I wasn’t sure about The Truth Commission, in the beginning, because it started a little bit slowly for me. But, it picked up quickly and before I knew it, I’d stayed up a little later than I’d like so that I could finish it.
Truth… it’s an interesting concept. In life and in writing.
Very interesting.
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I didn’t know there were new books in this series so it was awesome that TW noticed Night Study just sitting on the library shelf.
This was another good one, though it got a little confusing in a few places, particularly in the beginning and at the end. I’m also really looking forward to the next book. The magic is all a muddle and I think we’re going to see more from some of the younger characters that I really like (not to mention a couple of new, young characters.)
I really enjoyed Blackthorn Key and hope I remember to look for the sequels at some point down the line. Christopher is a good character. So is Tom. I am disappointed about one thing that happened, pretty early in the book but I understand why it did… I really hate it when characters I like die very early in the first book of a series. (And as TW said, Harry Potter must have been hard for me — and yes, yes it was.)
I read two of the graphic novels from the Cybils shortlist, Terroris: Gavrilo Princip, The Assassin Who Ignited WWI and Oyster War. Two very different graphic novels and I enjoyed them both, though neither will ever be on my favorites list.
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I’m a Michelle Tea fan. My Michelle T. is a Michelle Tea fan. The two Michelle’s have a lot of personality traits in common. So, I was excited to read How to Grow Up and equally excited for my Michelle T. to read it.
I don’t think either of us were disappointed.
Speaking for myself, I don’t exactly love all of the traits the grown up Michelle Tea has but I have a lot of respect for how she DID grow up and the fact that she owns her grown up addictions and decisions.
PS. Mutha Magazine is fabulous.
I reserved The Curse of the Wendigo in audio, right before we went on our house hunting trip. It seemed like it would be a fun book to listen to, the Gainesville connection and all that. But, it didn’t arrive til we got home. (Figures, right?)
Oh boy. This was one hell of a graphic horror novel — I wasn’t expecting that. I mean, I know we read the first book a zillion years ago but I do not remember it being like this. I even wondered a few times if I was wrong and this wasn’t a YA series because it was… wow. Shudder. Don’t read it if you have scary monster kind of nightmares, sheesh.
Read it if you like good writing and interesting characters, because it has both.
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I think with DIY, Dammit I’m going to call it quits with DIY craft books for awhile. I enjoyed it, but they’re beginning to feel pretty redundant, in terms of the kinds of projects included.
The best part of the book was the intro, the intermission, and amusing commentary. The projects themselves were fine but there wasn’t anything that called to me. Ho hum.
It was a bit of a mistake to read Infandrous right after reading All the Rage… all the bad things that can happen to girls can get a little overwhelming and depressing when you’re reading about it constantly.
But, I really liked Infandrous except I’m not sure it read as YA. The myths scattered throughout the book went a long way towards making this one hell of a dark and deep novel. Not to mention “Felix”… I wonder if teens reading this would have realized who Felix was without having it spelled out at the end. I wish I knew a teen who might read it so I could find out, lol.
Anyway. I really liked this one. It’s one of my favorite books of the year, so far.
Courtney Summers, y’all. Some of you will know why I say that. Some of you won’t, (sorry!) All the Rage is exactly the right title for this book.
Romy has rage, as she should. And that rage wreaks havoc with her relationships with everyone and especially with herself.
I’m not sure I liked Leon’s character… liked might not be the right word. I liked his character well enough, I’m just not sure it was the right character for this particular book. I get that Romy needed someone sort of like Leon but I am not convinced that the story line between the two of them really worked. Might just be me, though…
Ultimately, this is one of my favorite Courtney Summers books so yay?
I was really enjoying Every Last Word — very interesting story about a teen girl with Pure-O OCD. I had some questions that weren’t being answered but that was ok, the story was good and the characters were interesting.
And then I got to something like page 282 and wanted to throw the book across the room. (I didn’t, it’s a library book, after all.) I did NOT see that coming and I did NOT think it was good for the story…
Still, I stuck with it and mostly liked it after that, too. Mostly. I’m still not really happy with that little Caroline twist but whatever. It’s not all about me, is it?