DISCLAIMER: This post contains minor spoilers. Being an huge bookworm, I am always waiting for new books to be released. There are series that I have been reading for years, impatiently awaiting much-anticipated sequels. I dare declare that 2013 has been a great year for teen book sequels. Of course I have many to share,…
I have read Enders Game and I highly enjoyed it, but to me and other movie-goers, the movie was a bit of a let down. This movie missed several important scenes that were required to make the movie a great one. Another thing was that the book took the time to develop characters while the…
The Cliché Don’t judge a book… The majority of you reading this probably completed the above sentence in your head without even knowing it – or without wanting to. The common phrase scolding the act of forming an opinion of others only based upon their appearance is never out of earshot. While it is true…
Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi SJ Fox, a celebrated author, has two women in his life: Mary Foxe, his own creation, and his wife, Daphne. This story begins when Mary, his muse, visits, but with a deeper purpose than that she usually brings: to halt Mr. Fox’s continued murder of his female protagonists. Mr. Fox…
1. Discovery All of us have a friend who has immersed themselves in the world of a fandom. I happen to be the friend who is part of almost every fandom and I must be really annoying. That friend probably talks about the wonders of their fictional world with a passion most people don’t understand.…
Many people would be overwhelmed with fear when faced with a task of jumping down from a rooftop especially when you don’t know where you would fall or how deep the fall is. However, we can overcome our many fears as proven to us by Beatrice Prior, the main character in the International Bestseller, “Divergent”…
I am sure everyone reading this has a book series, movie, or television show that they are obsessed about. That one where you count down the days until the next episode, that one that you buy all the merchandise from so now you have no room in your closet for normal clothes. I get it;…
I’m one of those weirdos who loves poetry (and I’m proud of it!). So when we are given an assignment at school that is all about discovering poems, writing poems, and visually sharing them, I am happy. However, this assignment has taken a lot of time… and so because of that and tons of other…
My thoughts on The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon When I first started reading this book, I thought a page or two was missing, as a clear number 2 was sitting on the page, labelling the first chapter I was about to read. However, the labelling of chapters simply comes…
It’s almost that time of the year, everyone is looking forward to, but sometimes can find themselves hopelessly lost and utterly bored. It’s paradoxical – yet no one can deny it: summer can be monotonous sometimes. What better time to enjoy some well-written literary works, then? Contemporary teenage fiction can be compelling, though it is…
To be honest, with all this fuss around The Hunger Games trilogy, I really thought the movie would turn out to be one of those fan-girl craze subjects again.
I don’t know about you guys, but personally, I’m really weary of clichéd must-read-before-you-die promotional book lists. Usually, the novels suggested on those types of lists would end up following one of those lame, unoriginal plots (and they lived happily ever after), or it would end up being one of those implausible romance stories where the…