Nationally famous comic book artist and writer Diane Nine has been a paraplegic since the age of five. Now twenty-nine, the only thing she needs in her life besides a fine chardonnay and massage is true love—if she could just keep her celebrity and handicap out of the equation. She figures she might meet an eligible boyfriend at the local library park. Her prayers are answered when the gangly freelance engineer Chet Strauss jogs into her life. Chet’s developed a revolutionary combat exoskeleton that can change the face of global military warfare. He’s obsessed—she’s impressed. Chet and Diane don’t waste any time firing up a blisteringly hot romance, during which time Chet makes an extraordinary promise. He believes he can modify his combat suit to allow Diane to walk again. Thrilled with the idea of mobility, Diane agrees to test the prototype suit so Chet has a “bullet-proof” demonstration to offer the U.S. Department of Defense. Her world disintegrates when her boyfriend suddenly disappears. She finds evidence that he’s been kidnapped, and the clues lead to the Cuban-controlled island of Juventud. To complicate matters, he’s left the suit in her care with strict orders to never let it out of her sight. She takes that promise to extremes. With the aid of her nurse Bibi, a Nell Carter look-alike with a Whoopie Goldberg mouth, and her Streisand-addicted gay physical therapist, Ollie, Diane embarks on a journey to rescue her missing boyfriend. But she finds more intrigue and espionage than she bargained for. She and her companions land smack into the hands of the Global Socialist Alliance, a triad of third-world country terrorists. Another shock comes when Diane finds that Chet Strauss is a traitor to the United States and part of the GSA organization. He’s betrayed her, using her as a mule to smuggle the suit into the country. Diane and her assistants must evade capture, endure a strong-arm robbery, survive the ravages of a category 5 hurricane, find a way off the island and get the combat suit into the hands of the United States Government. But this mild-mannered,…

A/L Help for local Examiners who do Great Expectations As The Literature Book

by Freako

Book Review / Young Adult

August 17, 2014

Comments: 1

Shelves: 3

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Summary

A/L Help for local Examiners who do Great Expectations As The Literature Book. this makes to read and understand and get an A* for A/L Examinations. It's a good read

Book Review: Thirteen Reasons Why

by QueenJewelNobilty

Book Review / Young Adult

April 16, 2014

Shelves: 1

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Tags: book, review, thirteen_reasons_why, hannah_baker

Summary

This is my book review on the book Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher.

Fallen By Lauren Kate

by Zebby

Book Review / Young Adult

January 07, 2014

Shelves: 1

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Tags: romance, mystery, thriller, angels, forbidden_love

Summary

After a lot of digging around I found this series and immediately fell in love with every book. The books are a story about the conflicts between good and evil- showing how sometimes the barriers between right and wrong are not always as clearly defined as some people would have you believe and that even if there is a war going on, true love always prevails in the end. It also tells the story about how one mistake, one wrong choice, can cost a life.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

by cheyennekaiser

Book Review / Young Adult

November 29, 2013

Shelves: 1

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Tags: book_review

Summary

The Perks of Being a Wallflower written by Stephen Chbosky. A book review following my personal opinions.

The Seven Skies

by Nightmare Zane

Book Review / Young Adult

September 11, 2013

Shelves: 1

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Summary

Let me tell you, about the world called The Seven Skies, a world where thousands of players' worldwide enter this virtual-reality game with one goal in mind—to conquer the 7 parallel worlds and to gain the title of The Sky King. Only 3 teams have made it this far, preserving this prevailing title. Now, a new generation has come with new players trying to achieve the title as ‘The Sky King’.

A Little Taste of Whipped

by kfizzyy13

Book Review / Young Adult

August 19, 2013

Shelves: 1

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Summary

Just a taste of the new story I'm writing. The title is temporary.

Author's favourite three

by JNTurner

Book Review / Young Adult

June 28, 2013

Shelves: 1

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Tags: horror, suspense, edgar_allen_poe, short_stories, thirller, new_authors, mindless_short_stories, n-turner

Summary

A short synopsis of three of my favourite stories from, Mindless Short Stories.

The Giver

by Kanaiaupuni

Book Review / Young Adult

May 23, 2013

Shelves: 2

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Tags: young_adult, jonas, lois_lowry, giver, dystopian_society, lois, utopian_society, lowry

Summary

The Giver is an amazing novel that I recommend for all readers.

It's Kind of a Funny Story

by kburks22

Book Review / Young Adult

May 13, 2013

Shelves: 1

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Summary

This is a book review for "It's Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini that i wrote for my English III AP class.

Life of Pi book Review

by Habilney

Book Review / Young Adult

April 18, 2013

Shelves: 1

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Summary

Meh, crappy book review.

Ender's Game Review

by Habilney

Book Review / Young Adult

April 18, 2013

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

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Summary

Book reviews, woot woot.

Review of "The Walk"

by thomaskutz

Book Review / Young Adult

February 06, 2013

Shelves: 1

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Tags: fiction, novels, review, theme, the_walk

Summary

This is an academic review of Richard Paul Evans' novel "The Walk." I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a good read.

Smile, Like you Mean It

by richardsoal2

Book Review / Young Adult

January 28, 2013

Shelves: 1

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Summary

The memoir of Ashley Richardson, Smile, Like You Mean it, is the story of a twenty three year old whose life takes an awful turn down the road of self-destruction and severe depression when her family is shattered by a divorce at eighteen years old. Every time she said to herself “things can't possibly get any worse” another family secret and another layer of hurt surfaced, leaving her feeling even more alone. The constant rejection and lack of a support system was eating her heart away as her severe depression continued to spiral. She began to wonder if there was a way out. Forced to move out and transition into the “real world” without any support left her feeling trapped with only self-medication and alcohol as a means coping. Despite having traditional medicine to ever relieve her depression, her life was saved taking a miraculous turn for the better by a combination of one inspiring therapist and revolutionary therapy option: Neurofeedback/Biofeedback. Neurofeedback therapy is part of a new frontier in our brain wave modification. It uses complex computer software and electrical stimulation to modify brainwave activity. This is a story of rediscovering the ability to forgive, recover, and heal.The loss of her primary role model, a mentally unstable mother with a troubled childhood of sexual abuse, created new obstacles in Ashley's path to self-actualization. With no guidance, our main character finds herself feeling confused and abandoned, caught in a vicious cycle of self-hurt. Ashley attempts to self-medicate with alcohol and cover it up with her smile and bubbly personality, but this unfortunately only numbs but does not put an end to her struggles. At age twenty one she hits rock bottom and is overwhelmed with hiding the pain any longer, and is ready to face the hurt and start to mend the damage on the road to recovery and forgiveness. After seeking out a number of therapists and alternative medications she decides to give it one last try, with a promising therapist, to finally re-build the close relationship she once enjoyed with her mother, as well as start to bond…

*Character Pictures* The Curse of the Evalyn Locket

by MadameMoiselle

Book Review / Young Adult

January 28, 2013

Comments: 13

Shelves: 1

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Tags: evalyn

Summary

When Miranda Lynette is told that she's half witch, half human she cannot believe her eyes. She never even believed in magic and now it just came crashing down at her. Witches must be sent to school; no exceptions, a boarding school actually and that's where Miranda is placed. In Evalyn Boarding School for Witches, Miranda is taught witchery and how to control her magic. But, when she finds that there is something awkwardly wrong in Evalyn she decides to find out what it is. And when she meets Peter Matissfier, one of the most respected wizards of all time she decides that she wants to stay completely away, but fate leads her to him. Him, who started it all.