2012 Book 35: The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins (2/22/2012) Reason for Reading: My friend Shweta has been telling me to read this book for quite a while. Now, my friend Alicia insisted I read it so that we can go watch the movie together. My Review 3/5 starsIn a post-apocalyptic country called Panem, The … Continue reading The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
Fiction (Adult) Adams, Douglas Shada Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi Half of a Yellow Sun Atwood, Margaret Handmaid’s Tale Austen, Jane Persuasion Beckett, Chris Dark Eden Bunyan, John Pilgrim’s Progress Bradbury, Ray Fahrenheit 451 Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre Buck, Pearl S. Sons Butcher, Jim Aeronaut’s Windlass Dresden Files Storm Front (Dresden Files #1) Fool Moon (Dresden Files … Continue reading Fiction Reviews
The Testing, by Joelle CharbonneauReason for Reading: This book was provided by the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This book will be released in June 2013.Genre: Young Adult DystopiaReviewCia wishes more than anything that she will be chosen for the testing procedure – leading to a university education. But the testing … Continue reading The Testing, by Joelle Charbonneau
2012 Book 82: Divergent, by Veronica Roth (6/2/2012) Reason for Reading: Curiosity My Review 5/5 starsThe future Chicago has 5 factions of people, each representing a moral value: Amity, Dauntless, Candor, Erudite, and Abnegation. At the age of 16, Beatrice Prior and all her classmates must choose which faction to join. Beatrice struggles with the … Continue reading Divergent, by Veronica Roth
In The Dark Fantastic, Thomas writes a study of darker-skinned people in fantastic popular culture. She covers Rue, from Hunger Games, who is described as “dark-skinned” in the book, but got a torrent of horribly racist comments when Rue was cast as black in the movie. To the white mind, and sometimes even to the … Continue reading The Dark Fantastic, by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
Summary: Ellie starts her freshman year of high school simply wanting to blend in, but when the handsome and rich Caleb starts flirting with her, she starts craving more – romantic love. But then, Ellie is brutally raped… My Thoughts: This was a hard book for me to read, and it was clearly written by an author … Continue reading I Stop Somewhere, by T. E. Carter
I will be reading through the list of books provided by Susan Wise Bauer in The Well Educated Mind. The list is below: The Novel Don Quixote, by Miguel Cerventes The Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan Gulliver’s Travels, by Jonathan Swift Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens Jane Eyre, by … Continue reading The Well Educated Mind Project
