Sometimes Jessamines make their own decisions
This post is in response to this post, which brings up some very good points.sourceBut the thing is, I still mostly hate Jessamine. As a character study in the vapid and boring, she's great. (I'm being...
View Article2012 favorites: SIXTEEN OF THEM.
This is a post I have been dying to do since the beginning of the month when all the blogs started doing this, but I decided to wait until it was a little closer to the end of the year.Because this is...
View ArticleA List of Demands
They're in the pit and they're trying to get meRemember when I posted a while ago about being in a book rut? In that particular post, my rut wasn't so much books that I didn't like, it was more about...
View ArticleReview: Requiem by Lauren Oliver
I don't really know where to start with this review other than to just say right now, I worship Lauren Oliver. If she ever stopped writing YA books, it would be a loss from which I could probably never...
View ArticleOn being a twin.
Okay, I cannot believe I am STILL seriously having to have this conversation with people. I've been having this conversation my entire life and yet people still don't seem to be able to get it through...
View ArticleReview: The Madness Underneath (SPOILERS)
***THIS IS NOT A SPOILER-FREE REVIEW***I know I always start my reviews by saying that I'm probably not ready to write the review, but this time I really mean it. (Warning: I will probably also really...
View ArticleYour argument is invalid: Trolls.
Internet trolls are the ugliest of all trollsSo, tonight I have had the displeasure of being directly confronted by a troll on the Internet. Have we all been there? I feel like it is a universal belief...
View ArticleReview: Clockwork Princess. I have waited so long.
This review is going to be... difficult. Here are some things you should know about me in advance:I hate change. I hate change as much as Holden Caulfield hates change. I hate change as much as the...
View ArticleReview: This is What Happy Looks Like
It's no secret, but perhaps you could call it a lesser-known fact, that I am a huge fan of Jennifer E. Smith. Last year, I preordered The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight and read it all...
View ArticleShe who feasts on tears of readers!
So, I don't usually do these kinds of posts on this blog but I think it's pretty relevant to my "never trust a duck" tag. Because today I met Cassandra Clare.These things don't usually happen to me. I...
View ArticleReview: Nantucket Blue
Dear Contemporary Young Adult Authors,I know I am not too old for this genre. I know it because some of my favorite books are from this genre, and they are smart, thoughtful and romantic. I know it...
View ArticleReview: Icons
Welp, that happened. Unfortunately.It's always interesting to see how an author fares as a solo act when for so long she has been part of a team-- and a rather popular team, at that. I wanted to know...
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