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...
I really enjoyed Zevin's past book Elsewhere so I was looking forward to this one. I wasn't sure if the mafia topic would interest me but I was pleasantly surprised. The author seems to make any topic interesting and has mixed together an unusual and original combination. Her writing style is so goo...
As I read this book, I fell in love with it. I love the way the author created such a world that could be realistic. One were things of today are contraband. I especially loved the whole mafia twist to it. It gave the story a full back round much more enjoyable.What I loved the most is the main char...
The year is 2083 and chocolate and coffee are illegal. The Balanchine family is one of the five leading chocolate families and produces some of the best quality chocolate in the world. Chocolate and coffee are two of the most sought after items on the black market and where the black market runs ra...
Also appears on The Screaming Nitpicker.So there's this book here, All These Things I've Done. In it, chocolate is illegal, water is heavily rationed, you can hardly find paper anymore, and new clothes haven't been made in decades. The world has gone to hell in a handbasket, pretty much. Our main ch...
Andye says: All These Things I've Done was a fantastic book. I really enjoyed listening to this one. Anya was such a relatable character, at least to me. I really felt like I could sympathize with her (empathize?....never could figure out the difference). I loved her strength and how logical an...
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