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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 […]

Crazy Beautiful by Lauren Baratz-Logsted

My Rating: 5 stars Lucius and Aurora are both new students at their high school, and they both have a not-so-happy past. Lucius blew off his arms in an explosion of his own making. Aurora’s mother died of cancer. He has hooks for hands and she doesn’t know what to expect. Once Lucius meets Aurora, […]

Alex Van Helsing: Vampire Rising by Jason Henderson

My Rating: 2 stars Okay. So first of all, I didn’t even finish reading this book, so I couldn’t tell you the main plot. I read about half of it and got bored with it. If I book bores me, I stop reading it. I think the main point to this book is that Alex […]

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

My Rating: 5 stars Ethan Wate is tired of living in the small town, Gaitlin, and wants to get out. But when Lena Duchannes moves into town, he completely changes his mind. She is the girl of his dreams – literally. As Ethan and Lena get to know each other more and more, they discover […]

Ruined by Paula Morris

My Rating: 4 stars Rebecca Brown is being forced to move to New Orleans and leave New York behind. Her dad is going to work in China for most of the year, so she is moving in with her “aunt” and “cousin”, if that’s what they really are. Her Aunt Claudia’s house is right across […]