Title: The S-Word
Author: Chelsea Pitcher
Release Date: May 7th 2013
Publisher: Gallery Books
Source: Edelweiss
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(This review was originally posted at My Library in the Making.)

You know how some things are only good at first? Well, The S-Word is exactly that.

Angie, the protagonist, had a voice that immediately captivated me. She made me want to read on… so read I did, but shortly after, she lost me. Why did she suddenly want to protect Lizzie’s honor? Was it because of love for a friend regained? Was it guilt? This never became clear enough for me, and soon, I just thought she was being even more hypocritical than the people who had tormented Lizzie, the people who pushed her to end her life.

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shitroughdrafts:

Fast & Furious 6, by Chris Morgan. 2013.

ourtimeorg:

Speaking of basic cable’s best fake newsmen… Stephen Colbert just gave the commencement address at the University of Virginia:

Title: The Last Hour (Thompson Sisters)
Author: Charles Sheehan-Miles
Release Date: April 19th 2013
Publisher: Cincinnatus Press
Source: eARC for blog tour
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(This review was originally posted at My Library in the Making.)

Attention, reader. If you want a light romance read for a plane ride or a day-off, The Last Hour isn’t the book for you. Why? Because it’s the most tear-jerking book I have ever read. The opening scene immediately took hold of my attention. How could it not when it felt like the climax already? And then in less than four chapters, the waterworks started.

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katniss-everdeen-mellark:

“You will love him to ruins.”

teachingliteracy:

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