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Review: Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Delirium, by Lauren Oliver Reviewed by: Lori Twichell Genre: YA Romance/Dystopian Publisher: HarperTeen Publishing Date: February 2012 Love is not a feeling. It’s not a simple emotion. Rather, it’s a disease called amor deliria nervosa. It’s not contagious, but you can be infected. When you are infected, everything breaks down. You stop eating. Sleeping. The world revolves around love. That’s why it’s so dangerous and sometimes, fatal. And that’s also why society decided that love needed to be stopped. It was outlawed and a few years after that, a cure was developed. Now, at the age of 18, everyone is forced to have the procedure. You know by the mark on their neck…
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Review: A Midsummer Tight’s Dream
A Midsummer Tights Dream, by Louise Rennison Reviewed by: Lori Twichell Genre: YA Comedy Publisher: HarperTeen Publishing Date: June 26, 2012 Tallulah Casey is back at Dother Hall studying performing arts and she’s not a newbie anymore. She knows most of the people, the layout of the school and understands (for the most part) how things run. So this time, she’s ready and there’s a lot more at stake. One of the girls has gotten discovered by a Hollywood producer and is off to find fame and glory. A couple of the other girls have boyfriends and Tallulah has gained some of her own “additions” that look like they’ll make this semester…
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Review: Withering Tights
Withering Tights, by Louise Rennison Reviewed by: Lori Twichell Genre: YA/Comedy Publisher: HarperTeen Publication Date: June 26, 2012 Tallulah Casey is ready for the rest of her life to begin. At fourteen and a half she feels she’s stumbled through the opening lines and now she’s on the track to become a brilliant actress, or dancer, or something theatrical. That’s why she’ll be spending six weeks at a performance theater college saying goodbye to Tallulah and hello LULAH! There are some dicey moments when she arrives that lead her to believe it might not be nearly as perfect as she imagined. First, she finds out that she doesn’t have a bed…
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Review: The Mother Road by Jennifer AlLee
The Mother Road by Jennifer AlLee Reviewed by: Lori Twichell Genre: Fiction/Drama/Humor Publisher: Abingdon Press Publication Date: March 6, 2012 Natalie is a professional on marriage. She’s written several books on how to keep your marriage alive and she has speaking engagements all over her calendar to prove her worth in that arena. Unfortunately, this doesn’t stop her from having marital difficulties. When her husband leaves her for another woman, Natalie is devastated. And not only does it destroy her marriage, it takes her career down with it. It’s not exactly what Natalie was planning, but when her father calls to tell her that her mother is slipping further and…
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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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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…
