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Review: Tributary by Lisa T. Bergren
Tributary, by Lisa T. Bergren Reviewed by: Lori Twichell Genre: YA Novella Publisher: Ebook Publication Date: June 2012 The world is at peace, for the most part, for Gabi and Marcello. After struggling through crisis after crisis, there’s been a time of rest for the two of them, giving everyone a chance to breathe a little and settle down into their lot in life. Gabi and Marcello are finally given some time together. Lia, who is still struggling with PTSD after all of the battles she fought and is trying to find her place in the past. Rodolfo Greco is trying to piece together the bits of his life after…
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The Revelation Generation
I’ve already discussed the growing trends you can see in Young Adult Fiction these days, but what do these trends really mean? What’s the big picture if a couple of teenagers are reading books about vampires or werewolves or, in the case of Fifty Shades, explicit sex? Well here are a few things that we should consider regarding the current trends in YA. As I already mentioned in a previous article, the popular topics in YA reading revolve greatly around supernatural aspects. Usually it’s vampires, werewolves, demons, fallen angels (different than demons in most YA novels), or some other such supernatural creature. Much like Frank Peretti’s Darkness series did so many years ago, these books are opening our children’s…
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Review: The Selection by Kiera Cass
The Selection, by Kiera Cass Reviewed by: Lori Twichell Genre: Young Adult Fiction Publisher: HarperTeen Publication Date: April 24, 2012 America Singer is a Five. That means she’s right about in the middle of the caste system for her homeland of Ile’a. Living as a member of the artist caste, she sings to earn money for her family to be able to live. Her greatest hope is to marry a four and move up one caste. Fives never marry up more than that. She understands that and she’s content with the man she loves, Aspen. Unfortunately, he’s a six. So if America were to marry him, she would be…
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Fifty Shades of Indecision
A few weeks ago I nearly hyperventilated when I walked into the grocery store with my 13 year old daughter and found a pyramid of books dominating the central area of the store. Usually this space is reserved for current dvds or toys for summer fun. That sort of thing. This display of books must have been close to nine or ten feet tall and it was comprised of hundreds of copies of the Fifty Shades series. I found out later that they had copies of each book at all 25 checkout lanes too. As I stood there gaping, I watched a young girl of about 14-15 years old run up to…
