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Book Review: Kindred Spirits

March 13, 2016 No Comments

Original Title: Kindred Spirits by Rainbow Rowell
Edition: Mass Market Paperback, 96 pages
Published: February 25, 2016 by Macmillians Kids UK
Characters: Elena, Gabe, Troy
Rating: 4/5
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Description: If you broke Elena’s heart, Star Wars would spill out. So when she decides to queue outside her local cinema to see the new movie, she’s expecting a celebration with crowds of people who love Han, Luke and Leia just as much as she does. What she’s not expecting is to be last in a line of only three people; to have to pee into a collectible Star Wars soda cup behind a dumpster or to meet that unlikely someone who just might truly understand the way she feels.

Kindred Spirits was super, super short but a lot of emotion was packed in. I’m amazed at how much happened, and how these characters evolved, in such a short amount of time. Technically, no, nothing actually happened because our three main characters are just camped outside of a movie theater for four days, but the relationships that they build with each other and their dialogue is amazing. I love how Elena and Gabe’s friendship takes shape in just a few pages. Plus, it really gives insight into how we perceive others without really knowing them sometimes. I’m more than guilty of assuming how other people feel about me and what that, in turn, means about them. It’s a vicious reality.

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Disney Book Tag • Rainbow Rowell Edition

March 11, 2016 No Comments

SPOILERS AHEAD!

DO NOT CONTINUE READING IF YOU HAVE NOT READ ALL OF HER NOVELS!

In addition to being a nerd, I’m a Disney fangirl! When I saw the Disney Book Tag post that Alexa over at did, I knew that me and this tag were a match made in heaven. Like Alexa, I’m also going to challenge myself using only books and characters by one author, and who else would I choose but the wonderful and amazing, Rainbow Rowell.

THE LITTLE MERMAID • A character who is out of their element.

In Carry On, Simon Snow is the main protagonist–The Chosen One. However, much like the fictional wizard he was based on, Simon grew up surrounded with humans and clueless about his past and destiny. He has absolutely no control of his magic and even less understanding of the world he gets thrust into when The Mage finds him in an orphanage and brings him to Watford School of Magicks.

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Book Review: Carry On

January 11, 2016 7 Comments

Original Title: Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
Edition: Hardcover, 522 pages
Published: October 6th 2015 by St. Martin’s Griffin
Characters: Simon Snow, Baz Pitch, Penelope, Agatha
Rating: 5/5

Description: Simon Snow is the worst chosen one who’s ever been chosen.

That’s what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he’s probably right.

Half the time, Simon can’t even make his wand work, and the other half, he sets something on fire. His mentor’s avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there’s a magic-eating monster running around wearing Simon’s face. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were here—it’s their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon’s infuriating nemesis didn’t even bother to show up.

Carry On is a ghost story, a love story, a mystery and a melodrama. It has just as much kissing and talking as you’d expect from a Rainbow Rowell story—but far, far more monsters.

Ugh. Just finished Carry On. 5 FREAKING STARS. I never give books 5 stars! Never. Check my Goodreads. lmfao I’ve never even given another Rainbow Rowell book 5 stars and anyone following me for longer than a day knows how much I love her. I can’t. I mean, you have all the things that make Rainbow amazing–her characters are just always so amazing. Not perfect in anyway, even a little bit annoying, but you love them anyway. Okay. But then you add just a touch of magic, little bit of fantasy, a dragon fight, and boys kissing and I’m sold. And the meta! To be honest, that’s what really hooked me–a fictional book about fictional characters in another fictional book based on fictional characters. That rabbit hole is even deeper. I mean… I’m just. I don’t even know what I can read next that will fill this void.