Review: As I Wake

As I Wake by Elizabeth Scott Series: Stand Alone on September 15th 2011 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/Dystopian Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Ava is welcomed home from the hospital by a doting mother, lively friends, and a crush finally beginning to show interest. There's only one problem: Ava can't remember any of them - and can't shake the eerie feeling that she's not who they say she is.Ava struggles to break through her amnesiac haze as she goes through the motions of high-school life, but the memories that surface take place in a very different world, where Ava and familiar-faced friends are under constant scrutiny and no one can be trusted. Ava doesn't know what to make of these visions, or of the boy who is at the center of them all, until he...

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Review: Just One Night

Just One Night by Gayle Forman Published by Viking Juvenile on June 7, 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary/Romance Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads After spending one life-changing day in Paris with laid-back Dutch actor Willem De Ruiter, sheltered American good girl Allyson “Lulu” Healey discovered her new lover had disappeared without a trace. Just One Day followed Allyson’s quest to reunite with Willem; Just One Year chronicled the pair’s year apart from Willem’s perspective. Now, back together at last, this delectable e-novella reveals the couple’s final chapter. To short. Why did this have to be this short? These are the thoughts that are running through my head as soon as I turned the last page. Gayle Forman has ripped my heart from my chest so many...

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Review: The House of the Scorpion

House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer Published by Atheneum on June 5, 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Science Fiction/Dsytopian Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Matteo Alacran was not born; he was harvested with the DNA from El Patron, lord of a country called Opium. Can a boy who was bred to guarantee another’s survival find his own purpose in life? And can he ever be free? This has to one of the first book that has to do with creating children for a while. I cannot really remember a book like this and that is what excites me. I understand that this book is one that came out years ago but what is surprising is that I keep seeing it in places that I travel so I figured that this book must be good and after reading it, it was not what I was expecting but it was a...

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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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Review: The One

The One by Kiera Cass Published by HarperTeen on June 11, 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Romance, Young Adult-Science Fiction/Dsytopian Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads I remember calling up Savannah and asking her about The Selection and her telling me that she was not sure if I would like it or not. To me it felt like it was going to be sort of like the television show “The Bachelor.” I was hoping it wasn’t because I didn’t like that show and after reading the book, it still had some aspects but it was way better. Now that we have reached the end, I am both happy to have it in my hands to read but sad to see this trilogy end. Kiera Cass captured my heart and this book will definitely with The One I know I won’t forget. The time is approaching where Maxon will...

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