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Every Other Weekend : a Review By Isa      “Adam Moynihan’s life used to be awesome. Straight As, close friends and a home life so perfect that it could have been a TV show straight out of the 50s. Then his oldest brother died. Now his fun-loving mom cries constantly, he and his remaining brother can’t talk without fighting, and the father he always admired proved himself a coward by moving out when they needed him most.       Jolene Timber’s life is nothing like the movies she loves—not the happy ones anyway. As an aspiring director, she should know, because she’s been reimagining her life as a film ever since she was a kid. With her divorced parents at each other’s throats and using her as a pawn, no amount of mental re-editing will give her the love she’s starving for.        Forced to spend every other weekend in the same apartment building, the boy who thinks forgiveness makes him weak and the girl who thinks love is for fools ...

  Another Sequel Blog Post: Soul of the Sword by Julie Kagawa By Felix Lee                 Well, what do you know, another blog post about the second book of a series! Soul of the Sword by Julie Kagawa, similar to my last blog post, is a sequel to a book I’ve done in a previous blog post, Shadow of the Fox . This book is a continuation of the adventures of Yumeko and her friends as they strive to complete their quest in a Japanese world full of demons, magic, spirits, and samurai. Much like I said in my previous blog post, to avoid spoilers, I strongly suggest reading the first book ( Shadow of the Fox ) before reading this blog post.               This novel starts off by recapping the major events that occurred during the last book and redefined the goals our main characters now have to accomplish. With the powerful demon (Hakaimono) withi...

 Book Review:  Of Mice and Men by John Steinback by: Luke Fahnestock           Of Mice and Men is a timeless classic which engages the reader in its straightforward yet intriguing plot. I was recently privileged with reading this fine work of literature. I did not know what to expect when I picked up the small, slim novel from the shelf, but I trusted the title’s reputation. As soon as I opened the book, I was transported back to a simpler time and place. The serene introduction set me off into the world of two unlikely companions, trying to make their way through the sorrows of the Great Depression. George Milton and Lennie Small are polar opposites. George is a small, wiry man with a quick mind and somewhat cold sentiment. Lennie, on the other hand, possesses a giant frame and inhuman strength, but has the mind and innocence of a child, struggling to comprehend the simplest subjects and often getting into trouble. The two friends were born in...

Review written by: Gabby Mongwa I am personally a very big fan of superhero stories, or people with power joining up to defeat bad guys, which is why I don’t usually read the other side of the story. However, recently I read a book where the protagonist wasn’t on either side but was more of an anti-hero. I don’t usually read many books where the protagonist is like this, despite liking anti-heroes as a character trope, but this series was one that I had been recommended by both the internet and a friend.  Vicious is a book that is told through the chapters jumping between several different points in the timeline through different character perspectives, the first people Sydney as she, along with the protagonist Victor Vale, dig up a dead body. After that prologue, the perspectives switch from between that scene, and the timeline up until then, including how Victor and Sydney met, and Victor’s history with the story’s antagonist: Eli Ever. It is important to mention that Sydney, Vic...

Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco: A Review    By Isa H.           Hunting Prince Dracula is a wonderfully haunting and cleverly crafted mystery novel from Kerri Maniscalco, author of Stalking Jack the Ripper. The novel, which involves the same characters from the aforementioned story, instead follows Audrey Rose Wadsworth and her close companion Thomas Creswell as they travel to Romania to enrol in a forensics course held in a magnificent Romanian castle. The castle and its surrounding areas are rich and alive with a history of scandal, murder and blood, and Audrey and Thomas amuse themselves in the castle’s grand library, its quaint small town and the lessons on postmortems taught by a plethora of esteemed academics. However, the adventure ultimately results in rising levels of paranoia and intrigue as members of the class and the local village end up being discovered dead–dead in the most unusual of circumstances. This then leads ...

  A Review of UnWholly by Neal Shusterman, the Second Part of a Great Series By Felix Lee A sequel to Unwind (of which I did a blog post on previously), UnWholly by Neal Shusterman features a continuation to the story in a futuristic world in which unwanted teenagers are sent to be split apart for their body parts in process called “unwinding”. If you may be interested in reading this series and don’t want any spoilers, I highly recommend reading the first book (Unwind) before reading this blog post. In the beginning of this novel, we are reminded of the whereabouts of the old main characters from the previous book. We see the struggles of Connor, one of the main characters of the old book, as he tries to maintain leadership and order at the Graveyard, a site for runaway Unwind refuge. Stuck in a wheelchair, Risa, another main character from the previous book, is unsure of her of usefulness in the Graveyard after the incident in the first book. Finally, Lev’s reputation...