Review: Our Dark Duet
Amanda “I’m willing to walk in the darkness if it keeps the humans in the light.” -Victoria Schwab, Our Dark Duet The monsters have taken over Verity. Kate hasn’t stopped fighting…
Review: One of Us Is Lying
“Some people are too toxic to live. They just are.” -Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying Five unlikely students go into detention: Bronwyn, Addy, Nate, Cooper, and Simon.…
Review: Middlesex
“Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind.” -Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex Calliope Stephanides has an intricate and complex family history, traveling from Mount Olympus in Greece to…
Character Playlist: Alaska Young
Though I don’t yet have my copy of John Green’s new book, Turtles All the Way Down, I thought that this week, my playlist could honor one of my favorite…
Review: More Than This
“A book…it’s a world all on its own too. A world made of words where you live for a while.” -Patrick Ness, More Than This Seth Wearing drowns in the…
Depression Awareness Month: A Book List
Mental illness is still something that is widely stigmatized by society, especially in the United States. People often trivialize mental illness as something that can easily be gotten over with…
Review: The Forgetting
“The past is never really gone. It only lies in wait for you, remembered or forgotten.” -Sharon Cameron, The Forgetting The Forgetting occurs every twelve years in Canaan, when everyone…
Review: Ready Player One
“Being human totally sucks most of the time. Videogames are the only thing that make life bearable.” -Ernest Cline, Ready Player One Up next on Amanda plays catch-up on her…
Character Playlist: Writing Edition
I’ve been in a bit of a creative rut lately, because I’ve been working a lot and don’t feel like I have a lot of time to just sit and…
Review: Bad Feminist
“Books are often far more than books.” -Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist I’m still a little (re: a lot) behind on reviewing books I’ve read for the past 3 or 4…