Oh, read it read it read it! If you liked The Hunger Games, you must absolutely read this book. And that means that you should skip everything past the “spoilers” cut, because you really don’t want to be spoiled. Basically, Prentisstown is a human settlement on an alien planet. There was a war with the [...]
The Knife of Never Letting Go, by Patrick Ness
November 5th, 2009 · 3 Comments
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The Hunger Games & Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins
November 5th, 2009 · 7 Comments
Oof. Just when you think this story has gotten as fucked up as it can possibly get… it gets worse. Over and over. And I do mean that in the best possible way: The Hunger Games is one of the most intense, intelligent books I’ve read in a long time, and I liked Catching Fire [...]
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Review: Gingerbread, by Rachel Cohn
April 17th, 2008 · 8 Comments
Gingerbread bills itself as “edgy,” with cover quotes from Teen People, Elle Girl, and Twist magazines rather than other authors, and a cover featuring a punky girl with platform boots. But it’s basically your average finding-yourself novel: Cyd hates living with her mom and stepdad, so she acts like a brat until they send her [...]
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