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All These Things I've Done is the second book I have read by Gabrielle Zevin. I enjoyed Elsewhere enough to check this book out from the library. All These Things refers to the things Anya, the sixteen year old daughter of deceased crime boss, Leonyd Balanchine (Think Willy Wonka + Godfather), do...
When a genre is hot, you gotta be different right? Dystopian is on fire right now, so instead of just jumping into the fray and pumping out another carbon-copy YA dystopian, Gabrielle Zevin took the genre to a new level. I didn’t expect this book. It’s not a Hunger Games or even a Delirium, it’s som...
Look at the lovely cover for this book. Do you think that it could be about a dystopian world? Peel away the dust jacket (thanks for the tip, Mocha Latte!) – There’s a surprise beneath. It’s a Balanchine Special Dark Chocolate book cover. YUM!It’s 2083 and the futuristic New York City is seriously l...
In this book, we meet 16 year old Anya Balanchine, or better known as Annie by her family and friends. We see her years after the deaths of her mother then criminal boss father. She literally tells us her story. She must protect her immediate family: Leo her older brother, damaged and a little sensi...
I had high expectations going into All These Things I’ve Done, and unfortunately it didn’t quite live up to my expectations. I did enjoy the story overall, however.All These Things I’ve Done starts out slowly. It took me quite some time to get into the story and start caring about the characters. Ev...