Author: Libba Bray
Wow. So different from other Libba Bray books I've read. It gives me hope.
A teenage boy suffers from mad cow disease and lays dying in hospital, but traveling though his mind with a punk angel, a dwarf and a garden gnome, who is actually Balder (the God). Beautiful, tragic, comic and alarming all at once.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall
Author: Wendy Mass
Verse novel (/) in part, linked to items from the mall that lead the POV character on some much needed self-exploration, recalling her past behaviours that led up to her not trying to avoid a direct hit to the head in dodgeball. Really an unlovable main character, but in such pain and self-awareness that it's hard to look away.
Verse novel (/) in part, linked to items from the mall that lead the POV character on some much needed self-exploration, recalling her past behaviours that led up to her not trying to avoid a direct hit to the head in dodgeball. Really an unlovable main character, but in such pain and self-awareness that it's hard to look away.
The Secret Life of Prince Charming
Author: Deb Caletti
This was a surprise to me - a slow burn novel with a very average, calm POV character who has such a strong sense of right that she decides to return things her father has taken and kept from his past lovers. She enlists her half-sister, who has a truck to help dispense the items.
I found the confessions a bit jarring, even though they were informative. A good book to hand to a teenager wondering what is love, what is abuse, and how do I tell the difference.
Will read more of this author - such wisdom in a YA novel.
This was a surprise to me - a slow burn novel with a very average, calm POV character who has such a strong sense of right that she decides to return things her father has taken and kept from his past lovers. She enlists her half-sister, who has a truck to help dispense the items.
I found the confessions a bit jarring, even though they were informative. A good book to hand to a teenager wondering what is love, what is abuse, and how do I tell the difference.
Will read more of this author - such wisdom in a YA novel.
Hourglass
Author: Myra McEntire
Was in and out with this one. Found that I was disappointed - advance press must have played up the seeing ghosts portion of the book and downplayed the quantum physics time travel and conspiracy side of it.
Enjoyed it, but not a rave.
Was in and out with this one. Found that I was disappointed - advance press must have played up the seeing ghosts portion of the book and downplayed the quantum physics time travel and conspiracy side of it.
Enjoyed it, but not a rave.
Shug
Author: Jenny Han
Incredibly good at pulling me into the emotional pain and turmoil of being a teenager with crush and all the horrid things that can and will go wrong all around that. Great portrayal of the sibling and parents and the sense of the family existing within the judgmental pool of others for the duration. POV character is so honest and unflinching in her expressions.
Cried. Couldn't help it. Very satisfying.
Incredibly good at pulling me into the emotional pain and turmoil of being a teenager with crush and all the horrid things that can and will go wrong all around that. Great portrayal of the sibling and parents and the sense of the family existing within the judgmental pool of others for the duration. POV character is so honest and unflinching in her expressions.
Cried. Couldn't help it. Very satisfying.
Castle Corona
Author: Sharon Creech
A fairytale that was a bit more judgemental than I expected, albeit deserved. Why do princesses just sit around in pretty dresses? Great settings and characters - even the minor characters are substantial.
Funny naivete of the royal family, and the silly acceptance by everyone in court of their whims and fancies.
A fairytale that was a bit more judgemental than I expected, albeit deserved. Why do princesses just sit around in pretty dresses? Great settings and characters - even the minor characters are substantial.
Funny naivete of the royal family, and the silly acceptance by everyone in court of their whims and fancies.
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