Review: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Published by Penguin Classics on June 4, 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Historical Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Hilariously picaresque, epic in scope, alive with the poetry and vigor of the American people, Mark Twain's story about a young boy and his journey down the Mississippi was the first great novel to speak in a truly American voice. Reading classics is something that one does not do often unless they have to read them for school or they really enjoy them. For me that is both. I have known of this book since I was little but I have never taken the time to read it or even pick it up till now. Even though the reason why I picked it up was because of class, I knew I was going to still enjoy this book. Twain...

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Guest Post: J. Nelle Patrick

Tsarina by J. Nelle Patrick Series: Stand Alone Published by Razorbill on February 27th 2014 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy, Young Adult-Historical Buy on Amazon Goodreads Natalya knows a secret. A magical Faberge egg glows within the walls of Russia's Winter Palace. It holds a power rooted in the land and stolen from the mystics. A power that promises a life of love for her and Alexei Romanov. Power, that, in the right hands, can save her way of life. But it's not in the right hands. That Animated Anastasia Movie is Full of Lies   I won’t lie—I adore that animated Anastasia movie from the 90s. It’s got wonderful music, a lovely story, the animal sidekick is a Russian bat…what more could you want? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QkurL3HPSA Here’s the downside to a...

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Review: Her Dark Curiosity

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Her Dark Curiosity by Megan Shepherd Published by Balzer + Bray on January 28th 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Historical, Young Adult-Mystery Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads o defeat the darkness, she must first embrace it. Months have passed since Juliet Moreau returned to civilization after escaping her father's island—and the secrets she left behind. Now, back in London once more, she is rebuilding the life she once knew and trying to forget Dr. Moreau’s horrific legacy—though someone, or something, hasn’t forgotten her. As people close to...

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Review: Star Cursed

Star Cursed by Jessica Spotswood Published by Putnam Juvenile on June 18th 2013 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy, Young Adult-Historical Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads With the Brotherhood persecuting witches like never before, a divided Sisterhood desperately needs Cate to come into her Prophesied powers. And after Cate's friend Sachi is arrested for using magic, a war-thirsty Sister offers to help her find answers—if Cate is willing to endanger everyone she loves. Cate doesn't want to be a weapon, and she doesn't want to involve her friends and Finn in the Sisterhood's schemes. But when Maura and Tess join the Sisterhood, Maura makes it clear that she'll do whatever it takes to lead the witches to victory. Even if it...

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Review: Prisoner B-3087

Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz Series: Stand Alone Published by Scholastic on March 1, 2013 Genres: Young Adult-Historical Buy on Amazon Goodreads Survive. At any cost. 10 concentration camps. 10 different places where you are starved, tortured, and worked mercilessly. It's something no one could imagine surviving. But it is what Yanek Gruener has to face. As a Jewish boy in 1930s Poland, Yanek is at the mercy of the Nazis who have taken over. Everything he has, and everyone he loves, have been snatched brutally from him. And then Yanek himself is taken prisoner -- his arm tattooed with the words PRISONER B-3087. He is forced from one nightmarish concentration camp to another, as World War II rages all around him. He encounters evil he could have never imagined,...

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