Genre: Young Adult

{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
{The Mockingjay: Suzanne Collins}

{The Mockingjay: Suzanne Collins}

{Synopsis} – Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding. It is by design that Katniss was rescued from […]

Posted April 30, 2012 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Catching Fire: Suzanne Collins}

{Catching Fire: Suzanne Collins}

{Synopsis} – Sparks are igniting. Flames are spreading. And the Capitol wants revenge. Against all odds, Katniss has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and her longtime friend, Gale. Yet nothing […]

Posted April 22, 2012 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{The Hunger Games: Suzanne Collins}

{The Hunger Games: Suzanne Collins}

{Synopsis} – Winning will make you famous. Losing means certain death. In a dark vision of the near future, a terrifying reality TV show is taking place. Twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live event called the Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill or be killed. When sixteen-year-old […]

Posted April 21, 2012 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Pretty Little Secrets: Sara Shepard}

{Pretty Little Secrets: Sara Shepard}

{Synopsis} – Rewind to junior year in Rosewood, Pennsylvania, to a winter break no one has ever heard about. . . . Fat snowflakes fall onto manicured lawns, quilted stockings hang over marble fireplaces, and everyone is at peace, especially Hanna, Emily, Aria, and Spencer. Now that Alison’s murderer is in jail and A is […]

Posted April 17, 2012 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{The Last Song: Nicholas Sparks}

{The Last Song: Nicholas Sparks}

{Synopsis} – Seventeen year-old Veronica “Ronnie” Miller’s life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alienated from her parents, especially her father… until her mother decides it would be in everyone’s best interest if she spent […]

Posted March 23, 2012 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Ruthless: Sara Shepard}

{Ruthless: Sara Shepard}

{Synopsis} – For years scandal has rocked Rosewood, Pennsylvania–and high school seniors Aria, Emily, Hanna, and Spencer have always been at the center of the drama. They've lost friends, been targeted by a ruthless stalker named A, and narrowly escaped death. And it's not over yet. Aria's love life is on the fritz. Emily's exploring […]

Posted January 6, 2012 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments