"You do not write your life with words . . . you write it with actions" Patrick Ness.
Review: A Monster Calls
Review: News of the World
"Life was not safe and nothing could make it so, neither fashionable dresses nor bank accounts. The baseline of human life was courage." ~ Paulette Jiles, News of the World
Team Review: Tender at the Bone
The first dish was a consommé that tasted as if a million chickens had died to make it. ~ Ruth Reichl, Tender at the Bone
Team Review: Radio Free Vermont
“It was, he thought, a blessing to have lived out his life in a place that spun slowly like that yellow leaf, an eddy in the American rapids, a place that was shrinking when most of the country was growing, growing, ever-growing,” ~ Bill McKibben
Review: Without You There is No Us
"There's no freedom," he sighed, "They are watching us constantly. I know they are recording everything we say and keeping files on us, and I feel really bad all the time . . ." from Without You There is No Us.
Review: Tehanu
While this still felt like Earthsea and the characters were as strong as ever, this story felt quiet compared to previous entries, in a way that I wasn’t totally grabbed by.
Review: Ready Player One
"No one in the world gets what they want and that is beautiful" Ernest Cline.
Team Review: The Sellout
"It's illegal to yell 'Fire!' in a crowded theater, right?" "It is." "Well, I've whispered 'Racism' in a post-racial world."
Review: Autumn
"He's not just one thing or another. Nobody is. Not even you." ~Ali Smith, Autumn
Review: Nimona
This story isn't as simple as a classic “overthrow the king” plot. The book is more about Nimona and Blackheart’s friendship than anything else, and the characters are constantly questioning the morality of their actions.
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