By Cynthia Ayala
Hey there avid readers! I hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween. I got sick but I made sure I went to Salem this year. Yay! I was wonderful and I loved it and I had the chance to catch up on some of my reading. My TV shows, well, that’s another story. Not enough hours in the day to do everything I want. Anyway here is my weekly reading list. Happy reading! Continue reading “Weekly Reading List #63”
By Cynthia Ayala
Hey there avid readers! I hope that everyone is having a wonderful weekend. It was a more laid back weekend for me this time. So I’m trying to just relax, And that means more time for reading! Woo! So check out these titles and see if they suit your fancy.
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By Cynthia Ayala
The robots have risen, awoken to kill and destroy the humans that have made them servants. But a small group of humans are fighting to save the earth, to save their kind, and survive through the years. With help from people both near and far, these humans might have a chance at survival or succumb to death.
Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson is the first in a sci-fi series published on April 17, 2012, by Knopf Doubleday. While frighteningly realistic, the novel presents itself with bland vignettes spoiled by blurbs at the beginning of each chapter that takes away some of the surprise and suspense that would have made this novel richer.
Continue reading “A Bland Sci-Fi Thriller | Review of ‘Robopocalypse’ (Robopocalypse #1)”
Ah, summer is here, at least for some of us. Here’s my reading list to start off my Summer Vacation. What’s on yours? Continue reading Weekly Reading List #43
By Cynthia Ayala
Hello there avid readers. So I’m halfway done with this ten page paper about blogging and the publishing industry. Literally on page five and it’s due Tuesday by midnight. It’s really the last thing I need to do this semester and then I am done for the year. Woo! I mean I have one final left, but I did all the reading and paid attention in class so I’m not worried.
Anyway, here is my latest reading list, and as always all synopsis are courtesy of Goodreads.
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By Cynthia Ayala ’17 / Emertainment Monthly Staff Writer
No one stays on the island once the sun leaves, but for Marin, Kana, and Line, they didn’t have a choice and they were forgotten […]
Continue reading “Review: Post-Apocalyptic Thriller “Nightfall” Has a Slow Start – Emertainment Monthly”
By Cynthia Ayala
The sun doesn’t set for twenty-four years, and when it does, the darkness rises, bringing the nightmares and monsters of the night alongside it. No one stays on the island once the sun leaves, but for Marin, Kana and Line, they didn’t have a choice and they were forgotten. Now the trio need to not only survive the night, but make it off the island and swim south towards the desert lands. But it may be to late for them to save themselves…
Nightfall by Jake Halpern and Peter Kujawinski is a post-apocalyptic young adult thriller, published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers on September 22, 2015. It follows three young teenagers as they traverse their home island Bliss, seeing it in ways they never had before. Continue reading “‘Nightfall’s Thrilling Concept is Dulled by Uncharacteristic Writing | Review of ‘Nightfall””
By Cynthia Ayala
“Special Circumstances” was supposed to be just a myth, something to keep Pretties and Uglies in check, a scary story. But for Tally, they were very real, and now, they have made her and most of her friends Specials. Dangerous and apathetic, the team of Specials have been given one mission: destroy New Smoke and their allies. Still, nothing has ever been easy for Tally whose heart continues to fight what she has become. Now she has a choice, be a hero to the so called villains or destroy them.
Specials is the third book in the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld. The series, a young adult dystopic/fantasy, was published by Simon Pulse on May 9, 2008, follows Tally Youngblood as she discovers who she is in a world that divides people by their looks.
Continue reading “A Hard Hitting Conclusion | Review of ‘Specials’ (Uglies, #3)”
By: Cynthia Ayala
Hey there avid readers—or who I hope are avid readers. I’m sure you have noticed that I have made some changes to my reading list. That’s because The Last Ever After by Soman Chainani is coming out this Tuesday, and even though I am a 23-year-old adult, well, I’M JUST SO EXCITED! I loved the first two books and I read the second one in a night, just could not put it down. I’m hoping this one does not disappoint.
Oh—before I forget—all synopsis are the courtesy of Goodreads.com. Happy reading.
Continue reading “Weekly Reading List #15”
By: Cynthia Ayala
The final novel in The Chemical Garden Trilogy by Best Selling author Lauren DeStefano. Published on February 12, 2013 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. A dystopic science fiction novel for young adults, this final novel follows Rhine as she solves the mystery of the chemical garden as she searches for her brother, a known terrorist working with the one person she never thought: Housemaster Vaughn. However, with Linden’s help, she finds refuge with Vaughn brother and finds a way to save her brother from the monster she knows.
Continue reading “Heartfelt Storytelling But Anti-Climactic | Review of ‘Sever’ (The Chemical Garden, #3)”
