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The Good versus the Bad, “To Thee This World is Given”
Posted on June 15, 2016 Leave a Comment
I received a copy of the novella, To Thee This World is Given, by Khel Milam to give an unbiased review. And let me say, I loved it! Once I picked it up, I couldn’t put it down, easily reading it in one sitting. It takes place in a post-apocalyptic world. But before you flash to images […]
The Wonders of Wonder
Posted on December 30, 2014 Leave a Comment
I read more Young Adult books than I’d care to admit. Technically, I’m still a young adult. Yea, we’ll go with that. I rarely read middle grade books. I can’t quite rationalize carrying around a tiny paperback with double-spaced words. But I’ve heard about Wonder by R.J. Palacio for some time now. With a few days off for […]
A Bah Humbug Christmas
Posted on December 23, 2014 Leave a Comment
I wear the chain I forged in life, I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it. – Marley, A Christmas Carol Who would you say embodies the epitome of Christmas Cheer? Santa? Kris Kringle? Frosty the […]
Giving the The Giver a Chance
Posted on December 10, 2014 Leave a Comment
(Warning. This review does contain some spoilers.) The giver is my favorite book. OF ALL TIME. I find familiarity in the colorless world of Jonas, returning to it whenever I need an escape. I have a tattered copy, name scratched into the inside cover with backwards e’s and s’s. Then I have a school copy – […]
The return to my prepubescent days
Posted on November 25, 2014 Leave a Comment
What better way to spend your Sunday afternoon than curled up with some hot chocolate and Judy Blume’s Forever? You read that right. I went there. I returned to my prepubescent days over the weekend. When I was in middle school, I loved Judy Blume’s books. Fudge, Superfudge, Blubber, Freckle Juice, Tales of a Fourth Grade […]
Attached to Attachments
Posted on November 21, 2014 Leave a Comment
Rainbow Rowell is an incredible author, and I’m not just saying that because we’re both from Omaha NE. I really mean it. When I picked up Attachments (the signed copy my best friend got for me), I was expecting something similar to Eleanor & Park. Like Eleanor & Park, this is a love story. But it takes place in 1999. Jennifer and […]
On the outside looking in
Posted on November 2, 2014 Leave a Comment
In honor of my graduation and move to New York, my aunt and uncle gave me a dozen books written about New York. One of them was The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. Unfortunately, I did not read it while I was in New York. But it almost feels better to read about New York from afar, […]
A man and an island
Posted on October 24, 2014 Leave a Comment
Robinson Crusoe. Think cast-way, the 18th century version. After a shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe finds himself alone on an island, an island he names the “Island of Despair.” A few weeks ago I was at Barnes & Noble. Did you know that they print their own books now? Cheap paperback classics, currently by 2 get 1 free. So I, […]
The Maze Runner: From page to screen
Posted on October 18, 2014 11 Comments
I usually stay ahead of fads. I mean, I read Twilight and The Hunger Games before they were cool. And I was a fan of The Giver long before the movie revived interest in Jonas’ story. I’m ashamed to admit this, but I jumped on the bandwagon with The Maze Runner. Somehow James Dashner’s book slipped through my radar and I only heard about it […]
Returning to classics
Posted on October 9, 2014 1 Comment
Obviously, I like reading. A lot. But sometimes I love reading short, young adult books. I love that feeling of starting and finishing a book in one relaxing afternoon. But then I feel that, as an English major, the things I’m reading aren’t English-majory enough. So I looked through a list of proclaimed classics and […]
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