Review: The Summer of Us

by Ikhlas // 8 October, 2011 // No Comments

The Summer of Us is about three very different young women, all who happen to become housemates one summer when they rent a house on Martha’s Vineyard. Gincy is a slob who doesn’t care about anything. Danielle is a well-to-do girl...

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Review: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

by Ikhlas // 4 October, 2011 // No Comments

Who is Mara Dyer? She’s a 17 year old girl who’s been in an accident. Her friends died. She lived. And she doesn’t remember any of it. Thus begins the journey of Mara Dyer to remember exactly what happened that...

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Review: The Sweet Far Thing

by Ikhlas // 2 October, 2011 // No Comments

The third in the Gemma Doyle trilogy, The Sweet Far Thing wraps up the story of Gemma Doyle and her challenges with trying to control the power of the realms. After finding the Temple and binding Circe in the Temple in...

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Review: This Dark Endeavour

by Ikhlas // 28 September, 2011 // 2 Comments

The delicious This Dark Endeavour by Kenneth Oppel is a retelling of the classic Frankenstein story, by Mary Shelley. It tells the story of 16-year old twin brothers, Victor and Konrad, who are adventurers and mischief-makers. They live with their family, the...

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Review: Love Story

by Ikhlas // 25 September, 2011 // 2 Comments

Love Story tells the story of Erin Blackwell, who is a young girl living alone and going to school in New York for a writing degree, after she is kicked off her grandmother’s rich horse farm in Kentucky. The boy that...

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Book Reviews

Review: The Summer of Us

Review: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

Review: The Sweet Far Thing

Review: This Dark Endeavour

Review: Love Story