★★★★★ Look, we'd love to stay and talk but we have to run. There's more where he came from. Heartwarming, heartwrenching and heartbreaking - this book has it all. Mike Scardino, a young pre-med college student, takes up a summer job as St. John's Queens Hospital ambulance attendant (at the insistence of his parents). They… Continue reading Bad Call – Mike Scardino
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Fragments – Akiah Watts
★★★ She smiled. Watery-eyed. Quivering lip. I was a goner. Our narrator, a college freshman, feels alone and adrift. Going to college was his dad's biggest dream and now that our narrator made it...he just feels empty. Well, until he meets a girl. THE girl. Autumn Waves is unlike any girl he ever met. She's smart, kind, funny… Continue reading Fragments – Akiah Watts
A Court of Mist and Fury – Sarah J. Maas
★★★★★ I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you. Hole. Lee. Shh. This sequel is stunning. I have not been this entertained and enthralled with a series since my high school Twilight craze. And I realized—I realized how badly I'd been treated before, if my standards had become so low. If the… Continue reading A Court of Mist and Fury – Sarah J. Maas
Uncanny Valley – C.A. Gray
★★ Great premise, lukeworm execution I loved the concept! Rebecca Cordeaux, an undergraduate working in a research lab, lives in a world where robots have taken over just about everything. On purpose Robots do the menial tasks, the high precision tasks and all of the tasks humans just don't want to do...only there's nothing really left for humans… Continue reading Uncanny Valley – C.A. Gray
The Dream Thieves – Maggie Stiefvater
★★★★★ Their magic. Their quest. Their awfulness and strangeness. Her raven boys. Every so often, there is a series that absolutely sweeps you off your feet. It's all-encompassing. All-consuming. Everything you have ever wanted in a book. It's simply magnificent. Ronan Lynch: I am being perfectly fucking civil. Adam Parrish “Do you think you're a train wreck?" "That would mean… Continue reading The Dream Thieves – Maggie Stiefvater
The Case of the Missing Bubble Gum Card – R. Weir
★★★ "You’re going to laugh, but it's valuable to me. Someone stole a baseball card of mine." Jarvis Mann, private detective, is overwhelmed and underworked. He's from a small town but moved to the city because he wanted an area had a good mix of cultures, with all races represented....a real city with real city people...… Continue reading The Case of the Missing Bubble Gum Card – R. Weir
A Court of Thorns and Roses – Sarah J. Maas
★★★★★ The first half sucks but keep reading There's no way around it. From page 1 to about 200, Feyre is anannoying, blindingly stupid and obstinate main character. I nearly put this book down half a dozen times. BUT, midway through the book, things turned around magnificently. And I cannot wait to read the sequel. Feyre is hunting in the… Continue reading A Court of Thorns and Roses – Sarah J. Maas
Twilight – Stephenie Meyer
★★★★★ So, my review might be a bit biased... This was my first (and only major) episode of fangirling. I owned a tshirt ("vegetarian vampire" - so edgy). I saw the first movie anembarrassingly high number of times in theater. I judged peoplebased off of Team Edward or Team Jacob (for the record: Edward in the books, Jacob in the… Continue reading Twilight – Stephenie Meyer
Who’s Minding the Store? – David Lucero
★★★★ Who says the customer is always right? This book brings out a whole new definition of "retail therapy." Derrick Payton, assistant manager, just received a huge promotion. He's the new manager of a local branch of The Design -a one-stop-shop for all home remodeling needs. And while this promotion is something he's been waiting on for… Continue reading Who’s Minding the Store? – David Lucero
The Travelling Cat Chronicles – Hiro Arikawa (translated by Philip Gabriel)
★★★★★ Humans who think we don't understand them are the stupid ones. Perfect. Absolutely perfect. Hiro Arikawa is a masterful storyteller. I loved every word. I laughed, I cried, I was an emotional whirlwind in the best way possible. Satoru, a young businessman, attempts to befriend a young feral cat with a crooked tail. After a few… Continue reading The Travelling Cat Chronicles – Hiro Arikawa (translated by Philip Gabriel)
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