Wilmar Luna graduated in 2008 with a degree in video editing and motion graphics design at Mercer County Community College in New Jersey. A longtime fan of the superhero genre, he began his editing career – with screen credits in many (many) indie films as well as freelance work for the NFL. He even worked… Continue reading Seven Questions on a Saturday – Wilmar Luna
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Felix Yz – Lisa Bunker
★★★★ Twenty-nine days until ZeroDay. I'm counting down. Twenty-nine days to go. Thirteen year old Felix Yz has a somewhat...unusual life. ...when I was little there was an accident with a secret machine my dad was working on, and I got fused at the atomic level with a hyperintelligent being from the fourth dimension. Zyx, the… Continue reading Felix Yz – Lisa Bunker
Seeker – Arwen Elys Dayton
★ To My Fellow YA Readers: Can we all collectively agree that love triangles involving your third cousin will NOT be the latest YA trend? "Quinn, we're only third cousins, you know?" "Half third cousins." She whispered, her lips close to his ear, "Hardly related at all." I'm sorry but the MOMENT there's any familial relationship - I don't care how… Continue reading Seeker – Arwen Elys Dayton
The Darkest Part of the Forest – Holly Black
★★★★ ½ Holly Black at her finest. Once, there was a girl who vowed she would save everyone in the world, but forgot herself. Seriously, how does Holly Black create such bone-chillingly wondrous books time and time again? Hazel Evans and her brother (Ben) live in Fairfold - a town blessed (cursed?) by the fair folk. The food tastes… Continue reading The Darkest Part of the Forest – Holly Black
A Man Called Ove – Fredrik Backman
★★★★★ He went through life with his hands firmly shoved into his pockets. She danced. Ove is the quintessential grumpy old man. He lives in a little development, where he spends much of his time patrolling and reporting rule-breakers. Even when he was younger, Ove has always been...particular. He had a steward set of principles and absolutely compromised… Continue reading A Man Called Ove – Fredrik Backman
Growing Up Amish – Ira Wagler
★★★ Even among the Amish, other Amish seem odd. Canadian Ira Wagler, is the ninth of eleven Amish children. Amish, for the unfamiliar, are a group of traditionalist Christians who are well-known for their simple, plain living style. Depending on their individual communities - some swear off all technology while others have strict rules for how and when it… Continue reading Growing Up Amish – Ira Wagler
The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien
★★★★★ In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Bilbo Baggins, living comfortably in his hobbit-hole in Bag End, finds himself on the wrong end of an adventure. Gandalf the Grey has come recruiting for a burglar willing to raid the home of Smaug (a dragon) whose taken over the ancestral home of the dwarves. These… Continue reading The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien
All the Crooked Saints – Maggie Stiefvater
★★ I was looking for a miracle, but I got a story instead, and sometimes those are the same thing. (More like this story needed a miracle). The Soriaa are a family of miracle-workers. People from all-around the world pilgrimage to their little spot of the desert, hoping for a catch-all cure. But what the pilgrims… Continue reading All the Crooked Saints – Maggie Stiefvater
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – JK Rowling
★★★★★ Can you hear me screaming? As expected, the illustrations brought this book to a whole new level. I legitimately want to buy another copy, solely to take it apart and frame it. Each page is just bursting with new life. Honestly, how could you not love such beautiful images? Hogwarts, Hogwarts. Hoggy Hoggy warty warts. I think at this point,… Continue reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – JK Rowling
Oh My Goth (redo) – Gena Showalter
★★ ½ My name is Jade Leighton, and this morning I staged my own death. Oh, hey. Didn't see you there. I was too busy staring apathetically at the middle distance. I'm seventeen-years-old now. Since the accident, I haven't shed a single tear or laughed. After witnessing the death of my mother, I decided to become… Continue reading Oh My Goth (redo) – Gena Showalter
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