I don’t know if you knew this, though I suppose if you’ve been reading my blog for a while you do, but I love Neal Shusterman’s writing. He’s been one of my favorite writers for a long time now. So when The Arc of a Scythe series came along, I was definitely the first one … More Thunderhead | Sticky Note Reviews
Be forewarned: while this Sticky Note Review doesn’t contain spoilers, it does mention the tone of the ending. In the Afterlight is the third book in The Darkest Minds series by Alexandra Bracken. It follows The Darkest Minds and Never Fade. Six Word Summary: Powered teens fight government for survival. More… … More In the Afterlight | Sticky Note Reviews
As I mentioned here, here and here, I was very excited for The Diabolic by S. J. Kincaid. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the story, but I had some thoughts about the hype. If you’ve read it and want to get into more detail and nuance that was possible on a sticky note, leave me … More The Diabolic | Sticky Note Reviews
I decided, today, that I’d make a video of my sticky note review, rather than simply position the photo. If you just want the photo, you can view it on Instagram here. I picked up Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block because a friend of mine asked me for a … More Love in the Time of Global Warming | #StickyNoteReviews
Show and Prove by Sofia Quintero was a book that intrigued me on a whim. It was face out at Barnes & Noble and I was trying to decide between it and Noble Warrior by Alan Lawrence Sitomer for my impulse buy that day. Noble Warrior won out (I was thinking about my students). I … More Show and Prove, Bluescreen & Magonia | #stickynotereviews
In 6: Superpowered Girl Erases Memories of Herself.
Prodigy by Marie Lu Hardcover, 374 pages 780L My first thought at the end of this story, “Effing A, WTF?!?” I think that about sums it up. If you’ve read Legend, you know that the world this story inhabits is post-apocalyptic, following the melting of Antartica and the flooding of the coastal regions of the … More Prodigy (Legend #2)
Son by Lois Lowry Hardcover, 393 pages none listed Son is the final piece of the story that began with The Giver, this time focusing on a young girl from The Community called Claire. Claire has been chosen as a birthmother, but soon runs into complications that require her to be reassigned. She becomes preoccupied with the … More Son (The Giver Quartet #4) by Lois Lowry
The Eleventh Plague, or P11 is an eerie post-apocalyptic tale about a boy in search of a home. Think about the panic in recent years over the swine flu. Now think about what would happen if an influenza virus wiped out most of North America. That’s P11. How would you live with no electricity? No hot … More Book Preview: The Eleventh Plague
In post-apocalyptic Chicago, people are divided into five factions: abnegation (selflessness), candor (honesty), dauntless (bravery), amity (peacefulness), and erudite (intelligence). At age sixteen, every member of society has to decide if they’ll stay with the faction they’ve grown up in, where their family is, or if they’ll go a different direction and choose a new … More Book Preview: Divergent
