by amiemccracken | Feb 7, 2012 | book review, books, reading
The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler is about knowing what will come and how Emma and Josh react to that knowledge. In 1996 they sign onto AOL and are prompted to log in again, but what they log in to is Facebook, fifteen years in the future. There’s some...
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 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 | Sep 4, 2011 | books, reading
Our book club meeting is on Tuesday. So if you have had a chance to read The Paris Wife by Paula McLain and have something to say, write a blog post and I’ll share it at the party. We’re having a 20s themed party. Martinis, fringe, and flapper style....
