Reviewed by C. Breitbach, February 2024 The Assignment by Liza Wiemer is a thought-provoking story about what to do in the face of perceived wrongs. The book follows a senior-year history class taught by a favorite teacher. For an assignment, he instructs the class to argue from the perspective of Nazis. Two students, Logan and Cade, do… Read more
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Reviewed by C. Breitbach, February 2024 Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard is a novel of danger, magic, and power. Mare Barrow, a Red, lives in a world where the color of your blood determines your social status. Silvers, powerful officials and rulers, rule over Reds, impoverished commoners. She begins working in a Silver palace. But as events unfold,… Read more
Reviewed by C. Breitbach, February 2024
Family of Liars by E. Lockhart is the prequel to We Were Liars by E. Lockhart. It tells the story of the parents of the main characters in We Were Liars. This novel tells a dark story where not all is as it seems. As they spend time on their family’s island, and life marches on around the main… Read more
Family of Liars by E. Lockhart is the prequel to We Were Liars by E. Lockhart. It tells the story of the parents of the main characters in We Were Liars. This novel tells a dark story where not all is as it seems. As they spend time on their family’s island, and life marches on around the main… Read more
Reviewed by C. Breitbach, February 2024
Based on the classical Greek mythological tale of Ariadne, Theseus, and the Minotaur, Ariadne by… Read more
Reviewed by X. Potter, February 2024
From the witted mind of Bethany Wiggins, comes an action packed novel with lots of twists and turns including knowledge of what is truly happening with the plot.
This is the sequel to “Stung”, by Bethany Wiggins, which is set in Denver with little life remaining due to the known extinction of bees… Read more
Reviewed by X. Potter, February 2024
From the experienced author by the name of Alex North, comes a meaningful story that you are on the brink of knowing everything until the very end.
This book has many different perspectives to allow the reader to know more information than any of the characters, but not reveal too much as to spoil the… Read more
Reviewed by X. Potter, February 2024
Tennessee Williams’ most famous creation, “A Streetcar Named Desire”, has a thought-out plot, and entertaining main characters.
This play is about a struggling character named Blanche DuBois. She shows up at her sister’s, Stella, house with her little belongings. Stella’s husband, Stanley believes… Read more
Reviewed by G. Ritzke, February 2024
Thomas appeared in The Box. Not knowing where he was or why he was there, he’s suddenly thrown into a new life with his memory wiped. He’s with what they call themselves “Gladers” on a random plot of land with gigantic walls surrounding them. These walls make up a… Read more
Reviewed by C. Breitbach, January 2024
The heartbreaking novel The Fault in Our Stars by John Green is a story of life and loss. The book follows Hazel a terminally-ill teenage cancer patient. She attends a support group where she meets Augustus Waters, a fellow cancer patient in remission. After meeting him her life completely changes… Read more
Reviewed by C. Breitbach, January 2024
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid follows Monique Grant, a struggling journalist, as she writes the biography of a previously reclusive gilded-age star Evelyn Hugo. Monique is struggling when she is presented with the opportunity to help Evelyn Hugo pen a novel about her life. As… Read more