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July 2, 2014

THERE WILL COME A TIME by Carrie Arcos

July 2, 2014

THERE WILL COME A TIME by Carrie ArcosThere Will Come a Time was such a great book for me. I know it’s supposed to be a very sad book as it deals with the the loss of a twin in a car crash. For what it’s worth though, I enjoyed There Will Come a Time very much. It was so moving due to the emotions that were palpable throughout the book.

· Categories: Fiction Keywords: accidents, american authors, death, diabetes, diversity, emotions, family, family life, friendship, grief, high school, identity, life, loneliness, multiculturalism, multiracial characters, music, music bands, on love, post-traumatic stress disorder, realistic fiction, self discovery, siblinghood, twins

June 28, 2014

THE TREATMENT (The Program #2) by Suzanne Young

June 28, 2014

THE TREATMENT (The Program #2) by Suzanne YoungI can hardly describe the overwhelming disappointment that The Treatment brought me. I know I wasn’t a fan of The Program but I did like it for the concept. Still, I had problems with it because of the many unanswered questions The Program left me with. I pegged them as cliffhangers, so I expected The Treatment answer them, particularly the ones about the suicide epidemic that wrought this society. Did I get those answers? Hardly. The big issues were glossed over so much, I was mad at the end of the book. To me, The Treatment hardly contributed to the duology. It would’ve been better left unread.

· Categories: Fiction Keywords: american authors, brainwashing, death, depression, drug abuse, drugs, emotions, friendship, grief, love triangles, mental health, on love, psychology, romance, sociology, suicide, surveillance

June 25, 2014

OPEN ROAD SUMMER by Emery Lord

June 25, 2014

OPEN ROAD SUMMER by Emery LordEver got your emotions tangled up so much in a book, you didn’t know where to draw the line between your mind and the book? That’s how I felt about Open Road Summer.

Open Road Summer was actually not a book that I meant to read. I saw many praises for it online, particularly on Twitter, which is why I decided I would pass. I didn’t even read the synopsis. I saw the cover with the awfully overexposed sky washing out the couple with that weird tone of a green for the title, and thought, Nah, not gonna read that. I pretty much ignored all the raving henceforth. But then, a brand new copy stared right at me at the library. It basically called out to me, telling me to give it a chance. I couldn’t resist. I had to know what the hype was about.

· Categories: Fiction Keywords: abuse, american authors, cheating, friendship, musicians, photography, realistic fiction, road trip, romance, single parenthood, summer, travel

June 21, 2014

THE BREAK-UP ARTIST by Philip Siegel

June 21, 2014

THE BREAK-UP ARTIST by Philip SiegelConsidering how much of a cynic or a realist I am (depending on whom you ask), The Break-Up Artist should’ve been the perfect book for me. The premise drew me to The Break-Up Artist in an instant. I thought I would meet an anti-hero but I didn’t. I thought I would finally not have to roll my eyes at cliché lines. That held up for a good part of the book, until I did roll my eyes.

· Categories: Fiction Keywords: american authors, blackmail, cheating, dance, dating, drama, friendship, high school, realistic fiction, revenge, romance, siblinghood, sisters

June 7, 2014

THE LIST by Siobhan Vivian

June 7, 2014

THE LIST by Siobhan VivianThere are a whole lot of main characters to keep track of in The List! Eight of them, to be exact. At least the narrative is in third person. That gives it a semblance of consistency, even though it still felt like I was juggling eight points-of-view as I read the book. At 332 pages, each character averages 40 pages, unless their paths overlap, which doesn’t happen all that much because they all hail from different social circles.

· Categories: Fiction Keywords: american authors, bullying, dating, drama, high school, romance, sports

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