Many times in Wintergirls, the main character mentions feeling like a puppet whose strings are being pulled, which in turn is a fitting description for the feel of this book. Wintergirls is the story of Lia, who suffers from anorexia, depression, and a family who sees her as nothing but a burden. Her best friend […]
Review: Zombies Don’t Cry by Rusty Fischer
July 11, 2013A stray lightning strike burned out Maddy’s life but not her existence and after a few hours of unconsciousness she wakes up undead. Not that her life was wonderful (or terrible) to begin with, but now that she’s a zombie it’s definitely more complicated. And so are the things she wished could change—namely her pseudo […]
In my “Blast from the Past” readings comes Midnight Club, a wholly depressing novel about a group of teens in a hospice facing their own mortality. Every one of these kids is dying, and they know there is absolutely no chance to even extend their time. While the back blurb hints at ghost story, the […]
July 2013 Book Releases!
July 8, 2013Which books are you looking forward to this month? Awaken (Abandon Trilogy #3) by Meg Cabot Death has her in his clutches. She doesn’t want him to let go. Seventeen-year-old Pierce Oliviera knew by accepting the love of John Hayden, she’d be forced to live forever in the one place she’s always dreaded most: […]
Review: Green Angel by Alice Hoffman
June 21, 2013Green Angel is without a doubt a post-apocalyptic fairy tale. Green lives with her family on a farm until the day that they go into town to sell their goods and leave Green behind to watch the farm. Disaster strikes and there is no doubt that her family will never return. So Green tries to […]
Review: 20 Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
June 20, 2013]Twenty Boy Summer, a YA novel about two girls struggling to come to terms with the death of their best friend, hits like a most beautifully wrapped ton of bricks. Frankie and Anna are best friends, journeying on a spectacular trip to California. Last year Frankie’s older brother Matt spend a dazzling month secretly dating […]
Ali Rhodes is the quintessential teenage curmudgeon. Music reviewer for her school paper and notorious snark queen she’s the last person to fall for trends and scams–or in love. But at a local show she meets a guy who is tall, Goth and handsome, and who knows how to sing with soul. It’s just too […]
Sweetblood by Pete Hautman
June 5, 2013Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, June, 2003 ISBN: 0689850484 Available: New and Used Lucy was diagnosed with diabetes as a child and is dependent on insulin to keep her condition in check. Lucy has always had an interest in vampires and spends her time on vampire message boards looking to talk with the mysterious person […]
Review: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Predators and Prey
May 31, 2013This volume of BtVS season eight is for fans, not newcomers. It’s not really a book that pushes forward the drama of Twilight, the secret anti-Slayer group that’s trying to destroy every Slayer on the streets. This collection of comics serves as housekeeping, as well as character and world building asides. Perhaps channeling the modern […]
Thicker than Water by Carla Jablonski
May 29, 2013Razorbill, February 16, 2006 ISBN: 1595140239 Available: New Seventeen year old Kia feels powerless. Her mother is dying of cancer and she is living with her father who is uninvolved with her life and often absent. Her friends have problems of their own and can’t provide the support she needs, and she is cutting herself […]