Category Archives: c-summers week
Unlikeable Heroines
This is the final post in C-Summers Week, a weeklong celebration of Courtney Summers and her titles. When people read books, they want to relate and engage to the main character, feel with them, understand their emotions and feelings. But sometimes an author cleverly switches around that feeling, that expectation. Two of Courtney Summers’s books …
Fall for Anything Review
This post is part of C-Summers Week, a weeklong spotlight on Courtney Summers and her titles. From the author of Cracked Up to Be and Some Girls Are comes a gripping story about one girl’s search for clues into the mysterious death of her father.When Eddie Reeves’s father commits suicide her life is consumed by the nagging question of why? Why when he …
Waiting on Wednesday: This is Not a Test
This post is part of C-Summers Week, a weeklong spotlight on Courtney Summers and her titles. Release Date: June 19th Publisher: St. Martin’s Press It’s the end of the world. Six students have taken cover in Cortege High but shelter is little comfort when the dead outside won’t stop pounding on the doors. One bite is …
Edginess and YA
This post is part of C-Summers Week, a weeklong spotlight on Courtney Summers and her titles. First, I’d like to start off this post by asking: what is “edgy”? Edgy in itself is extremely hard to define. The dictionary definition is this: .daringly innovative; on the cutting edge. thank you to dictionary.com for the definition There are a few …
Cracked Up To Be Review
This review is part of C-Summers Week, a weeklong spotlight of Courtney Summers and her titles. Perfect Parker Fadley isn’t so perfect anymore. She’s quit the cheerleading squad, she’s dumped her perfect boyfriend, and she’s failing school. Her parents are on a constant suicide watch and her counselors think she’s playing games…but what they don’t …
Courtney Summers Week!
Yes, you heard that correctly. This week is Courtney Summers week, where I will be featuring her books and spotlighting her newest title, THIS IS NOT A TEST. To prepare yourslef for the week, I’d check out courtney’s website. See you soon!
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