I've read quite a few books in the past six months, and I haven't reviewed any of them. So here's a brief summary of the highlights:
#1 Recommendation: The Hunger Games.
This book kicks butt! Seriously, I love this book. Violence. Children who must fight to their death. A dystopian society. A female protagonist and yet it's still a book that the boys love, too. And fashion! Who would think kick ass fashion would play so well into a YA book that also involves such violence? And the ethical questions that the protagonist/readers must ponder!
THIS BOOK ROCKS. (Side note: I have never convinced so many people to read a book as this one.)
#1a Recommendation: Catching Fire. The sequel to The Hunger Games. A little slower, but ends with a dead-silent,-I can't-believe-it ending.
#2 Recommendation: Elsewhere.
Life in the afterlife? Can it really be as normal as the one we have here on Earth? This was a great YA read, but one that took me about five tries to fnally get into. I read this right after reading The Lovely Bones, and it was a wonderful breath of relief.
#3 Recommendation: First Light.
A much better City of Ember.
#4 Recommendation: Oh. My. Gods.
A Percy Jackson beach read for girls? Yup! This was all fluff but all fun. A private boarding school for the demi-gods of the mythological elite? Set in present day Greece 2010? Why not? Lots of fun, Sweet Valley High style.
