“Part of me knows one more day won't do anything except postpone the heartbreak. But another part of me believes differently. We are born in one day. We die in one day. We can change in one day. And we can fall in love in one day. Anything can happen in just one day.” ― Gayle Forman, Just … Continue reading Series Review: Just One Day Series by Gayle Forman
Category: 3+ Stars
Book Review: Since You’ve Been Gone
“She was my heart, she was half of me, and nothing, certainly not a few measly hundred miles, was ever going to change that.” ― Morgan Matson, Since You've Been Gone
Book Review: Before I Fall
“I guess that's what saying good-bye is always like--like jumping off an edge. The worst part is making the choice to do it. Once you're in the air, there's nothing you can do but let go.” ― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall
Book Club Reviews A Memory Keeper’s Daughter
Last night, we had Book Club at a local Mexican restaurant (the cheese! the margaritas!), and we talked about The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards.Book Title: The Memory Keeper's DaughterAuthor: Kim EdwardsPublication Date: 2006Genres: Adult Fiction, Realistic FictionGoodreads Rating: 3.6 Stars Book Club Rating: 3.5 StarsThis novel received mixed reviews from the group... Some of us (me!) thought it was deep-thinking and … Continue reading Book Club Reviews A Memory Keeper’s Daughter
Book Review: Cinder
“Soon, the whole world would be searching for her -Linh Cinder. A deformed cyborg with a missing foot. A Lunar with a stolen identity. A mechanic with no one to run to, nowhere to go. But they will be looking for a ghost.” ― Marissa Meyer, Cinder
Book Review: Conversion
“I was impressed. She had already mastered the art of not saying much of anything at all.” ― Katherine Howe, Conversion
Book Review: Landline
“Neal didn't take Georgie's breath away. Maybe the opposite. But that was okay--that was really good, actually, to be near someone who filled your lungs with air.” ― Rainbow Rowell, Landline
Three Reviews for the Price of One.
Summer school has ended, and so has my graduate assistantship. That means, after a week-long vacation to Colorado, I am currently unemployed and without classes for the next two weeks.Of course, I've already read THREE novels. (In 2 weeks. Success.)I must say, I had really forgotten what it was like to lose myself in a … Continue reading Three Reviews for the Price of One.
Book Review: The Museum of Extraordinary Things
“Love like this wasn't what he'd planned or wanted or expected, surely it was indeed a trap, for even when you tried to run away, it followed you through the grass and lay down beside you, it overtook common sense and willpower.” ― Alice Hoffman, The Museum of Extraordinary Things
Book Review: Fangirl
“In new situations, all the trickiest rules are the ones nobody bothers to explain to you. (And the ones you can't Google.)” ― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl