I had half the mind to chuck this book after the first 100 pages or so but wanting to know what the final outcome would be got the better of me. It was painstakingly difficult though not to skip past all the pages. As much as the beginning drew me in, I wanted to increasingly…
SAME DIFFERENCE by Siobhan Vivian
Emily was new to art. She had only recently discovered her interest in it and hoped that she would be able to learn more at a summer art programme. Little did she know she would find students with years of experience. Of course she started questioning if she made the right choice to pursue art…
GETTING UP by SD Thorpe
Come to think of it, I don’t read about male protagonists all that often, unless the books are written from multiple points of view. getting Up was different for me then simply because it revolved around Roket, a male main character. In a sense, this story kept up with my stereotypical view that teenage boys’ minds…
THE SPACE BETWEEN US by Jessica Martinez
Amelia’s younger sister, Charlotte, better known as Charly, always gets into trouble. But everybody loves her anyway. She’s a crazy and colourful character whose shenanigans tend to be nothing more than pure mischief on her part. Being the elder sister in a household with their father and grandmother means Amelia takes care of her younger sister and also covers for her, so she doesn’t get into too much trouble.
THE S-WORD by Chelsea Pitcher
I first caught sight of this book at the library when I randomly pulled it out of the shelf. The premise seemed promising enough but I didn’t realize till I got home that this is a mystery novel. Now, I don’t read a lot of these nowadays but I had this phase when I was…
