TV Shows I Broke Up With This Year

IT’S NOT YOU, IT’S ME. When it comes to television, I am actually very loyal. I stick it out; I hope for the best. I keep watching a show long after any initial disappointment because I remember what drew me to it in the first place. (Case in point: “The Killing.”) I am not one of those [...]

Memorable Quotes: Looking for Alaska

… John Green’s Looking for Alaska centers on the experiences of Miles Halter, an ordinary, unadventurous teen who is looking for his “Great Perhaps” at an Alabama boarding school. While there, Miles meets, and immediately becomes enamored of, a girl named Alaska Young, who is as exciting and reckless as he is not. Miles hopes to [...]

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

… When I tell you I read Mindy Kaling’s book, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, in just two days, your first reaction may be, “Of course you did—you don’t have a job, a boyfriend, or a life.” Well, okay, yeah you’re right about the not having a job thing, and even though I would argue [...]

Memorable Quotes: The Moon and Sixpence

… When I write reviews of the books I read, I always try to keep two goals in mind. My first goal, since this is a small blog without many readers, is to create a record of what I thought the book was about, along with my own personal reactions to it. I want to [...]

Matched

… At the beginning of Ally Condie’s Matched, the first book in the Matched trilogy, 17-year-old Cassia Reyes is eagerly awaiting her matching ceremony. It is at this event that she will first lay eyes on the boy with whom she is to spend the rest of her life. This ceremony will reveal an essential [...]

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