Rating: 1/5 Don't waste your time! I started this book nearly two years ago and made it over 500 pages before realizing it would not get any better. Stephen King is quite pompous in the introduction in which he attempts to validate publishing an uncut version of this book which is nearly 400 pages longer … Continue reading The Stand (Un-Cut Edition) ~ Stephen King
Rating: 3/5 I didn't love this book as much as I thought I would. After reading A Little Life, I was looking for another book that would leave me in similar emotional turmoil, and while this was the book that was recommended as a similar read to A Little Life, it did not fulfill my … Continue reading The Great Believers ~ Rebecca Makkai
Rating: 5/5 Trigger warning for violence towards LGBT kids. This non-fiction story about two teens in Oakland, CA is absolutely heartbreaking and so necessary. This tells the story of Sasha, a transgender teen and senior in High School, middle class and white, who loves wearing skirts. And it also tells the story of Richard, a … Continue reading The 57 Bus ~ Dashka Slater
Rating:3/5 This romance novel was funny and delightful, but not without a few annoying plot elements. Khai's mother traveled back to Ho Chi Minh City not with the sole purpose of travelling back to her homeland, but also to find Khai a bride. He struggled with relating to women, and is not sure how to … Continue reading The Bride Test ~ Helen Hoang
Rating:5/5 The Universal Laws of Marco struck me as yet another coming of age story about some High Schoolers, and I wasn't sure I was in the mood for it. However, not too far into the book, my opinion began to shift. Rodrigues gives us a dual perspective, but not from different characters, but rather … Continue reading The Universal Laws of Marco ~ Carmen Rodriguez
Rating: 5/5 The second installment in the Scott Pilgrim series really picked up the pace! With lots of fight scenes and internal drama amongst the group of friends, this book was quick moving. In fact, some of the graphics happened so fast I had to slow down in order to catch what was happening. I … Continue reading Scott Pilgrim Vol 2 ~ Bryan Lee O’Malley
I'm really not sure if I can finish this book. Much of the writing is very homogenous, all the sentences are the same lengthy verbose creatures that carry on and on. The story feels like I am slowly dragging my feet through a bog, and there is some humor within, but very little, and I … Continue reading A Prayer for Owen Meany ~ John Irving
