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Unearthly
Cynthia Hand
I’ve just finished Unearthly, the first in a trilogy, about an angel-blood called Clara. She’s an ordinary teenager with unearthly powers who is just beginning to find her true purpose. She is torn, however, between her heavenly duties and the pull of her heart.
An abundance of Katherines
By John Green.
Colin Singleton has a problem, well actually he's got a few. Colin is a former child prodigy and has never been good a making friends. He's just graduated high school and is worried he won't amount to anything. His best days could be behind him. On top of all this Katherine 19 has just dumped him.
The Beginners Guide to Living
Lia Hills
Will is 17 when his mum is hit by a car and killed. The effect on his family is devastating. Will's father becomes detached and starts drinking while his older brother, returned home from overseas, is angry at the world. If he wasn't confused enough Will also falls in love at his mother's funeral. When he finds a book (Marcus Aurelius' Meditations) on his mother's bedside table Will turns to philosophy in and attempt to make sense of life and death.
All quiet on the western front
With ANZAC day tomorrow I thought this the perfect opportunity to once again tell you all about my favourite war novel: All Quiet on the western front by Erich Maria Remarque.
On the Hunger Games
I finished reading the third book in the Hunger games, Mockingjay, about three weeks ago and have been thinking about writing this post on and off ever since. The reason it's taken me so long to actually write it is because I think a lot of you are going to be unhappy about what I have to say.
