There is a lot to tackle in Code of Honor– racism, profiling, and domestic terrorism- with twists and turns at every angle. The action will keep readers tearing through the pages and deep into the throes of disbelief, and long after Code of Honor is finished, they will be talking about the real concepts behind the overarching themes. Kamran […]
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Mini Book Review: Fairest
Most of the time, I am not a fan of one of the newer trends in YA literature, the “bridge” novellas. To me, they’re called called short stories and should be put into a collection and published together, like Happily Ever After by Kiera Cass. My teens clamor for them because they want everything in a series, […]
Book Review: Believarexic
In this second book by J.J. Johnson (This Girl is Different, 2011), readers catapult through time to a world where things are upside down, nothing seems solid, and things are strictly regimented for your own safety. No one believed that Jennifer needed help, even when she asked for it- they all thought that when she […]
Book Review: Traffick
In the heart-tugging, Kleenex-pulling sequel to the 2009 Tricks, Ellen Hopkins takes readers back to Eden, Seth, Whitney, Ginger, and Cody and their lives as she picks up almost immediately where Tricks leaves off. While it’s not necessary for readers to have read Tricks recently, or even to have read it at all, it does help to have a […]
Fall of the Pages
A large focus of A Geek in Librarian’s Clothing is tech, geek, programming, and other wonderful things that come about. Another large focus that I have shifted aside for a while recently has been book reviews. It’s not like there’s been no reading going on- quite the opposite, in fact. Aside from work for the Lil’ Maverick committee, […]
CCGCL: Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy
Today I’m over at Cosplay, Comics, and Geek Culture in Libraries (CCGCL) reviewing Sam Maggs’ Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy. If you haven’t seen it, pick up a copy, because it is an awesome book covering fandoms, cosplay, geekdom, and everything in-between, and does a good job of informing female readers of what can come their […]
Book Review: Written in the Stars
Naila’s conservative immigrant parents have always said the same thing: She may choose what to study, how to wear her hair, and what to be when she grows up—but they will choose her husband. Following their cultural tradition, they will plan an arranged marriage for her. And until then, dating—even friendship with a boy—is forbidden. […]
Review: The Heir
Princess Eadlyn has grown up hearing endless stories about how her mother and father met. Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won the heart of Prince Maxon—and they lived happily ever after. Eadlyn has always found their fairy-tale story romantic, but she has no interest in trying to repeat it. If it […]
Blue Lily Lily Blue: Review (No Spoilers)
There is danger in dreaming. But there is even more danger in waking up. Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has found trusted friends she can trust, a group to which she can belong. The Raven Boys have taken her in as one of their own, a fourth […]
I Become Shadow: Review
Ren was abducted at fourteen by the mysterious FATE Center to become a Shadow: the fearless and unstoppable guardian of a future leader. FATE has determined that these future leaders hold the key to keeping everything together, and as Shadows, Ren and her fellow trainees must learn how to protect their assignments at all […]