Nothing More to Tellis a mystery book by Karen McManus. The book is about how a teacher named Mr. Larkin who was mysteriously killed in the woods. Four years after the event, Brynn, one of Mr. Larkin’s students, decided to investigate the event. After tirelessly finding as much as she can, she stumbles upon the killer, and it’s someone that nobody expects. This is an enjoyable book. I do not like romance and all that stuff, but it is still a 4.2 out of five.
All That’s Left in the World is a survival book written by Erik Brown. The book is about two teens in a world where a super flu killed most of the world, and everyone else needed to find a way to survive. It was great to see how far they came, from Jamie pulling the gun at Andrew when he first came to loving each other. The author did an excellent job of showing how ruined and lonely the world was after the super flu and how everyone died.
Ravenfallis a book written by Kalyn Josephsonthat is about magic. It is about a 13-year-old girl named Anna who is in a town where everyone has magical powers, but she finds her powers as boring as her power is to see people’s deaths. Then, a guy named Colin came to town, and Anna sees his mysterious past with deaths. She decides to help him find out what happened, but then she finds out about something else completely that could end the world. This was a fairly good book.
Heartless is, quite literally, the backstory of the Queen of Hearts, the hated antagonist from the classic tale of the Adventures of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol. It reveals the Queen's mysterious and surprisingly tragic past--as well as how she came to be the villain, we all know of.
Brandon Sanderson’s book, Oathbringer, is the third book in the Stormlight archives series. The book begins with the main characters splitting up. As the everstorm sweeps on, Kaladin goes home to warn his family. Dalinar attempts to unite Roshar, and Shallan continues research on the Knights Radiant. Kaladin ends up returning to Urithiru where he is tasked with taking back Khloniar.
The Great Gatsby is a classic by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This book follows the life of Jay Gatsby through the narrator Nick Carraway. Nick has moved next to Gatsby and gets a glimpse of the glamor and complexities of the rich. Gatsby is in love with Daisy Buchanan, and readers see themes of romance, obsession, and the tensions between the rich and poor through this novel set in the roaring twenties.
Patrick Rothfuss’s book, The Wise Man’s Fear, is the sequel to The Name of the Wind. The book continues the path of Kvothe, however while the first book focused more on his life at the university, this book takes a different path and follows him as he travels throughout the world. Going from Severen to the forests in the North, and then to Ademre, Kvothe faces different threats while still searching for knowledge on the Amyr and Chandrian.
Caraval by Stephanie Garber, is a fantasy book about a girl named Scarlett Dragna. Scarlett grew up on the Conquered Islands of Trisda with her sister Dontella and her father who never allowed her to leave the Island. Growing up her grandma would tell her and her sister stories of a magical game called Caraval which was created and run by a man named Legend. Scarlet and her sister always dreamed of visiting Caraval, especially Scarlett who wrote to Legend multiple times hoping to receive a response back.
Big Nate in the Zone by Lincoln Peirce is the sixth book in the Big Nate series, and it takes Nate’s misadventures to a new level. This time, Nate feels like he’s stuck in a rut with a string of bad luck, and things aren’t going his way at school, with friends or in life in general. However, everything changes when he gets his hands on a lucky charm, and suddenly, his fortunes start to turn around.
Taylor Jenkins Reid brings a new stance to the idea of fame and fortune following the story of Evelyn Hugo in her book The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. The story begins with Monique Grant, an interviewer for a magazine, given the opportunity to an exclusive interview with the ever-elusive Evelyn Hugo, retired actress and movie star. With this unique opportunity, Grant begins her journey with Hugo, learning about every story and aspect of her life that the paparazzi never got.
