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The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney

My Rating: 5 stars Warning: Rated PG-13 Alex Patrick attends an elite high school for especially smart and talented students. The teachers and administration at Themis trust the students. They all believe the students will behave the right way – the Themis way. And Themis doesn’t have a handbook, or a code of conduct. They […]

It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

My Rating: 5 stars Craig was just your average fifteen year old teenager in high school. But when he first started at a really prestigious high school for exceptionally smart teenagers, he began to feel the pressure. Just after the first half of a year of his freshman year in high school, he starts to […]

Killer by Sara Shepard

My Rating: 4 stars **If you haven’t read previous books, don’t read!** In the sixth installment of the Pretty Little Liars series, once again everything is a mess. Hanna is out to get her soon-to-be-stepsister, Kate, who she believes is out to get her. Spencer is now in contact with a woman who she believes […]

Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead

My Rating: 5 stars **If you haven’t read previous books, don’t read!** Rose Hathaway was convicted as a murderer…the murderer of the Moroi queen. But she didn’t do it. Although all the evidence goes against her, Rose did not kill the queen. The clock on Rose’s life is running out. She has to solve more […]

Wicked by Sara Shepard

My Rating: 4 stars **If you haven’t read previous books, don’t read!** The four girls, Aria, Spencer, Emily and Hanna, are back once again. And just when they thought they had everything back to normal, it all changes for the worse once again. They all thought life would be good after Ian Thomas was put […]

Fallout by Ellen Hopkins

My Rating: 5 stars **If you haven’t read previous books, don’t read!** You all know Kristina’s story. How she took a ride with the monster, openly welcoming drugs into her life to tear everything apart. This time, the book is written in the point of view of her three oldest children: Hunter, Autumn and Summer. […]

Paper Towns by John Green

My Rating: 4 stars Quentin Jacobsen has been in love with his mysterious, beautiful and adventurous neighbor, Margo Roth Spiegelman for as long as he can remember. And when Margo appears at his bedroom window one night, as she did so, so long ago, he just can’t say no. Margo takes Q on a journey […]

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

My rating: 3-4 stars **If you haven’t read previous books, don’t read!** The revolution that Katniss Everdeen only imagined about has begun. District 12 is in ashes. District 13 is real. Peeta is captured. The Capitol is killing innocent people by the minute, and the rebels are taking action. But Katniss is still part of […]

Willow by Julia Hoban

My Rating: 5 stars In March, Willow and her parents went out to dinner. Her parents had a little too many drinks, and asked Willow to drive them home. She had her learner’s permit, so it wasn’t like didn’t know how to drive. But of course, that night it poured like it would never rain […]

Vampires Suck

My Rating: 2 stars Vampires Suck TrailerWhen I first walked into the movie theater to see Vampires Suck, I was actually excited. I was ready to see a funny comedy that bashed Twilight and the entire vampire craze. Too bad that didn’t happen. All the hype for Vampires Suck made the movie seem so much […]