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Shatter Me

Drippy Dystopian Romance Author: Tahereh Mafi The Hunger Games were destined to spawn countless copycat Young Adult dystopian novels.  That's not really a bad thing.  Strong heroines, brave resistance to tyranny, a solid story from beginning to end - all good.  Unfortunately, grabbing a post-apocalyptic setting and tacking on a more typical and cliched "teen book" is a lot easier than borrowing the more complex elements of The Hunger Games.  Shatter Me has a smattering of originality in places, leaving it many steps above sparkling vampires, but stumbles into too many trite potholes to be a worthy dystopian successor to [...]

2016-12-31T17:57:28-07:00April 16th, 2012|Tags: , , , , , |

Sister

Sibling Mystery Author: Rosamund Lupton Told in the first person in the form of a letter, Sister is a story of murder.  It's also a story of self-actualization, healing past wounds and a deep appreciation for the magic of unconditional love. Beatrice is writing to her sister Tess, a sister that has gone missing in their native London.  Beatrice, in her adulthood, has become ensconced in a safe, controlled job and relationship in New York City.  Her free spirited artist sister, very pregnant with her first child, has vanished while Beatrice is on vacation, unwillingly cut off from her usual [...]

2016-12-31T17:57:28-07:00April 16th, 2012|Tags: , , , , |

Devil’s Teeth, The

Sharks, Terror and Bird Sh*t... Author: Susan Casey Imagine you’re in San Francisco, standing on the Golden Gate Bridge, gazing into the vast Pacific.  Squint your eyes up tight and you might just be able to see them, 27 miles due west.  They’re the rocky and forbidding Farallon Islands – surprisingly within the city limits – and they’re the subject of magazine journalist Susan Casey’s first book, The Devil’s Teeth.  As the title suggests, these small islands aren’t the least bit hospitable and the often stormy waters around them are notorious for one fearsome reason: they host dozens of hungry [...]

2016-12-31T17:57:28-07:00April 16th, 2012|Tags: |
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