17 Monday Jul 2017
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I’m not a big fan of horror movies; they tend to put me too on-edge, make me too jumpy. And yet, I’m somehow pulled to them. I want to know what they’re about and how they turn out. Especially if they have a really great trailer.
IT is one of the most recent examples. The trailers look amazing, tempting me to watch the full movie. I don’t fully trust myself to do so, however. So instead, I re-read the book, written by Stephen King.
10 Monday Jul 2017
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Panic, by Lauren Oliver, is one of those books I kept meaning to get to. It had been sitting on one of my bookshelves for months before I did, and not for any fault of its own. I just never seemed to be in quite the right mood to read it.
Finally, about a month or so ago, the right mood struck me. I wanted something in the young adult category, something tense but not terrifying. Something I’d have a hard time putting down.
Boy, did Panic ever fit the bill.
19 Monday Jun 2017
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I can’t remember what initially led me to The Truth About Alice, by Jennifer Mathieu. I may have read a review somewhere, or maybe I just came across it while browsing through a bookstore.
What I do remember is that I fell in love with that cover as soon as I saw it. There’s something in the jagged handwriting and dark silhouette that just sends out so much emotion. It’s clearly a promise–one that the novel doesn’t hold back on keeping.
12 Monday Jun 2017
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(Note: This recommendation was first published in December of 2013. You can see the original version here.)
Alright, I want to kick this updated recommendation off with a warning: I love Haunted, by Chuck Palahniuk, and I highly recommend it… just not for everybody. Why? Because it’s one of the weirdest books I’ve ever read.
Well, actually, “weird” isn’t the word to use. But the word that does come to my mind isn’t one I generally use on this blog, so I’m leaving it out. Basically, the novel goes into some pretty gory, unexpected details.
And yet, Haunted was a novel I just couldn’t put down.
05 Monday Jun 2017
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I have another book authored by Meg Cabot to recommend today! I know, I’ve talked about her quite a bit lately. Well, twice prior to this–in a recommendation for Boy Next Door and when I told you about how she’s influenced my writing. Still, three times in the span of a little more than a month is more often than I’d usually post about one author.
Anyway, today I’m here to tell you about the second novel in Cabot’s Boy series: Boy Meets Girl.
