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Frostbite by Richelle Mead

My Rating: 4 stars Everything is confusing for Rose Hathaway; especially with her tutor Dimitri is interested with someone else and her best friend Mason has a huge crush on her. And then there is a surprise Strigoi attack on St. Vladimir’s Academy which sends everything out of control. The Academy is filled with overprotective […]

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

My Rating: 5 stars **If you haven’t read previous books, don’t read!** During his third year at Hogwarts, Harry’s experience is much different than it was the previous years. First of all, he has a new, mysterious Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, who used to be friends with his father. Also, Mr. Weasley, Ron’s […]

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

My Rating: 5 stars **Spoiler Alert! If you haven’t read the Sorcerer’s Stone, don’t read!* In his second year at Hogwarts, Harry Potter faces more problems. Well, first of all, while he is at his aunt and uncle’s over the summer, he receives a visit from a mysterious house elf. The elf, Dobby, tells Harry […]

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

My Rating: 5 stars This is the first book in the amazing Harry Potter series. What can I possibly say? This series is my all-time favorite. J.K. Rowling is an amazing writer. In the beginning of this book, young Harry Potter is living with his cruel Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia, and cousin Dudley. He wishes […]

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

My Rating: 5 stars Rose Hathaway was made to protect the Moroi vampires, just like all the other Dhampires. Dhampires are a mix of human and vampire, where Moroi are mortal vampires with a special connection to earth’s magic. Moroi must be protected all the time from Strigoi, the vamps that never die. So, for […]

Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

My Rating: 4 stars Warning: Rated PG-13 Go Ask Alice is a really good book. It’s actually based on a diary of a fifteen-year-old drug user. It shows how she feels and acts while using different drugs. The author is anonymous, and names, dates and places have been changed for the people concerned. This story […]

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

My Rating: 5 stars Warning: Rated PG-13 This book is absolutely amazing. Anderson tells an emotional story of a girl named Lia who is trapped in the eating disorder anorexia. All she can think about is food. How much she’s going to eat. How many calories? How much she weighs. All she cares about is […]

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

My Rating: 5 stars Warning: Rated PG-13 Speak is amazing. As soon as I started reading it I was captivated. This book is about Melinda Sordino, who called 911 at a high school end of the summer bonfire party only a few weeks before she started her freshman year. No one knows specifically why Melinda […]

Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson

My Rating: 4 stars Warning: Rated PG-13 Twisted is another really good book by Laurie Halse Anderson. In the book, she tells the story of Tyler Miller, the boy who was never noticed. But before his junior year in high school ended, he vandalized the school and got in big trouble. The community service he […]