I remember the day that I went to the library on the advice of one Mr. Stephen King and picked up a crazy little book called The Hunger Games. On that very same day, I also got a book called Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. I devoured both books and thought they were both pretty good. But I actually preferred Life As We Knew It. It was a great story with a strong, young heroine. An asteroid hits the moon, knocking […]
BrittaneyNichole #CBR6 Review #1
The book Revealed is book number 11 in the House Of Night series. These books are for young adults and I started reading the series when I was 18. I figure since there’s only 1 more book after this one I might as finish out the series and see how it all ends. The basic gist of the series is good vampires and other creatures (representing Light) and evil vampires and other creatures (representing Darkness) are fighting each other for power. I wasn’t looking forward […]
ambern’s #CBR6 Review #1
After a year of reading and not reviewing, I’m determined to actually meet my goal of a full cannonball this year and hopefully finish the giant pile of books that I can’t fit on my shelf. Consolidating my books has not gone well. This is another book that my mom picked up in the free pile at work; she finds the most interesting books that way. She insisted that I would enjoy this one and the title seemed fitting for the first book of the […]
KayKay #CRB6 Review #01 The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Minute Review I’m a little behind in reading this book, but to be honest, I’m not entertained by stories of immense sadness (the holocaust, slavery, kids dying, etc.). The title intrigued me, as it’s a play on the Shakespeare quote “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars / But in ourselves”. This book is basically about two witty teens dying from cancer. Their entire situation is the evidence that “there is no shortage of fault to be found amid our stars.” I thought it was well […]