Category: Books

  • Why I Read Books

     Sometimes I get praises or questionable looks about why I read so much. Sometimes I am too scared to say that it is an escape from reality. Nothing against non-frequent readers, but reading helps the mind and you become a better person. I did not officially become an avid reader until I was in middle…

  • Fairytales Retold | Book Talk

      In the YA world, it is currently very popular to re-tell a classic story. Cinderella, Snow White, Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, you name it. They grab the basic premise of these classic tales and turn them upside down. Maybe Cinderella is a cyborg? Snow White is actually a warrior. The Beast is…

  • I’m always S*** for Riordan Mythology | Book Talk

    I was in ninth grade and Borders was still a semi-stable bookstore company. I do not remember what led me to ask my mom to buy me a complete set of books…but I did. I think we were looking for a book I needed for my English class or something, but on that day I…

  • Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins | Book Talk

    I need you to image the fabulous Elle Woods from Legally Blonde. Image her stylish clothes, her positive attitude, her brilliance and her ‘do what you believe in mentally’. Is her picture in your mind yet? I hope so; now imagine her southern, accent and brown hair. Now to that southern Elle Wood, blend her…

  • For the College Soul | Simply Books

    Sometimes when you pick up a book and begin to read it, do you feel discouraged because you are no longer of high school age? You’re not young enough to receive a letter, battle monsters, go on an adventure or even fall in love? It is as if the only real time to be alive…

  • Swinging back | Journal

    It has been a while since I have written or done anything. My life once I returned to Japan was a dull one, falling in a constant rhythm of nothing. Wake up, waste time, go to bed. Though it could be argued that I have not “wasted timed” I have gotten quite a few tasks…

  • In Shadow and Bone | Book Review

    In Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo, We dive into the world of Ravka and explore the lives of the Grisha. The nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a sea of darkness crawling with monsters that feed on the flesh of the living. Alina Starkov is just a simple…

  • Alienated by Melissa Landers | Book Review

    In Alienated by Melissa Landers. We follow the story of top high school student Cara Sweeny as she is chosen to be the host to a exchange student from an alien race.  Two years ago, aliens made contact with Earth and now Cara will have to share a bathroom with one. The alien race of…

  • Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard | Book Review

    Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard will cause emotional turmoil and destroy all the trust you once held. We follow the tale of seventeen-year-old Mare Barrow’s, a common girl whose magical powers draw her into the dangerous world of the king’s palace. Mare’s world is divided by blood – those with Red blood are the commons,…

  • Hollow City by Ransom Riggs | Book Review

    Hollow City is Ransom Riggs’ sequel to Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Hollow City was a really wonderful book that is creepy, mysterious and thrilling and it has photographs that are usually found in antique fairs. The photographs being one of the key factors that makes this book and it’s predecessor so unique. These…