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Bumped
I was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed Bumped because despite some of the overly bubbly slang and its somewhat underdeveloped characters it makes you really think.
Bumped
When a virus makes everyone over the age of eighteen infertile, would-be parents pay teen girls to conceive and give birth to their children, making teens the most prized members of society. Girls spo...
Juliet Immortal
An interesting read not without its flaws, Juliet Immortal proves that sometimes outrageous premises do work.
Juliet Immortal
Juliet Capulet didn't take her own life. She was murdered by the person she trusted most, her new husband, Romeo Montague, who made the sacrifice to ensure his own immortality. But Romeo didn't antici...
Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side
Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side is a twilight rip-off, but why does Read actually find herself liking it? This needs to be examined...
Dating on the Dark Side
The undead can really screw up your senior year ... Marrying a vampire definitely doesn’t fit into Jessica Packwood’s senior year “get-a-life” plan. But then a bizarre (and incredibly hot) new e...
Falling for Hamlet
Hamlet is a story of betrayal, dealing with grief, politics and madness. In the play, Shakespeare is able to hit on many themes and emotions, giving actors much to work with leading to some intense pe...
Falling for Hamlet
Meet Ophelia: a blonde, beautiful high-school senior and long-time girlfriend of Prince Hamlet of Denmark. Her life is dominated not only by her boyfriend's fame and his overbearing family, but also b...
Oathrbreaker: Assassain’s Apprentice
In Eyrie — a world of two moons, shapeshifters, and powerful magic — Aron of Brailing knows he owes loyalty to his guild, obedience to the code of the land, and his life to his closest companions, but...
Oathbreaker: Assassin’s Apprentice
With a title using the word 'assassin' you would think there is very little an author could do to screw up a this book. It turns out, there is. In her first solo review Read looks at The Assassin's Ap...
The Fault in Our Stars
"I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, then all at once." Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her fi...
The Fault in Our Stars
Alexandra talks about John Green's most recent novel The Fault in Our Stars. She finished the novel and a box of tissues in four hours...
Shambling Towards Hiroshima
It is the early summer of 1945, and war reigns in the Pacific Rim with no end in sight. Back in the States, Hollywood B-movie star Syms Thorley lives in a very different world, starring as the Franken...
Holes
Holes is also a pretty great film. The adaptation managed to stay very close to the source material and the story translated well to screen. The Holes film was a treat for long time fans and a great i...
Holes
Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been unjustly s...