Book Reviews
P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han
Reviewed by L. Bauer, December 2018
P.S. I Still Love You is a sequel to the best-selling book To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before. With Laura Jean and Peter’s relationship at a strain, they eventually make their way back to each other. Since Margot has left again for school, Laura Jean gets a job volunteering at a retirement home. ...
Read moreEverything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
Reviewed by K. Thays, December 2018
In the book Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon, the story revolves around a girl named Madeline. All her life she has been known as the “sick girl” who could never leave her house. When she was a baby, she was diagnosed with severe combined immunodeficiency, or better known as SCID. She goes through...
Read moreA Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro
Reviewed by H. McNicol, December 2018
The mysterious descendant of Sherlock Holmes and the temperamental descendant of Dr. Watson find themselves in the same American boarding school. Jamie Watson has always been curious of Charlotte Holmes. These unlikely friends are brought together as a murder occurs on campus, and they’re the leading suspects....
Read moreTo All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
Reviewed by L. Bauer, December 2018
It all started with a note… or should I say notes. Laura Jean thought that she would live normal junior year of high school, but that is not what actually happened. When Laura Jean takes over the responsibility of being the oldest sister in the house, she has less time to look at the things that are important to...
Read moreThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Reviewed by L. Schwenn, December 2018
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is centered around the life of an 8 year old boy named Bruno, during World War 2. After his father, a well-respected Nazi commandant, receives a job working in Poland, Bruno and his family are forced to leave his home in Germany. Once arrived, he meets a...
Read moreSafe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
Reviewed by L.Schwenn, November 2018
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Safe Haven is the story of a young troubled woman named Katie, who leaves her old life to build a new one in the sanctuary of a small North Carolina town. Although Katie tries to keep her presence unknown, she soon befriends the owner of the local store, Alex, and his 2 kids. As Katie’s...
Read moreThe Sound of Letting Go by Stasia Ward Kehoe
Reviewed by A. Klink, November 2018
Daisy is a young girl who has always been good. A good daughter and a good sister, helping out her autistic brother when he has turned from a boy to a thirteen year old man-child. The only aspect that can help her cope is her trumpet. The one feature that makes her stand out in her world of blending in. But when her...
Read moreThe Davinci Code by Dan Brown
Reviewed by K. Yanna, October 2018
It’s just after 10:46 pm when Jacques Sauniere pulls a painting off the Louvre’s wall. As the alarm rings, an albino man steps from the shadows, raises his gun and pulls the trigger after a few tense words. A blood red spot begins to grow on Sauniere abdomen in the world famous art museum. The words of his killer...
Read morePromises I Made by Michelle Zink
Reviewed by H. McNicol, October 2018
In this thrilling sequel to Lies I Told the reader follows Grace as she tries to get Parker out of jail. Grace is forced to return to Playa Hermosa in hopes of freeing her brother. She comes with little money and no plan. Grace is forced to search for help in unlikely people; an detective, an old friend,...
Read moreThe Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Reviewed by R. Plenty, September 2018
This is a very interesting story of a young girl growing up in Georgia in the 1930s, and although the book switches from many different perspectives it’s mainly about her. Her family has borders, you get to learn their struggles of life, one is a death mute, and the other is an African American family. The other...
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