A lover? Maybe. Something tender, anyway. But tender like a bruise. It was worth it completing the whole series, but this installment was a lot clunkier than the rest. Even though this book dragged at points, I actually think it could have benefitted from being longer , or split into two. Because the reason it dragged was not that the plot wasn't exciting—it's that it wasn't developed. It felt like much too short an amount of time to accomplish a convincing prison camp, amnes

We ate dinner, all of us together again, and I can still remember the tired, backlit image of an average man who thinks he's exceptional. After that, he cleaned his dentures and went to bed. And this is a day lived? This is a human being living a day of his life? A exercise in grief, a portrait of postpartum psychosis, and an existential temper tantrum all rendered in 150 pages of startling prose. First, I must thank Sara for gifting me a gorgeous copy of this book (we've met

Really great premise. Lackluster execution. Endless potential for a movie (again). I'll sprint my way through almost any game-centered dystopian story, but that doesn't mean all of them end up being winners. The Running Man had all the bones to get there, but a few of its vital organs were missing. The concept here is simple: a man has 30 days to be hunted by the nation or win $1 billion if he can survive that long. There's so much room for cool action sequences, clever esca

I haven't read a series with such ease since high school Vampire Academy . Of course, The Winner's Trilogy is nothing like Vampire Academy in plot or tone, but it does manage to be expertly revised with no filler. The writing style is is so fast-paced, that even though there is little to no action in this series, I find myself easily reading 200 pages at a time without realizing. And despite the simple language, I am thoroughly impressed by the depth of themes in these book

Going back to my roots and ran to the library to grab the sequel immediately after finishing this. Reverting to inner high school Emily. As the trees went from green to burnt orange, as the wind picked up from a light breeze to a deep howl, I started craving kingdom fantasy. But I didn't want anything too complicated, didn't even want magic or creatures involved, I just wanted a classic story where I could imagine myself in a ball gown getting my hair elaborately braided. And

Was looking for an eerie story perfect for a crisp October evening, and this delivered. Initially a creepypasta series on Reddit, Penpal ...

Re-read 10 years later and yup... this is still THE book for children!! I vividly remember reading When You Reach Me for a middle school...

An interesting collection of case studies, but an unconvincing book. I was excited to pick up Rhaina Cohen's The Other Significant Others...

Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind's essential illness. Well, this seems particularly resonant at this current moment in history 😀 and I don't think that's a good thing. I'm not even going to try to write a polished essay here while I know that there are hundreds out there about this classic, ones written by scholars much more equipped to articulate "mankind's essential illness" than I am. But, having now read this in my adulthood instead of being int

I was perfectly aware that I had only added another question to all the others, but it was a new one, and, in the absurd world in which I lived, and still live, that was happiness. I could sense this book would be 5 stars from a mile away. Every time I read, I find that the book I'm currently working through eerily reflects the same problems I'm grappling with at that exact moment. And yes, admittedly, that must be because I'm seeking a solution to those problems, but Jacquel