Welcome to my weird world!
You know, as much as racism is no longer seen as a normal and acceptable act in general society, sometimes we forget just how much is out there begging to be unleashed beneath the surface. Reminders emerge all the time, and we stand united against them, but then there are places where it just won't... Continue Reading →
The young but grown up guy looking indifferently at us through that cover asks us questions through that stare: Are you going to treat me any different than you would a white person? Do you have expectations of me? Do you accept me for who I am? Do you accept others for who they are?... Continue Reading →
You know my favourite part of The Breakfast Club, the movie this book takes obvious inspiration from? The final line: "We discovered each of us is a brain, and an athlete, and a basket case, a princess, and a criminal." I think that's a timeless line, because it applies to everybody. No one is one... Continue Reading →
Ever since I devoured An Ember in the Ashes over three years ago, this series has had me addicted like heroin. I've now read the previous three books all twice. And as the big conclusion, I waited for this book for literally years. Laia of Serra has at this point been through more trauma than... Continue Reading →
The young adult industry seems to be on a roll with properly diversifying its subjects and authors, and I cannot be more proud of the business for that. Books that bring up important but invisible-to-some subjects can make the world a better place. Roger Ebert said movies were an empathy machine, allowing you to fully... Continue Reading →
I can't really pick which Ember in the Ashes book is my favourite, this one or the last one, but what I will say is this one is as sad and angry as its ending is absolute perfection. In my review of the last book, I said that young-adult books that follow the traditional dystopian... Continue Reading →
Two years ago, I reviewed and abhorred Mindy McGinnis' fantasy novel, Given to the Sea, but even when I finished it and rated it zero stars, I still wanted to explore what else she's done. I mean, she has a rep for trying out all sorts of genres, so what kind of critic would I... Continue Reading →
Amy Tintera is one of my favourite authors, because even if one of them really dove head-first into the derivative (the first Ruined), all of her works have destroyed my reading slumps and have given a fast-paced jolt. And both her Reboot duology and Ruined trilogy (still have to read the last one) all had... Continue Reading →
Flawed but beautiful. The path of life brings us love, and so dost cometh rot. I think that's the first haiku I've ever written before, and it could also describe my feelings of this book. Then again...let's face it, that was a pretty terrible piece of poetry. I'm often impatient and want to get on... Continue Reading →
When I was reading this book, I was surprised this was a debut. It has the aura of an author really immersed in the spirit of teen fiction. Meet Leona D'Auron. She's the queen of Erenen, where, as she puts it, killing is their source of income. They basically have no trade agreements with outside... Continue Reading →
William J. McGinn 