Book #5: Crossed

Title: Crossed Author: Ally Condie # of Pages: 367 Genre: Young Adult Dystopian Series I seem to be finishing the majority of my books at the plasma center lately…it must be because I have nothing else to distract me, like our laptop or Matt. I debated whether I should put off reading Crossed until the release date …

Book #4: Freak the Mighty

Title: Freak the MightyAuthor: Rodman PhilbrickPages: 160 Even when you end up loving the books that you’re assigned to read, there’s just something about assigned reading that makes the task ridiculously more difficult than it should be. Such was the case with me and Freak the Mighty–I’ve known for weeks that I would be teaching …

Book #2: Matched

Title: MatchedAuthor: Ally Condie# of Pages: 400 (although the actual story is a little less than that—I’m just too lazy to get out my own copy and look it up) I don’t know how it’s possible, but the idea of a teen dystopian novel just never seems to get old for me, especially when there’s …

Book #1: Forge

Title: ForgeAuthor: Laurie Halse Anderson# of Pages: 280 What a great way to spend a holiday: snuggled up in bed this morning until ten o’clock finishing my first book of the year. And then drinking a banana-chocolate smoothie and watching Big Bang Theory. Could life get any better? I submit that it could not. Forge …