Carrie Arcos
Carrie Arcos was born in Albany, New York and still mourns the day her family left for the West Coast. She earned an MA in creative writing and English literature and writes young adult fiction. She loves teaching English—first high school and now college. Carrie currently lives in Los Angeles...
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Carrie Arcos was born in Albany, New York and still mourns the day her family left for the West Coast. She earned an MA in creative writing and English literature and writes young adult fiction. She loves teaching English—first high school and now college. Carrie currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and three children. OUT OF REACH is her debut novel and has been selected as a 2012 National Book Award finalist for young people’s literature. Visit her at carriearcos.com.
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I received a copy of this book via the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This in no way influences my opinion.If I were to give 2014 my gravitational trend of reading materials, it would definitely be contemporary. I love contemporary for a lot of reasons — it makes you feel things reall...
OK... I am not quite sure why I get excited whenever I come across a protagonist whose upbringing (could/might) run parallel to mine, but I always do. (Perhaps it’s because rare is the moment when I come across a Filipino-anything in YA?) My excitement was only furthered by another parallel: he’s a ...
Other reviews at The Book Babe's Reads. For me, Out of Reach was an interesting read - I enjoyed seeing the effects of addiction on family members - a lot of the time, we read more about the person who's addicted. It was nice to see some variation to the trope. But I went into Out of Reach expec...
2.5 stars. A relatively short read, but a lot of the book was just ... boring. No main events, and the ending seemed very anticlimactic. RtC.
Usually, when it comes to books with such a serious topic, they hit me at my core and stick with me for a very long time. There is just so much pull and emotion with these kinds of books that they are my weak spot. Out Of Reach does not fall in that category for me. Even though I love the cover and ...
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