When I first saw this title, I imagined it to be exactly what it said it would be: a ghost story. And it turned out to be that but with so much more than just a regular ghost story. This novel is about a family that is clutching at their last straws. In a desperate attempt to patch things up,…
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Carrie by Stephen King
Everyone’s heard of Stephen King and everyone knows the story of Carrie. Well, I didn’t. So I decided it was high time that I read this novel. Carrie is about a girl who is a social outcast and tormented by all of the girls in her school. Her home matters are no better what with her mother being a radical…
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Allan Karlsson has just turned 100 years old and his retirement home has decided to throw him a birthday party. Instead, Allan decides to climb out of his window and run away. There begins his amazing journey where he finds himself stealing a suitcase from a drug dealer and then being chased by the drug dealers and the police. This…
Reviver by Seth Patrick
I know I haven’t written in a while but school has really been getting in the way of my reading. Nevertheless, I found an opportunity to borrow this book and in just finished reading it! This book is about a group of people who have a special talent – they can revive the dead. Although the public is uneasy about…
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Melinda Sordino is a freshman at her high school and is having the worst time. She is a social pariah and has no friends. She eats alone, she sits alone, she IS alone. Everyone holds a grudge against her because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the police. But what happened that night to cause her to do such…
We need to talk about Kevin
I recently had the pleasure of reading We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. The story is about a mother who recounts the events leading up to her son’s decision to murder 9 schoolmates. I found it to be….interesting, for lack of a better word. The voice of the story is completely unexpected; you do not hear the…