Summary: Simon Snow did everything he was supposed to do. He beat the villain. He won the war. He even fell in love. Now comes the good part, right? Now comes the happily ever after…
So why can’t Simon Snow get off the couch? With Wayward Son, Rainbow Rowell has written a book for everyone who ever wondered what happened to the Chosen One after he saved the day. And a book for everyone who was ever more curious about the second kiss than the first. It’s another helping of sour cherry scones with an absolutely decadent amount of butter.
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Summary: Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who's ever been chosen.
That's what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he's probably right. Carry On - The Rise and Fall of Simon Snow is a ghost story, a love story and a mystery. It has just as much kissing and talking as you'd expect from a Rainbow Rowell story - but far, far more monsters. Summary: Emma Lane’s forced to face her fears when her mother unceremoniously dumps her on the doorstep of Camp Mapplewood, abandoning her for the summer while she heads off on a cruise with her latest husband. It’s the last place Emma wants to be with scary creatures, creepy crawlies, and much that can go bump in the night. When Emma breaks into the tool shed on her first day there, the fall out from her escapades leads her right into the path of her counsellor, Vivian Black. . . . Summary:
"Eight years ago an earthquake—the Big One—hit along the Cascadia fault line, toppling cities and changing landscapes all up and down the west coast of the United States. Life as we know it changed forever. But for Vietnamese-American Virginia Crane, life changed shortly after the earthquake, when her mother left and never came back. Ginny has gotten used to a life without her mother, helping her father take care of her two younger brothers, Wes and Harry. But when a mysterious package arrives for her eighteenth birthday, her life is shaken up yet again. For the first time, Ginny wants something more than to survive. And it might be a selfish desire, but she's determined to find out what happened to her mother—even if it means leaving her family behind." I don't have all of Cassandra Clare's books, but I do have quite a lot of her books. I've collected books ever since I can remember. I have over 250 now. Here's some more I would like to add to my large collection.
Warning: Review may contain mild spoilers for As Many Nows as I Can Get by Shana Youngdahl.
This book was a wild ride from start to finish. From the very first page, it gave me Looking for Alaska vibes and I just knew it was going to break my heart. I really liked Scarlett at first. She recognized her privilege, and though she did nothing to combat it, she at least recognized how lucky she was. She does do good things like volunteer with kids though. I wonder how much of that was for her college applications and how much of it was because she actually cared. That started to change when I realized that she knew David and Cody were addicts and didn’t report it to anybody. She never even tried to help, she just snubbed them and in a few instances, partook in their illicit activities that she looked down on. She got to college and spent the whole time complaining about how it wasn’t MIT when she was the one who had turned down MIT. She’s a judgmental snob, her best friends are a religious zealot and a dead drug addict, and she still thinks she’s better off than everyone else around her. Scarlett is also pretty awful to her roommate, Mina, who is a sweet girl who just wants to help. Mina seems like she could’ve been a built-in best friend, but Scarlett is a snob. Mina offers her good advice, forgives her for the accidental damage done to her things, brings her breakfast, etc. She does a lot of things for Scarlett and Scarlett lashes out at her for no reason other than Scarlett didn’t get her way. Scarlett has parents who care about her and want to communicate with her, and she blows them off and lies to them frequently. I did really love Mina and Professor Bradshaw though. Calvin and Sai were also amazing. I hated every single main character and found them to be insufferable, but the supporting cast was incredible. I loved the ending. The necklace was perfect. The “journal” was perfect. Professor Bradshaw is a wonderful woman. We all need a professor like that. As far as debuts go, this is a pretty solid one. ⅗ star read. Warning: Review may contain mild spoilers for Jenn McAllister’s Really Professional Internet Person.
“You go through life trying on a bunch of identities, seeing what fits and what just kind of feels wrong.” Jenn McAllister hits the nail on the head at several points in her memoir Really Professional Internet Person. Despite having a large social media following, the young YouTuber and social media influencer, known widely as 'jennxpenn' manages to make a connection with her audience through her humble and honest approach to life. It rings clear in her writing. As a teenager, it’s really nice to see an adult I look up to openly admit that high school sucks and isn’t the best time of your life. Jenn is refreshingly honest about not being the nicest person at times and regretting some of the things she’s done, while also acknowledging that she was a child when she did them. She takes accountability. All in all, Jenn gives her readers/viewers a huge glance into her headspace, a ton of carefully cultivated advice, and tales of her life experiences in Really Professional Internet Person to share everything that led her to where she is today. It’s all done in an honest manner that readers young and old alike can connect with. 5/5 star read. Warning: Review may contain mild spoilers for Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones and its movie adaptation from famed animation house Studio Ghibli.
Though Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones is very different from its movie counterpart, both weave a magical web of tales that are easy to get lost in. I watched the movie adaptation years prior to reading the book, and when they started to diverge, I wasn’t sure what to think. Ultimately though, I fell in love with both. Both book and movie make my top ten list for their respective media styles. Howl’s Moving Castle caught my attention from the very first page and kept it captive through every twist and turn. The characters, for the most part, are dynamic and feel real, even when they aren’t the kindest of people. I wanted to know more about the world of Ingary, and I hope the next two novels in the series delve more into worldbuilding as I would eat it up. As I read I HMC, I constantly found myself chuckling at Howl’s antics or Sofie’s interactions with Michael or Calcifer being a tiny fire-demon jerk. When the book went to darker places than the movie, I was surprised by how dark it turned out to be, but it still kept that overall “feelgood” tone in the end. I appreciate the beautiful pictures the late Ms. Jones painted with her rhetoric and I truly believe that both book and movie deserve all the hype and acclaim they’ve received, especially in recent years. 5/5 star read. |
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