Tag: #YA
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Rise of the Snake Goddess Review
Snakes! Why did it have to be snakes? We’re back on another adventure! Not with Indiana Jones but the indomitable Samantha Knox as she scrambles over the white sands and restored frescos of Crete in order to stop the eiphany of yet another ancient goddess.
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Curse of the Specter Queen Review
This is such a good book. Such a good book that the first thing I have to tell you in this review is that if you enjoy the action of Indiana Jones, the occult and humor of The Mummy and the cool explorations and fun tidbits of the Amelia Peabody series. I know I just…
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Summer State of Mind Review
Since Harper McAllister’s dad (cheesily nicknamed McDaddy) hit it big as a music producer, Harper’s family moved out of their comfortable home to pricy upstate New York where she quickly finds herself in the popular crowd and sharing the wealth with her new best friends. However, when her parents get hold of her overcharged AMEX…
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Insurgent Review
Full disclosure, as with Divergent, I saw the movie of this book but since it’s been forever, I only remember three scenes from it so this felt almost brand-new. Just hours since the ending of Divergent, Roth quickly picks up the momentum in Divergent with Tris and her friends (and some enemies) heading to the…
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The Winter Soldier: Cold Front Review
Unlike Loki and Gamora, I have very little knowledge of Bucky Barnes outside of fans think he’s hot and he’s in a psuedo mentor-romantic relationship with Captain America much like Batman and Robin. Oh and he’ been brainwashed a lot. The final bit is very relevant to the plot, and wow, it made such an…
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Mulan: Before the Sword Review
Mulan has been a symbol of female empowerment since her movie came out, but she has been an inspiration long before the 1998 movie since her legend has been around for centuries. Lin inspired by both her legend and the movie crafts her own tale of Mulan figuring out her destiny before she saves China…
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Twilight/Life and Death Review
As readers of my blog have noticed, I’ve been on a YA dystopian binge but I figured I should also pay tribute to one of the books that forever changed the landscape of the YA and vampire genres- Twilight. Yep, I never read the books though with its renowned popularity, I have a good grasp…
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Mockingjay Review
The final book in the gut-punching trilogy asks us readers to choose which cute boy is cuter and. . . okay I’m joking. While I can see parts where Collins pushed back against the urges behind the scenes for more love triangle, Katniss and is undoubtedly the star of this book as she tackles the…
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Divergent Review
We get to the last of my dystopian trilogy trifecta. Well technically, it could be called a quartet as it has the Four prequel but it’s a prequel so it doesn’t really count. Anyway, much like The Hunger Games, I never read the books. I saw the first two movies and I’m aware of the…
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Crossed Review
The second book in Condie’s Matched trilogy picks up quickly with Ky burying a body as part of his work as a decoy in the Outer Provinces. Technically, burying the bodies of his fellow decoys are not part of the job description, Officials couldn’t care less about the bodies as long as their jackets and…
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