Libby's Lit

All in all, I liked this movie very much. However, I do not remember this book very well so there are some things I may have missed or misinterpreted.    The beginning felt very Hunger Games -ish, with all the projections on the buildings, nightmares, and the running through the woods. Luckily, I soon forgot this parallel when the story began in Amity because I was struck by the fact that it did not pick up right after Divergent. That's one of the things I loved about this series was that nothing happens in between the books.    I am not super angry about this because I know the writers only have so much screen time. I was also distracted by the incredible beauty of the sets! Amity headquarters was the perfect mix of calm and serene but with tension just below the surface. All the costume design was magnificent. It was exactly how I imagined it in the books. The outfits really accentuated the sets and made me feel like I was a part of the world. Candor headquarters was especially b

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, a mediocre book with a grammatically incorrect title, is about a boy and his movie-making partner who are forced to befriend a girl who is dying of cancer. It's like a not-moving, character development-less, disappointing Fault in Our Stars . I understand the point of this book is that its intent is not to be moving but it is in spite of itself, but I didn't really feel it. It's the book version of making uncool the new cool.  SPOILERS BELOW I recently finished this book and put it in my book haul. My overall thoughts of this book were not impressed, if you didn't glean that from my passive aggressive summary. Because of this, I'm not going to analyze this book and I'll be doing this review a little differently. I'm going to try listing the parts I did and did not like as a pro/con list. Let me know how you feel about this style in the comments.  PRO:  • I really enjoyed Earl's character. I think it was very interesting ho

                      So my birthday was a couple of weeks ago, and my friends and family know me well. Look at this book trove, treasure untold, how many wonders can one bookshelf hold? Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell   I've already read and reviewed this book, but now I've got a copy of my own! Thank you so much, Kathryn! I'm not going to into depth about this book, but if you want to check out my review and synopsis, you can head over to my blog archive.  A Thousand Pieces of You  by Claudia Gray   I first heard of this book from Jesse the Reader on YouTube. He hauled it in one of his recent videos. I typically watch book haul videos right before I go to bookstores to get ideas. It's a really smart tip because my "to read" list is so long and unorganized. It's much easier just to watch and see what professional readers are reading.    All I know about this book is that it's about parallel universes. I was absolutely hooked by the last paragraph of the syn