Because It Is My Blood takes its name from a twist on a line from the Stephen Crane poem, In The Desert, which is also the epigraph to the novel.In the desertI saw a creature, naked, bestial,Who, squatting upon the ground,Held his heart in his hands,And ate of it.I said, "Is it good, friend?""It is ...
I enjoyed this sequel. The audio version is read by the same narrator as the first book, which is always something I appreciate. It provides continuity, and it honestly helps me remember what happened in the previous novel better when the voice is the same. She reads Anya very well, but I always qui...
There is something about mafia stories along with the famine of chocolate that gets my heart going. I truly loved this book. It had all that I wanted. A character facing hard times along with action.What I loved most about this book is Anya. She is out of serving her time and trying ti get her life ...
Honestly, this book probably deserves 2 stars (there is zero action), but in terms of plot, this book is a winner. Because It Is My Blood heads in a direction in which I'm utterly absorbed in and I cannot wait for the family drama to unfold. Unfortunately this novel is slow, and it probably would ha...
The mafia, chocolate, the near future, the pseudo-end of life as we know it. All these things were what drew me to ALL THESE THINGS I’VE DONE, book one in the Birthright Trilogy by Gabrielle Zevin. In the end, ATTID ended up being one of my top twenty books of 2011 for its well-crafted blend of fami...
*Genre* Young Adult*Rating* 3.0*Review*After being sent to Liberty Children’s Home in “All These Things I’ve Done,” 17 year old Anya Balanchine is now up for release. But, that's not the biggest problem or issue she has to deal with in this, the second installment of Birthright. She knows that her s...
Don't let the three star rating fool you, I actually really enjoyed this book, it's just that there were many flaws. You CAN have both. We're back again with Anya Balanchine, and we're pretty much continuing where we left off. In the opening of this book, she's serving out her sentence at Liberty an...
Anya Balanchine has a lot to deal with for a seventeen-year-old. She is the daughter of a chocolate mafioso who ran Balanchine Chocolate before his death. When the story begins, Anya is just getting out of Liberty Children's Facility where she was sent after shooting someone. All the details can be ...
3.5 Stars!I have Jenn, from the YASisterhood to thank for this ARC because she was kind enough to grab it for me at this year's ALA.A note about the cover changes - I know All These Things I've Done has a new cover and it coordinates with this one, but I actually prefer the original cover. This was...
The first installment was relatively enjoyable, but I couldn't get into this one. After attempting to force myself through it several times over the span of a week, I'm giving up.
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