I was so worried. I had seen so many reviews that didn’t particularly shine a very good light. But then I decided to just dive in. I like literary fiction, and I was dying to see if Rowling could...
