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Beautiful Creatures - Book Review by Lindsay

Beautiful Creatures  by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

Beautiful Creatures is a story set in a rural, southern town, where you see the same people and things every day, nobody moves in, nobody moves out. So when there's actually a new girl in town, named Lena, everybody's researching her, and trying to find out what young person would be crazy enough to move into their town. Before she's even settled in, the whole population already knows she's the niece of the town outcast, Macon Ravenwood. Everyone automatically typecasts her as being just like her uncle, nobody thinks she belongs, except for Ethan Wate, who swears this girl is familiar, and special. Eventually Ethan finds out Lena is part of a family of "casters" which are basically like witches, but not quite. Witches are something out of movies and stories, casters are so different. On a caster's 16th birthday, they are claimed for either the light or the dark, and Lena is terrified she's going to be claimed dark.

  Basically, the story just builds up to Lena's birthday, and shows some difficult decisions she has to make. Ethan and Lena discover a bunch of things that neither of their family's would ever tell them, and Ethan eventually finds out why he feels so tied to Lena.

This was an amazing book that can't be described in only a few sentences. It's very long, but definitely worth the time. If you only read one book this year, make it this one.

Book Review by Lindsay

Anna and the French Kiss - Book Review by Lindsay

Anna and the French Kiss  by Stephanie Perkins

This book is about a girl named Anna, who is shipped to a boarding school in France for American students at her dad's will. Anna is less than thrilled about the situation at first, but then she meets a guy named St. Clair, who shows her how great Paris can be. Anna meets a lot of new friends and is eventually glad she came to Paris. She's also very glad to meet St. Clair; the only problem with him is that he has a girlfriend, and she has a boyfriend back home. But Anna starts to feel that maybe her and St. Clair are meant for each other.

This book is a little cheesy and cliche, but surprisingly addictive. It takes a little while to get into it, but it's hard to put down when you get interested. I recommend it if you need something easy to read.

Book Review by Lindsay

Flash Burnout - Book Review by Lindsay

Flash Burnout by L. K. Madigan Flash Burnout is about 15-year-old Blake, just a normal guy with a passion for photography, and comedy. In his photography class, his partner is his girl-who's-just-a-friend, Marrissa. Blake and Marrissa haven't been super close, until one day when Blake takes a picture of a homeless woman in the street. "That's my mom!" Marrissa exclaims, and demands answers about the whereabouts of this woman. As Blake and Marrissa become closer, Blake's girlfriend, Shannon, starts to get jealous. Blake promises that Marrissa is just a friend in a troubled home, and she needs him, that's all. But is that really the only reason he's spending so much time with her? Blake will have to decide if Shannon is really the one he loves. This was a good book, i picked it up because a friend told me it was good, so i thought i'd give it a shot. I wasn't really disappointed. It's not "amaziing" But it's better than just okay. It was funny, dramatic, somewhat unique, and the characters were very well developed. The ending was good, but i think it leaves room for a sequel, which i would definitely read, if it was ever written. Book Review by Lindsay

Flipped - Book Review by Lindsay

Flipped  by Wendelin Van Draanen

The day Bryce Loski moved in across the street, just a few days before 2nd grade, Jullianna Baker flipped for him. Those eyes, that hair, that smile, he's a dream to Juli. To Bryce, Juli is just that weird, annoying, chicken-raising girl that won't leave him alone. Through their whole childhood, Juli has chased Bryce, "My Bryce, still walking around with my first kiss" she says. But Bryce wanted nothing to do with her. Now, it's 8th grade, And maybe Bryce is starting to see more than just that overly-spirited girl that used to sniff him in class, and try to make him climb up ugly old sycamore trees with her. He's flipped. But Juli's starting to realize that the person under those gorgeous looks is someone she doesn't, and may not even want to know...

This is a really good book, I got addicted to it fast. The chapters alternate the point of view between Juli and Bryce, and i love the way it was done. It'll tell a part of the story, then the next chapter tells what happened in the other character's perspective. The plot was great, and the characters were lively. I definitely recommend this book!

Book Review by Lindsay

Ghostgirl - Book review by Lindsay

Ghostgirl  by Tonya Hurley

Charlotte Usher is the invisible girl at school. Nobody pays attention to her. Over the holidays, she does nothing but prepare herself for the new school year, giving herself an extreme makeover. She's determined to be "somebody", instead of the girl nobody would miss, even if she died. Unfortunetly, she does die. She chokes on a gummy bear. Yep, death by gummy bear. Well, now that she's a ghost, she just has to find a more creative way to achieve her goals...

Okay, the plotline of this book is actually really interesting, I love the story, I think it had so much potential, but I think it all went to waste. The characters were highly underdeveloped, the writing was slightly erratic, sometimes cheesy, and I just think it could have been done a lot better. It's an okay book, but I think the author should've taken a little bit more time writing it.

Book Review by Lindsay

Bronxwood - Book review by Janae

Bronxwood by Coe Booth

Bronxwood is an African-American book about a boy named Tyrell who has more problems than many.  His dad is getting out of jail, his mom won't work, his little brother is in foster care, he's getting kicked out of his apartment, and he isn't having much luck with the ladies.  There is a lot of pressure on Tyrell and being stressed doesn't even begin to describe his attitude.  Bronxwood was very fast-paced and edgy.  It was one of the most down to earth books I have read in a long time.

Book Review by Janae

The Fault in Our Stars - Book Review by Lindsay

The Fault In Our Stars  by John Green

16 year-old Hazel was diagnosed wth cancer at the age of 12, she's put on all sorts of medications, and has to carry around an oxygen tank eveywhere because her "lungs suck at being lungs". The drugs help keep her tumors at bay, but she realizes she's never going to get completely better. Hazel would spend all day watching "America's Next Top Model", or reading her favorite book, "An Imperial Affliction", all day, every day if she could, but her mom forces her to attend a support group for cancer kids. One group meeting, she meets this guy, Augustus Waters, who was forced to come by his friend Issac, and is currently in remission from osteosarcoma. Augustus takes an immediate interest to Hazel, and changes her life, completely.

This is a seriously amazing book, it's not like any other "cancer book" out there. The book is actually hilarious, and it plays with your emotions. The only time I wasn't laughing, I was crying. The ending was so sad, it didn't happen the way I expected it to, but I loved it. I will read probably read this book a bunch more times, and never get tired of it. In my opinion, this is John Green's best book yet. I highly reccomend this book. I promise, you won't regret reading it.

Book Review by Lindsay

Catching Fire - Book Review by Janae

REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS FROM THE FIRST BOOK IN THE SERIES, THE HUNGER GAMES







  Catching Fire (second book in the Hunger Games Series) by Suzanne Collins

 After Katniss and Peeta have won the Hunger Games, everything has changed. It seems like everyone is on edge in District 12 and for good reason. The Capitol is very angry with the outcome of the Games and is seeking revenge. And when the Quarter Quell, the Hunger Games of every 25 years, comes around, the Capitol gets the revenge they have been hoping for: Katniss and Peeta are casted back into the arena. Catching Fire started off slow, but then captured my attention almost instantly. From then on, I couldn't put the book down. This is an awesome book, and I can't wait to read the next, and final, book in the series. 

Book Review by Janae

Pretty Little Liars - Book Review by Lindsay

Pretty Little Liars  by Sara Shepard

High school juniors Aria, Spencer, Emily, and Hannah are 4 pretty girls with some ugly secrets. Hannah had low self-esteem because her own father called her overweight, but after making herself eat greasy, fatty food, then throw up, she's one of the prettiest, most popular girls in school now. She stopped for a while, but after some stressful things happen, all she wants to do is eat. Is she going to fall back into her bad habbits? Aria has always been the unique one but very unsure of herself. She contantly tries out different personality types, to see which one is most pleasing to other people, and make her popular, so she won't be just the weird girl with the pig-puppet. But when she meets an older man in a bar, was pretending to be someone she's not the best idea after all? Spencer is always surpassed by her older sister Mellissa, from school, to boyfriends. Spencer is always a little envious. And when Mellissa brings home her new super cute, British boyfriend, will Spencer be able to push aside her jealousy and resist temptations? And Emily, her life is going pretty well, she's doing good in school, and one of the stars of the swim team. But things shake up a little when there's a new girl, Maya, moving in across from her. Emily is very intrigued by Maya, and soon learns some secrets about her, and maybe herself. But are Emily's feelings for Maya a little more than friendly?

What do all these girls have in common? They were all best friends in 7th grade, along with their "pack leader", Alison. But the summer 7th grade ends, Ali goes missing, and nobody knows what happened to her. All the girls are really confused and creeped out by this, and since it happened, their friendship broke off. But there's something even scarier happening now, the girls are getting messages from someone who obviously knows secrets about them, the mysterious person only signs their name with an "A". Is it Alison? No. She's been missing for 3 years. She has to be dead by now, and ghosts can't send texts and emails, right?

I liked this book; the plot is really interesting and suspenseful! I liked how the book is told in switching view-points between Aria, Spencer, Hannah, and Emily. It made it easy to stay interested when there's 4 kinda seperate stories, and I like how they all tie to each other. It did get a little confusing at first, but other than that it's a really light read, no big complicated words, it's written pretty simply.

Book review by Lindsay

The Summer I turned Pretty - Book Review by Lindsay

The Summer I Turned Pretty  by Jenny Han

This book is about a 15 year old girl named Isabel, or Belly, as she goes by, who pretty much lives for summer. At the beginning of every summer, Belly, her brother Steven, and her mom go to a place called Cousins beach, where Belly's best friend's mom lives. Her mom's friend, Susannah, has 2 sons, Jeremiah, and Conrad. Jeremiah and Conrad have been just friends with Belly since they were little kids, but that doesn't mean Belly hasn't been crushing on either of them... And this year is different. In more ways than Belly knows at first. For one; She's matured a lot over the past year, this is the summer she turned pretty.

I was a little hesitant to read this at first; it sounded cliche, predictable and kind of boring. But it most definitely was not. (Well, some parts were, but it was still really good.)  I'm so glad I decided to give this book a chance because I really, really loved it! It's one of my favorites. I literally read it in a day. Belly is such a relatable character, and you can really connect with her emotions. And I loved most of the other characters too. I liked how there were little flashback chapters, where you could learn about some of Belly's past, it makes you almost feel like you grew up with the characters. This is the first book in a trilogy; I'm about halfway through the second book and I can't wait to read the third!

Book Review by Lindsay

Matched - Book Review by Lindsay

Matched by Allie Condie

In a "perfect" future society, the government controls absolutely everything. What you eat, what you wear, who you marry, when you marry, ect. When you're 17 years old, the society holds a "matching" ceremony for you, an event where they match you with the person that you will eventually marry. The society uses algorithms to find your perfect match, it's guaranteed you'll get along great, dating made easy, right? Not for Cassia. Cassia is both shocked and happy when she finds out that she's matched with her best friend since childhood, Xander. They give her a microchip that contains information about Xander that she's supposed to look at later. But when she does look at it, something extremely strange happens, something that's never happened before. Instead of Xander's face showing up on the computer screen, it's a different boy's, a boy Cassia recognizes as Ky Markham. Cassia is confused, shocked, and worried. A society Official tells Cassia that it was just a glitch in the system, Ky shouldn't even be in the matching system, she gives her a new microchip, and says she should just forget about it. But Cassia is too intrigued by this "glitch" to pretend like it never happened.

Matched is a great book, and very unique. It has a great plot with tons of twists and mysteries, and interesting characters. It's a real page-turner that you can't help but stay up late reading! 

Book Review by Lindsay

Liar - Book Review by Lindsay

Liar  by Justine Larbalestier

Liar is about a 17 year-old girl named Micah, who is a compulsive liar. Micah is the narrator of the book, but she swears that she'll tell nothing but the truth for once while she's telling you her story. When her boyfriend goes missing, everyone thinks that with her history of lying, she should be a major suspect in the crime.

I did not really like this book. Micah is just a really annoying and bitter character. There are lots of twists and stuff in the story but half of them don't even make sense. When you get about halfway through the book, there's a really random plot twist that just makes you go like, "Whoa, where did that even come from?!" I won't spoil it, but it just makes no sense. This book messes with your mind a lot, and it can be pretty hard to follow. You know how Micah says she'll tell you nothing but the truth? Yeah, well she's a compulsive liar. She wasn't even being honest when she said that. She says one thing, and then later she tells you that it was a lie. Eventually it gets so annoying, and you don't even believe that anything she says about the story is true anymore. Because it's probably not. The ending is terrible, it feels like the author got really lazy. it makes no sense, It really gives no conclusion, and it just leaves you guessing.

Book review by Lindsay

Fallen Angels - Book Review by Janae

Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers

Fallen Angels is a Vietman-War story full of action, comedy, and drama.  It is told from the point of view of a soldier named Richie Perry, a black man just out of high school.  He had dreams of playing basketball until he injured his knee during a game.  In order to keep his family out of the poor house, Perry joined the military, hoping not to get into too much combat due to his injury.  That did not work out in his favor... By being sent to Vietnam, Perry gained some great friends and got a few more injuries on his plate, and learned many life lessons in the process.  But the question is if he can survive until the end of the war?  Surprisingly enough, Fallen Angels was a great book (in my opinion).

Book Review by Janae

The Future of Us - Book Review by Lindsay

The Future of Us   By Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler

It's the year 1996, and Emma just got her first computer as a gift from her father. Josh comes from next-door, over to her house with a CD-ROM that his family got in the mail, but when they install it, a weird little blue icon pops up. When Emma clicks on it, it takes her to this extremely weird website... Facebook: a website where people post details about their personal lives on the internet where everyone can see. What they had for dinner, how work is stressing them out, new relationships, why do they put these things on the internet? ...But wait, it's 1996, Facebook hasn't even been invented yet... What Emma and Josh are looking at are their Facebook profiles 15 years in the future, where it shows their future friends, spouse, kids, job, location, everything. The thing is, every thing they do now effects what their future will be, so every time they log on, something's different. Will they save themselves from making massive mistakes in the future, or just make things go completely haywire?

I loved this book! I read it because Jay Asher, the author of 13 Reasons Why, (Which i also liked), co-wrote it. The characters are lively, realistic, relatable, and full of personality. The pop-culture references are funny, the romance is suspenseful, and you'll stay up late reading cause you just have to know what happens next! It has that fantasy feel, since they can pretty much see the future, yet it seems real. It has a little of everything so I'm sure you'll enjoy it!

Book Review by Lindsay

Strings Attached - Book Review by Lindsay

Strings Attached    By Judy Blundell

Kit Coorigan is a 17 year-old girl, who dreams of being a big-time dancer in Broadway. It's 1950's New york, Kit ran away from her home in Rhode Island, to become famous, and to try and forget about her bad breakup with Billy, who is in the army and is heading to Korea. Kit got a job as a showgirl, but the money just isn't enough, Billy's father, Nate, who is a former gangster, and currently a lawyer defending criminals, gives Kit a great apartment and designer clothes, so what's in it for him? All he asks is Kit try to get Billy to come home, and do an occasional favor for him...

The book has lots of romance and a little mystery. However, the romance is kind of unexplained, Kit loves Billy, will do anything for him, and vice-versa, but why? The book mentions that Kit cried constantly because of Billy, and Billy seems to get easily irritated by Kit. I found myself NOT wanting them to be together. The characters seemed a little dull too, easily forgettable, with little personality. The ending was... Not great, I have unanswered questions about a few things. It's kind of a sad ending too, but i never really got emotionally attached, and failed to sympathize with the characters. It's not a completely terrible book, but i don't really recommend it, if you really want YA historical fiction, I'd try The Luxe series instead.

Book Review by Lindsay

Hunger Games - Book Review by Lindsay

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger games takes place in a future United States, where war and natural disasters have destroyed a huge portion of it. The city, Panem, is split into 12 districts, and the Capitol, which rules over the districts. The Capitol hosts a televised, annual event called the Hunger Games, which one boy and one girl from every district are randomly chosen to compete in. The goal of the games is to survive, only one person can win. Basically they put the competitors in an abandoned, jungle-type area, where they have to find food and shelter for themselves, while trying to kill, or completely avoid other players, last man standing wins. 16-year-old Katniss's skill, wit, and determination are put to the ultimate test when she voluntarily takes her 12-year-old little sister's place in the Hunger Games. I love the book, it's a real page turner, with nonstop action, and even a little romance plot, it keeps you thinking "I wonder what happens next?!" The book is part of a trilogy, and leaves off on kind of a cliffhanger, so be prepared to really want to read the next book the minute you finish book 1.

Book review by Lindsay