“It’s much easier to be brave if you don’t know everything.” Number the Stars by Lois Lowry talks about the struggle during the time when Nazis were occupying Denmark. This is a historical fiction work, and it could help us readers understand more of what the survivors went through and how they made it. In…
I have no idea how many times I have reread this trilogy, because this work of art is some intense madness I can never forget. The first time I read the Hunger Games was during freshman year of college, when one of my friends told me about it. And I was hooked. The movies came…
It was cold and unforgiving. When did the sky lose all the star? Jenna left the apartment half an hour ago, ran as far away as her legs could take her from him, and thought of hiding in a small playground, hoping that the night could hide her from her fiance’s wrath. She shielded herself…
Nothing has beaten this book when it comes to giving me nightmares, and I read a lot. I still feel the chills as I remember my time reading it. I remember putting it down due to not being able to continue; I was so scared to go on with the reading that I had to…
The problem with being a perfectionist is that it is almost impossible to adapt to change. If asked to move to another town, she’d throw a tantrum, demanding her rightful claim to the apartment she’d rented for the past seven years. It took her almost two years to acknowledge it as her “new home.” Young…
by Devina Since I was a kid, I had always been good friends with the librarians. They’d break some rules for me, like when it wasn’t allowed to eat in the library, they’d let me eat there during lunch while reading novels. Sometimes, they’d save up some books they thought I’d find interesting so that…
A coast guard failed a rescue mission and was given a chance to redeem himself. I mean, how dangerous could it be? We were introduced to Bernie Webber (Star Trek’s Chris Pine), a shy, socially awkward young man who always followed the rules. He was constantly reminded of his failure to save people in the…
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