Tag: Books
Review of “Harley Quinn Black + White + Red”
Summary: For the first time in print, 19 short tales of Gotham City’s craziest clown princess are presented in nothing but black, white, and bold splashes of red. See how Harley’s story unfolds in worlds beyond the DC Universe, in the alternate timelines of Batman: White Knight, Harleen, and the Harley Quinn animated series! Witness …
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Review of “Chlorine Sky” by Mahogany L. Browne
Summary: A novel-in-verse about a young girl coming-of-age and stepping out of the shadow of her former best friend. She looks me hard in my eyes & my knees lock into tree trunks My eyes don't dance like my heartbeat racing They stare straight black hot daggers. I remember things will never be the same. …
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Review of “One of Us is Lying” by Karen McManus
*This is one of the first full reviews I wrote, and it's on one of my favorite books. Later this year, I will be posting a full article on my current thoughts on Karen McManus and her books. Summary: Pay close attention and you might solve this.On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk …
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Review of “Beyond the Bright Sea” by Lauren Wolk
Summary: Twelve-year-old Crow has lived her entire life on a tiny, isolated piece of the starkly beautiful Elizabeth Islands in Massachusetts. Abandoned and set adrift on a small boat when she was just hours old, Crow's only companions are Osh, the man who rescued and raised her, and Miss Maggie, their fierce and affectionate neighbor …
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Failing My Reading Challenge (Again…)
Every year since I had started back actively reading, I tried to follow a reading challenge. While I of course set a book goal on Goodreads for how many books I wanted to read, I also attempted to find reading challenges that had different categories. This was a way to force me to read more …
2021: A Year in Review
2021 was a very strange year for me. While we were coming off of the isolation that the pandemic forced us into, I had a change of location for my job, and then got a job finally teaching. Sadly, I also had to deal with the death of my grandmother and one of my dogs. …
Review of “IT” by Stephen King
For my Pick Your Poison Reading Challenge, I chose “IT” by Stephen King for the category A Book Over 500 Pages. This book is definitely over 500 pages, and because of my limited time due to work, I decided to listen to this on audiobook rather than read the entire book on my own. Welcome …
SRB: The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Summary "With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. Cuz tonight I'm delivering," announces dread-locked, 12-year old Josh Bell. He and his twin brother Jordan are awesome on the court. But Josh has more than basketball in his blood, he's got …
SRB: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Summary Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can't seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worse - Percy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him. When Percy's mom finds out, she knows …
Luna's Literary Corner 