★★ ½ I'm starting to believe that hell is everywhere. Amanda Verner, sixteen, lives with her parents and siblings in a remote mountainside cabin. The last winter was absolutely terrible. Amanda's sickly mother was pregnant and began wasting away. Mom gave birth to a blind and deaf child who cries...and cries...and cries... Amanda went stir crazy… Continue reading Daughters Unto Devils – Amy Lukavics
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Gunslinger Girl – Lyndsay Ely
★★ Welcome to Cessation, Serendipity Jones. The last place on the continent where you can do whatever the hell you want. Serendipity "Pity" Jones is a seventeen-year-old gunslinger in a futuristic wild west world. Her mother lived on a commune and raised three children with a man she abhorred. Pity's mother did her best in a bad… Continue reading Gunslinger Girl – Lyndsay Ely
Wild Sex: The Science Behind Mating in the Animal Kingdom – Carin Bondar
★★★★ Generally speaking, it takes two to tango in the animal kingdom. Birds, bees, trees, fleas - they're all doing it. All the time. Just think about that. All. The. Time. ...the process of sex is so much more than the mere meeting of sperm and egg. Dr Bondar knows that the animal kingdom is… Continue reading Wild Sex: The Science Behind Mating in the Animal Kingdom – Carin Bondar
The Nature Fix – Florence Williams
★★★★ ½ A surprisingly enjoyable journey into what it means to be healthy and happy. we all need nearby nature: we benefit cognitively and psychologically from having trees, bodies of water, and green spaces just to look at; we should be smarter about landscaping our schools, hospitals, workplaces and neighborhoods so everyone gains. So much of health… Continue reading The Nature Fix – Florence Williams
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban – Malala Yousafzai
★★★★★ We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced. Criticism be damned, I loved this book. Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani girl, was just fifteen years old when the Taliban decided she needed to be taken out. That she was too dangerous to be alive. That she was radical, sacrilegious and so much more. And what did she do? What… Continue reading I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban – Malala Yousafzai
A Conjuring of Light – V.E. Schwab
★ Rhy: I messed with magic. Nearly killed everyone. Actually, it's still killing everyone. Lila: ... Alucard: Respect your limitations. Lila: ... Kell: I've literally used magic my entire life and you've been at it for what, two months? This will literally kill you. Lila: That's it. I'm calling mom. Schwab: By the power of author, I grant thee to do the… Continue reading A Conjuring of Light – V.E. Schwab
A Gathering of Shadows – V.E. Schwab
★★★★ She bent most of the rules. She broke the rest. There are four Londons, layered on top of each other, each existing without knowing of the other. Black London - wild, untamed magic. All-consuming madness. White London - crippled, desperate, hungry magic. Slowly dying. Red London - vibrant, thriving, full of magic Grey London - the "boring" London, no… Continue reading A Gathering of Shadows – V.E. Schwab
A Darker Shade of Magic – V.E. Schwab
★★★★ “I'm not going to die," she said. "Not till I've seen it." "Seen what?" Her smile widened. "Everything.” Kell - one of the last Antari - is playing a dangerous game. Being an Antari, he travels between worlds. He knows of four worlds and all four of them have one, conveniently overlapping city: London. Grey London -… Continue reading A Darker Shade of Magic – V.E. Schwab
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man and Life’s Greatest Lesson – Mitch Albom
★★★★ "You know, Mitch, now that I'm dying, I've become much more interesting to people." While he was an undergrad, Mitch absolutely loved Morrie Schwartz's college courses - he took every class that professor taught. But, like most students, Mitch lost contact with everything and anything to do with his undergraduate years as soon as he graduated. That is...until… Continue reading Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man and Life’s Greatest Lesson – Mitch Albom
Bright We Burn – Kiersten White
★★★★ She was a dragon. She was a prince. She was a woman. It was the last that scared them most of all. Lada Dracul has finally earned her prize - she is Prince of Wallachia, her beloved home country. And as Prince, she has shaken up the country. Crime is practically nonexistent, the old rulers are all dead, and… Continue reading Bright We Burn – Kiersten White
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