My book club read The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen this month. We all agreed that, while this book would definitely appeal to its intended middle grade audience, it definitely doesn’t hold up with anyone older than that. Let’s get a bit of information about this book to start. In a discontent kingdom, civil… Continue reading The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Discussion Questions for The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand
I couldn't find any discussion questions for The Afterlife of Holly Chase online, so I made up some of my own. I also asked a couple of book club members to help me come up with the questions. So here is a list of the discussion questions we came up with! Thanks for your contributions… Continue reading Discussion Questions for The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand
The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand
My book club chose The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand for our December book. It was a fun Christmas-themed book that put us in the holiday mood. On Christmas Eve five years ago, Holly was visited by three ghosts who showed her how selfish and spoiled she'd become. They tried to convince her… Continue reading The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand
Defiance by C.J. Redwine
Defiance by C. J. Redwine is a fast-paced book set in a post-apocalyptic world. While I enjoyed the action-packed story, I wish we had gotten a bit more detail in places. While the other girls in the walled city-state of Baalboden learn to sew and dance, Rachel Adams learns to track and hunt. While they… Continue reading Defiance by C.J. Redwine
Discussion Questions for Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Hey everyone! So I did things a little differently this time with the discussion questions. Instead of writing them all myself as I usually do, I wrote a couple and found the rest on the internet. The first four are the ones I wrote, numbers 5-7 are from a post on Goodreads, and the last… Continue reading Discussion Questions for Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
My book club chose to read Everything I Never Told You for our book club meeting in November. The book follows the lives of the Lee family after the death of their daughter/sibling Lydia. While it was well-written and thought-provoking, it wasn’t in my usual genre, so I didn’t enjoy it as much as others… Continue reading Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
The Lord of Stariel by A.J. Lancaster
I received an advance copy of this book from NetGalley. This in no way affects my opinions given in this review. The Lord of Stariel is the first in a steampunk fantasy quartet by AJ Lancaster. It has magic and fairies and a great cast of characters. The Lord of Stariel is dead. Long live… Continue reading The Lord of Stariel by A.J. Lancaster
Discussion Questions for Unwind by Neal Shusterman
My book club decided to read Unwind for our meeting this month. Here are some questions that the library gave me, as well as some I came up with on my own. Did you like the multiple points of view or were there too many of them? What did you think of the world-building in… Continue reading Discussion Questions for Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
My book club chose this book for our October read. While everyone enjoyed it for the most part, we all agreed that there were some world-building issues. Connor, Risa, and Lev are running for their lives. The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of… Continue reading Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard
I chose to read this book because I wanted something to get me in the Halloween mood. It definitely did that and more! In fact, I loved this book! There's something strange and deadly loose in Philadelphia. . . . Eleanor Fitt has a lot to worry about. Her brother has gone missing, her family… Continue reading Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard
