Movie vs. Book: Mockingjay (Part 2)
**Spoiler Alert: Considering five years having passed since Mockingjay was published, this is your warning that if you have not read the actual book, you might not want to read the following review....
View ArticleReview: The Ocean At the End of the Lane
Recap: A man has returned to his hometown for a funeral, but somehow something pulls him away from the funeral to an old neighbor’s home. He finds himself there, chatting with the familiar women who...
View ArticleReview: Armada
Recap: Zack Lightman is about to graduate from high school, but his ambitions of going to college are slim; he’s more focused on video games. His mother understands. She and Zack’s father were video...
View ArticleMovie vs. Book: Allegiant
**Spoiler Alert: this is your warning that if you have not read the actual book, you might not want to read the following review. Spoilers are included. Let me start by saying this: Before seeing...
View ArticleNew Duology Coming from Veronica Roth
Now that the Divergent series has concluded and the movies are almost complete, bestselling author Veronica Roth is set to release a new series. According to Entertainment Weekly, this one is a...
View ArticleMovie vs. Book: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
It’s a book I loved so much that I not only read it, I also listened to it to re-read it in preparation for the release of the movie version. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is a YA novel...
View ArticleReview: Can’t Buy Forever
Recap: Odessa is a young girl living in a boarding house run by a widowed aunt. She has lived there for years after her father died and has made a life for herself there and gotten to know the others...
View ArticleMovie vs. Book: A Wrinkle In Time
The classic fantasy children’s novel tells the story of a young girl Meg, who is transported to another planet by three other-worldly women (Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which). The mission: to...
View ArticleReview: The Lathe of Heaven
Recap: Have you ever had one of those dreams that manifests something into existence? You dream about something and then a few days later, it comes true? That’s what’s been happening to George Orr. He...
View ArticleReview: The Distractions
The stories of futuristic technology infiltrating our everyday lives no longer feel like such a distant future. That’s all I could think about as I read The Distractions, the story of a girl named...
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