In The Storyteller, German-Lebanese author Pierre Jarawan has created a work of art that explores the importance of family and nationality in the creation of an identity. Jarawan fills the book with stories of the Lebanese civil war, teaching the history of the country and the event without making it feel like you are learning anything or reading a history book. Samir, the main character, is incredibly relatable in his search for understanding of himself even though his circumstances are not something even close to anything I have experienced. Jarawan creates a cast of characters in which I cared about each and every one of them, despite their faults. A definite must read.
Holy crap this book is amazing! I can’t handle the book hangover I am currently experiencing. Hamlet meets drag queens who are also incredibly teenage thieves. What more could you want?
Margo Manning is a rich, LA socialite with a secret. In her spare time, she dresses up in drag with a group of her guy friends and pulls of incredible heists. But while her social life is full of intrigue, her family life is falling apart. Her father is sick and her mom lives in Italy. What is a girl to do?
Roehrig has created amazing characters who you root for the entire time, even when they are doing things that are less than legal. And boy oh boy is this book stormy. I just want someone to look at me the way these characters look at each other. This book is such a delight to read. I can’t even handle how much I love this book. I wish it was longer because I didn’t want it to end. Make sure to pick this one up the second it comes out on January 29th.
I ignored people telling me to read this for WAY too long! So don’t make the same mistake I did! Pick this up immediately! In Greg’s Chicago, there is an underground world filled with Dwarfs and Elves! But Greg doesn’t know that. All he knows is that he has one best friend and a dad who is always off looking for weird natural remedies and teas. But all of that changes when his dad is abducted by a… troll?! This book is a crazy fun adventure filled with a fully thought out magical world set under my very own feet. As well as being fun and entertaining, it’s also a great story of acceptance of all people, regardless of race (even if those races are magical in this book). Greg is a powerful underdog and I wish that I had him around as a role model when I was growing up.
I requested this at the library after seeing it on a bunch of lists, which I don’t usually do because I have so much other stuff to read that I already own. But I am so glad that I did. Scream All Night is a completely unique concept, pulling the reader into the bizarre world of cult horror films. Milman’s writing is great. I can’t count the amount of times I laughed out loud and said “This is SO GOOD!” more times than I can count. While the situations in the book are completely unique, they are somehow also incredibly relatable. I love these characters, this setting, and the writing. I just want more.
Nemesis left me hanging and so I inhaled Genesis. And this book is so much more intense than I ever imagined it could be. I love this series. Set in our real world, Reichs messes with the reality around us and speculates a way in which the world could survive a horrible disaster. If you haven’t read the first one yet, go out and get it as well as Genesis because you will need to read it immediately after.
The characters change and grow in this book more than they did in the first one. Morals are questioned, status is commented on, and everyone is tested. I breezed though this long book because I needed answers. And now I need the next one! What more could possibly happen to these characters?!?