Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata

Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata

Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata Kira-Kira   By Cynthia Kadohata   As much as books can be an escape from reality for a lot of people, sometimes it is refreshing for a book to not have the perfect happily ever after. That is exactly what the book Kira Kira by Cynthia...
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo Shadow and Bone book review Julianne Chen     Following the release of Harry Potter, Twilight, and The Hunger Games, the young adult (YA) genre exploded in a mess of aesthetic worldbuilding that varies in quality, snarky female...
Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly

Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly

Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly Stepsister Book Review By: Julianne Chen When we were children, most of us loved the tale of Cinderella. Many of us knew it by heart: a pretty girl is repeatedly tormented by her stepfamily, she gets a makeover from her fairy godmother,...
Poisoned by Jennifer Donnelly

Poisoned by Jennifer Donnelly

Poisoned by Jennifer Donnelly Everyone knows the tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Most would say the tale is about an evil queen who kills her stepdaughter. However, others would think that it is about how fear consumes our hearts until there is nothing left....
The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov

The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov

The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov This futuristic, dystopian mystery novel truly exhibits Asimov’s knack for writing about robots and how he envisioned humans would progress in relation to improving technology.  Asimov paints a bleak and vast world where humans live...
IT: A novel by Stephen King

IT: A novel by Stephen King

IT: A novel by Stephen King Stephen King lives up to his reputation of amazing horror in this masterpiece of a book.  It brings whole new meanings to disturbing, disgusting, and disheartening as it tells the tale of a group of kids called the Losers Club that are...