Category: Reviews

Dorothy Must Die Review

Dorothy Must Die Review

 Julie’s Review: I really liked the concept of Dorothy Must Die because The Wizard of Oz is one of my favorite stories, and spin offs can be really fun – I mean Wicked is the coolest thing EVER. I also liked having the characters turn evil and be different from how they were the first […]

Posted November 19, 2014 by Julie S. in Reviews / 14 Comments
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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Review

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Review

 Julie’s Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children started off great with a lot of mystery and intrigue and action. We almost immediately get introduced into the world of Peculiars by way of Jacob’s Grandfather, and his untimely and strange death. Jacob then decides to go on a quest of his own to figure out […]

Posted November 12, 2014 by Julie S. in Reviews / 7 Comments
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Graduation Day Review

Graduation Day Review

 Julie’s Review: *SIGH* I was really hoping Graduation Day would return to the exciting storyline I read in The Testing. But, alas, it was more like Independent Study, which I was hoping fell into the second book syndrome category. I was expecting some EPIC of epicness conclusions, that dystopian trilogies like this typically have, but […]

Posted November 5, 2014 by Julie S. in Reviews / 4 Comments
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The Rules Review

The Rules Review

 Julie’s Review: The Rules is a series that I can definitely see has some potential but the first book wasn’t as good as I hoped it would be. The series is called Project Paper Doll, and I’m not too sure what that means, actually. From the redesigned covers, it looks like a bunch of dolls […]

Posted October 22, 2014 by Julie S. in Reviews / 6 Comments
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Ugly Love Review

Ugly Love Review

 Julie’s Review:     So I really hate that I’m even writing this review because of how much I love this author and her previous works. I’ve just about loved all her books I’ve read in the past so I’m quite sad that this one didn’t do it for me. But, I think it is […]

Posted October 15, 2014 by Julie S. in Reviews / 9 Comments
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Uglies Review

Uglies Review

 Julie’s Review: Uglies is a pretty good dystopia where at age 16, everyone gets an operation to make them pretty – as opposed to the uglies they are now. I liked that the novel explored what we as people think is beauty (symmetrical faces, little body fat, etc) but also explored the truth behind the […]

Posted September 24, 2014 by Julie S. in Reviews / 4 Comments
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Cruel Beauty Review

Cruel Beauty Review

 Julie’s Review: I was disappointed with Cruel Beauty, especially with the 5 star reviews staring me in the face when I log into Goodreads. I got this through the summer Sync audiobook program, so free is free right? I gave it a listen, and was expecting it to be a really interesting retelling of Beauty […]

Posted September 17, 2014 by Julie S. in Reviews / 17 Comments
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Stolen Dreams Review

Stolen Dreams Review

 Julie’s Review: Stolen Dreams is the final installment of the Cassie Scot series, and let me say the ending was spectacular. So I’ll just start from there. When all the secrets finally got revealed, I have to say everything was quite a surprise and I enjoyed it. For a moment there I wasn’t quite sure […]

Posted September 8, 2014 by Julie S. in Blog Tours, Reviews / 2 Comments
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If I Stay Book vs. Movie Review

If I Stay Book vs. Movie Review

Director: R.J. Cutler Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Mireille Enos, Jamie Blackley Information from IMDB.        Julie’s Review –   Book:    Movie: I actually liked the If I Stay movie way better than the book, even though I read the book first. I know, that’s almost unheard of in the bookish world, but […]

Posted September 6, 2014 by Julie S. in Movie Reviews, Reviews / 14 Comments
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Independent Study Review

Independent Study Review

 Julie’s Review: Independent Study was a decent follow up to The Testing, but this book really was a “second book syndrome” kind of book for me. It was just a bridge between the first book (which was awesome) and the (what I hope will be epic) conclusion to the series. I didn’t have any strong […]

Posted September 3, 2014 by Julie S. in Reviews / 2 Comments
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