Genre: Movie Adaptation

{Divergent: Veronica Roth}

{Divergent: Veronica Roth}

{Synopsis} –In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue–Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote […]

Posted March 2, 2014 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Fahrenheit 451: Ray Bradbury}

{Fahrenheit 451: Ray Bradbury}

{Synopsis} – A beautiful clothbound edition of the internationally acclaimed Fahrenheit 451 – a masterwork of twentieth-century literature. The terrifyingly prophetic novel of a post-literate future. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being the source of all discord and unhappiness. Even so, Montag is unhappy; there is […]

Posted January 4, 2014 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{City of Lost Souls: Cassandra Clare}

{City of Lost Souls: Cassandra Clare}

{Synopsis} –The New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments continues—and so do the thrills and danger for Jace, Clary, and Simon. What price is too high to pay, even for love? When Jace and Clary meet again, Clary is horrified to discover that the demon Lilith’s magic has bound her beloved Jace together with her evil […]

Posted December 7, 2012 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{City of Fallen Angels: Cassandra Clare}

{City of Fallen Angels: Cassandra Clare}

{Synopsis} –The Mortal War is over, and sixteen-year-old Clary Fray is back home in New York, excited about all the possibilities before her. She's training to become a Shadowhunter and to use her unique power. Her mother is getting married to the love of her life. Downworlders and Shadowhunters are at peace at last. And […]

Posted October 6, 2012 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{City of Glass: Cassandra Clare}

{City of Glass: Cassandra Clare}

{Synopsis} – To save her mother's life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters – never mind that entering the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. To make things worse, she learns that Jace does not want her there, and […]

Posted July 23, 2012 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{City of Ashes: Cassandra Clare}

{City of Ashes: Cassandra Clare}

{Synopsis} – Clary Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal. But what's normal when you're a demon-slaying Shadowhunter, your mother is in a magically induced coma, and you can suddenly see Downworlders like werewolves, vampires, and faeries? If Clary left the world of the Shadowhunters behind, it would mean more time […]

Posted June 13, 2012 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{City of Bones: Cassandra Clare}

{City of Bones: Cassandra Clare}

{Synopsis} – When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder — much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the […]

Posted May 25, 2012 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{What Janie Found: Caroline B Cooney}

{What Janie Found: Caroline B Cooney}

{Synopsis} – Janie’s two families appear to have made peace. Life seems almost normal. She’s even decided to speak to her former boyfriend, Reeve, again. But then Janie’s Connecticut father suffers a sudden stroke, and this tragedy leaves her mother reeling. Janie must step in to manage family finances and to support her mother emotionally. […]

Posted May 8, 2012 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments