Evolving Perceptions

BOOK HAUL 1. Love and Other Perishable Items by Laura Buzo  A wonderful, coming-of-age love story from a fresh new voice in YA fiction. 'Miss Amelia Hayes, welcome to The Land of Dreams. I am the staff trainer. I will call you grasshopper and you will call me sensei and I will give you the good oil. Right? And just so you know, I'm open to all kinds of bribery.' From the moment 15-year-old Amelia begins work on the checkout at Woolworths she is sunk, gone, lost...head-over-heels in love with Chris. Chris is the funny, charming, man-about-Woolies, but he's 21, and the 6-year difference in their ages may as well be 100. Chris and Amelia talk about everything from Second Wave Feminism to Great Expectations and Alien but will he ever look at her in the way she wants him to? And if he does, will it be everything she hopes?   2. The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare  Fans of The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices can get to know warlock Magnus

Title: Finding Audrey Author: Sophie Kinsella Published by: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Published on: June 9, 2017   PLOT: An anxiety disorder disrupts fourteen-year-old Audrey’s daily life. She has been making slow but steady progress with Dr. Sarah, but when Audrey meets Linus, her brother’s gaming teammate, she is energized. She connects with him. Audrey can talk through her fears with Linus in a way she’s never been able to do with anyone before. As their friendship deepens and her recovery gains momentum, a sweet romantic connection develops, one that helps not just Audrey but also her entire family.  REVIEW:        In this book you can truly see Sophie Kinsella's growth as an author from the Shopaholic series to Can You Keep a Secret? to this is wonderful book Finding Audrey. Her writing style and theme has improved and matured overtime.         I love so many aspects about this book. First is the great family dynamics. I felt like I reading abo

1. Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab  THE WORLD IS BREAKING. AND SO ARE THEY. KATE HARKER isn't afraid of monsters. She hunts them. And she's good at it. AUGUST FLYNN once yearned to be human. He has a part to play. And he will play it, no matter the cost. THE WAR HAS BEGUN. THE MONSTERS ARE WINNING. Kate will have to return to Verity. August will have to let her back in. And a new monster is waiting—one that feeds on chaos and brings out its victims' inner demons. Which will be harder to conquer: the monsters they face, or the monsters within? 2. The Mortal Instruments Coloring Book by Cassandra Clare Experience Cassandra Clare’s internationally bestselling world of the Shadowhunters like never before with this intricate adult coloring book featuring forty-five all-new illustrations! From the hallowed halls of the New York Institute to the glimmering glass buildings of Alicante, from the depths of the city of bones to the forests of faerie, the world of Cassandr