Synopsis:
A boy marked for termination and organ harvesting escapes into a world where he has no legal right to live.
Review:
I heard about Unwind from the Queens Library, in an email newsletter talking up good new young adult books. I’m so glad that I did, because it’s a dystopian thrill ride in the same vein [...]
Popularity: 35% [?]
Tags: American Literature · Russian Literature
Synopsis:
A summer job turns into a game of strategy with potentially deadly consequences for a young aspiring scientist hoping to learn more about the implications of the regenerative powers of starfish.
Review:
Of course I had to read a L’Engle as soon as humanly possible, and I wanted to read one I hadn’t read before. I [...]
Popularity: 23% [?]
Tags: American Literature
I like to be moved by literature, which is why I don’t go crazy for metafiction or postmodernism or overly intellectual fiction (Don DeLillo, Thomas Pyncheon, etc.). Such was the book I read yesterday for work.
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What are the five books in your library (or memory) that stirred the greatest emotive reaction in [...]
Popularity: 29% [?]
Tags: On Reading
Synopsis:
A jungle adventure turns into a nightmare when six tourists find themselves trapped in a clearing, unable to leave without being shot by Mayans, and finding a gory secret that brings new definition to the word flesh-eating.
Review:
I had to finish The Ruins during the day time, because I really did not want to face the [...]
Popularity: 26% [?]
Tags: American Literature
Synopsis:
Young Leilani has a deformed hand and a brace on her leg–and she’s just told her alcoholic ex-con neighbor that her differences are why her deranged doctor stepfather and whacked-out druggie mother are going to kill her unless she’s abducted by aliens when she turns 10.
Review:
I read this book because it was recommended by Wesley [...]
Popularity: 38% [?]
Tags: American Literature
