It irks me when I don’t finish books, but in the case of H2O, I just had to do it. H2O has quite good reviews, but if I’m honest, I can’t figure it out. There were a few reasons why I couldn’t engage with H2O ‘s environment and plot — first and foremost, the writing style …
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WARM, FUZZY FEELINGS PART 3: Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han
Well, it’s finally happened. I finished the To All The Boys series, and I won’t lie: I miss it already! Always and Forever, Lara Jean is my favorite book in the To All The Boys series. To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before is where Lara Jean’s sweet, funny, romantic story began and P.S. I Still Love You kept the love …
READING THE UNWRITTEN LAW: On Wonder by R.J. Palacio
In Wonder by R.J. Palacio, Charlotte Cody’s end-of-the-year precept reads, “It’s not enough to be friendly; you have to be a friend.” When I initially read Wonder in fourth grade, the meaning of this quote was quite obscure to me. Friends hold friendly interactions, and a friendly person is a friend — was it not true? This …
WARM, FUZZY FEELINGS PART 2: P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han
PS I Still Love You is the sequel to the funny, romantic, and sweet To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, so there’s no way that I could not love it. As an individual book, though, I did not enjoy P.S. I Still Love You as much as I did To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before. Had it not been part …
WARM, FUZZY FEELINGS IN A NUTSHELL: To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
Even just thinking about To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before makes me smile. Now, let me be clear: this is no ground-breaking, world-changing story. It’s a simple, sweet, and romantic — nothing to crazy. And yet, in the realm of YA realistic fiction novels, it doesn’t get much better than To All The Boys.
THE PLOT (NEVER) THICKENS: Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
Three Dark Crowns has a fantastic premise: three sisters who must kill the others in order to become the queen, each with her own set of unique powers and interested king-consorts. Even before I began reading, I was excited. The plot promised drama, blood, romance, and darkness. Unfortunately, Three Dark Crowns fell short of my high …