I can't write books so I review them instead
This was a book recommended to me by one of those online things that looks at your recent history and picks something out for you. I like using those because usually it finds something good for me. Anyways, here is my review: This book is told in parts by various characters buy the principal ones…
I don’t know why I decided to read this book. I was just bored, looking for something interesting and it popped up on my search. After having read it, I’m glad that I gave it a chance! This novel is set in an older time period and begins with the baptism of a baby boy.…
In this sequel, Janie finds herself with the Springs, the family she was abducted from. But all she wants is to go home to her Mommy and Daddy. She doesn’t love this biological family, doesn’t WANT to love them. But she can’t help connecting to them. Janie is torn and now she must choose: should…
This is the last book in the series and all I’m going to say is: IT WAS AWESOME!!!! Claire is a Birthmother, ready to deliver the Product. But something goes wrong during the delivery and they give her some sleeping medication before cutting into her. When she regains consciousness, she finds that she has been…
I was really struggling to come up with a review for this book. It is the 3rd book in the Giver series and I didn’t want to give anything away. That’s always the difficult part with writing a review for individual books in the series: how do you write a review without giving away the…
Since this sequel gives no hints at all, I have no problem writing about it and not giving a gap between this and the giver, its prequel. This story is also set in a dystopic future but this time, it takes place in a village. Kira lives here with her mother, Katrina, who is known…
The first time I had anything to do with this story is when I saw it on TV. And I fell in love with it. I was ecstatic to find out that it was based on a book and of course, I rushed to get my hands on it. So here is my review of…
When I heard the movie was coming out, I immediately rushed to the library to reread this book so that I could compare the book to the movie. Reading the book reminded me of how much I loved it. This was probably the first book I read on a dystopian(ish) society and it made a…
I picked this book up completely by chance, hoping that it would be worth my while. It did not disappoint. The story is told in many parts and in many voices across generations. It starts off with Lily, who has taken a long journey to come to Montreal in order to get married. But when…
I fell in love with this book when I read it in grade 11. Rereading it now, it hasn’t lost a bit of its eloquence or horror. If you don’t read anything else by this author, read this! Offred lives in Gilead, a military dictatorship that used to be known as the United States of…