We’re excited about “The Last Star,” which comes out next Tuesday, so in commemoration of the third and final “5th Wave” installment, we’re catching up on an old feature to highlight what makes that trilogy’s main character such a compelling heroine. Welcome to our new contributor Claire for her very first post! Cassie Sullivan…
Waiting On Wednesday: The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey
Diana just started her teaching year again this week, and this is my kids’ last week home before school begins, so we’ve been really awful about updating. But then yesterday I received a package from Penguin that contained the hardcover of “The 5th Wave,” an excerpt from “The Infinite Sea” (you can read an excerpt…
If I Stay Trailer and Other YA Page-to-Screen News
My party of five is still on Spring Break vacation, but since I’m writing a movie review while my youngest takes a nap, I figured I’d pop in and share the “If I Stay” trailer (hooray for Gayle Forman) and share some other young adult adaptation news. I am trying not to have high hopes,…
Unputdownable: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
Welcome to our new feature, Unputdownable — a category we’ll be exploring any time we read a book that we figuratively couldn’t put down, even though our husbands and children and chores and jobs may have required us to abandon it from time to time. Don’t expect full-length reviews or anything too spoilery, just a…