Archive for December, 2009
Betrayed by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
My Rating: 5 stars As Zoey Redbird finally settles into the House of Night and feels like she belongs, more problems arise. First of all, she’s having boy problems. And nothing is going too well with that. However, the bigger issue is that humans are being killed all around the House of Night area. The […]
Posted: December 30th, 2009 under P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast.
Tags: Betrayed, House of Night Novel, P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast, review, teen
Comments: none
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
My Rating: 5 stars **If you haven’t read previous books, don’t read!** In the final book, Harry, Ron and Hermione do not return to Hogwarts for their final and seventh year of wizard training. They continue out what Dumbledore would have wanted them to do: find and destroy the rest of Voldemort’s Horcruxes, which are […]
Posted: December 24th, 2009 under J.K. Rowling.
Tags: Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling, review, teen, the Deathly Hallows
Comments: none
Evermore by Alyson Noel
My Rating: 2 stars So the main character of this book, Ever Bloom, lost her mom, dad and younger sister to a freakish car accident. The accident left a huge scar on her forehead. And, after the accident, Ever discovers that she can see people’s auras, read minds, see her dead sister and know someone’s […]
Posted: December 21st, 2009 under Alyson Noel.
Tags: Alyson Noel, Evermore, review, teen, The Immortals
Comments: 6
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
My Rating: 5 stars **If you haven’t read previous books, don’t read!** In this sixth installment of Harry Potter’s life, the war with Voldemort is not going well at all. People check the newspapers daily to see if they recognize any names. Even the Muggle governments notice something’s not right. Dumbledore is taking many prolonged […]
Posted: December 20th, 2009 under J.K. Rowling.
Tags: Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling, review, teen, the Half-Blood Prince
Comments: 1
Wake by Lisa McMann
My Rating: 4 stars Janie Hannagan was never a normal kid. Ever since she could remember, she had seen other people’s dreams. It didn’t matter where or when, she was always sucked in, and she couldn’t stop. In the dreams, the participants begged her to help them, and there was no possible way that she […]
Posted: December 18th, 2009 under Lisa McMann.
Tags: Lisa McMann, review, teen, Wake, Wake Trilogy
Comments: none
Marked by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
My Rating: 5 stars Zoey Redbird was just an average girl before she was Marked a vampyre. After leaving her uncaring family, ex-best friend, and ex-almost-boyfriend behind, she goes to the dark House of Night, where she learns all about her new life. At her new school, Zoey meets new people and makes new friends; […]
Posted: December 15th, 2009 under P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast.
Tags: House of Night Novel, Marked, P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast, review, teen
Comments: 2
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
My Rating: 5 stars **If you haven’t read previous books, don’t read!** Harry’s fifth year at Hogwarts has finally arrived, and there are many things he isn’t looking forward to. Well, first of all, there was an incident over the summer involving some dementors in his Muggle neighborhood. But, in this year at Hogwarts, the […]
Posted: December 9th, 2009 under J.K. Rowling.
Tags: Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling, review, teen, the Order of the Phoenix
Comments: none
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
My Rating: 5 stars **If you haven’t read previous books, don’t read!** Harry and is friends are entering their fourth year at Hogwarts, and everything is changing, and change isn’t in favor of the good. They all attend the Quidditch World Cup in the summer, and after the match, Death Eaters invade the camp and […]
Posted: December 7th, 2009 under J.K. Rowling.
Tags: Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling, review, teen, the Goblet of Fire
Comments: none
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
My Rating: 5 stars *Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t read The Hunger Games, don’t read!* The sequel to the amazing book, The Huger Games, is as breath-taking and suspenseful as the first. Life is good for the 74th Hunger Games winners, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. They’ve got all the money they need to help […]
Posted: December 5th, 2009 under Suzanne Collins.
Tags: Catching Fire, review, Suzanne Collins, teen, The Hunger Games Trilogy
Comments: 1
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
My Rating: 5 stars This remarkable book tells the story of sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in District 12 of the country Panem, which lies where North American used to be. Every year, the middle city of Panem, called the Capitol, hold the Hunger Games. There is a boy and a girl selected from each […]
Posted: December 1st, 2009 under Suzanne Collins.
Tags: review, Suzanne Collins, teen, The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games Trilogy
Comments: 7