Month: May 2012

{Thirteen Reasons Why: Jay Asher}

{Thirteen Reasons Why: Jay Asher}

{Synopsis} – Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers thirteen cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker, his classmate and crush who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to […]

Posted May 31, 2012 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{ttyl: Lauren Myracle}

{ttyl: Lauren Myracle}

{Synopsis} – Audacious author Lauren Myracle accomplishes something of a literary miracle in her second young-adult novel, ttyl (Internet instant messaging shorthand for “talk to you later”), as she crafts an epistolary novel entirely out of IM transcripts between three high-school girls. Far from being precious, the format proves perfect for accurately capturing the sweet […]

Posted May 29, 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
{The Lying Game: Sara Shepard}

{The Lying Game: Sara Shepard}

{Synopsis} – I had a life anyone would kill for. Then someone did. The worst part of being dead is that there's nothing left to live for. No more kisses. No more secrets. No more gossip. It's enough to kill a girl all over again. But I'm about to get something no one else does–an […]

Posted May 18, 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