Mini Book Reviews: August
I spent most of August grading. Grading, grading, grading. Every time someone asked me what I was doing, the answer was grading. Grading! Then, once grading was done, I spent...
Aug 29, 2011 0 3 min read
Young Adult Lit
Book Review: Where She Went
You know how sometimes you read a book, and it's kind of perfect, but you don't know it until you finish it, when you close it and think, "Wow, that was kind of perfect"? Yeah,...
Book Review: Level Up
To provide that boy with the life he has, I've had to eat much bitterness. He must learn to do the same. In Level Up by Gene Luen Yang (illustrated by Thien Pham), Dennis Ouyang...
Book Review: Revolution
There is only one thing I fear now--love. For I have seen it and I have felt it and I know that it is love, not death, that undoes us. Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly manages to...
Nostalgia: If This Is Love, I’ll Take Spaghetti
I've always considered myself a very level-headed sort of person. While my friends struggle through adolescence alternating between moods of rapture and despair, I sail along on...
Book Review: Lemonade Mouth
I may not have been the brightest bulb in my family, but you don't have to be a genius to know that it's easier to get forgiveness than permission. Look, we all know I read...
Book Review: Spanking Shakespeare
Mr. Parke returns our writing. He writes on my paper that humor is wonderful, but I am using it as a defense mechanism to avoid confronting myself in a more substantive and...
Mini Book Reviews: June
June, as usual, was a super busy month for me. Not only did school wrap up, but I started a new job and did quite a bit of traveling to visit family and friends. As a result, I...
Book Review: What Happened to Goodbye
Now, I thought. Now is when I introduce myself as Liz Sweet, clear this whole thing up. [...] But for some reason, standing there, I couldn't. Because despite my best efforts...