This is another speculative YA novel. Meant to Be presents a future where Names suddenly showed up on every adult’s chest. They continue to appear after every teenager turns 18. The names aren’t completely understood, but most people believe that it’s supposed to be your soulmate, or Meant to Be/MTB. Agatha “Aggie” does not buy into MTBs at all, preferring to call them empties. She gets a name on her birthday, Hendrix Cutter, but chooses to ignore it in favor of her own plans. She […]
“Silence is the only privacy…”
All Rights Reserved is an interesting dystopian/science fiction story. It’s set in a future controlled by lawyers. From the age of 15, everyone gets fitted with a cuff around their wrist. From that point on, the cuff charges for every word spoken, even most gestures. These forms of expression are protected by strong copyrights, upheld by the lawyers. Speth, our main character, is just about to give her big speech as she turns 15, when her friend kills himself at her party. His family is […]
Beautiful pictures of a glamorous icon
The Chancellor often likes to coordinate his gifts in a “theme.” One year for Valentine’s Day, he bought me a copy of the film Bringing Up Baby and paired it with this particular short biography of Katherine Hepburn. He knows I am a huge fan of both her and Audrey Hepburn, so my DVD collection has slowly grown over the years (another year, he bought me The Philadelphia Story, which is absolutely one of my favorites). I was intrigued to learn more about one of […]
Book Mail is the Best Mail!
Many thanks to Junior Cannonballer Loubear for this amazing selection of books! I’ve been in a bit of a reading slump lately, but these all sound amazing and I can’t wait to read and review them in 2018. Happy Holidays!