Nightfall is an odd one, because I definitely liked the idea and the atmosphere well more than the actual book, so much so that I pushed through to the end. I am absolutely not the kind of reader who must finish everything she starts -- I abandon things all the time -- so that I kept trucking is de...
I was going to reshelve this book and move on with my day, but the arresting cover made me turn it over and read the back. Done. Sold.'Nightfall' is about 14-year-old Marin and her home, an isolated island that enjoys fourteen years of daylight. With nightfall imminent, Marin helps her family and he...
Yep, the ending sucked! It started out great, with the islanders preparing to leave and the tension building. Then something happened, I won't say what because I don't want to give the story away but basically it turns into a survival story for some of the residents. That was all good, I was still e...
I liked it. It was different and the plot was fairly original although I did have some deja vu here and there of other popular stories/fairy tales. The characters were likable and as before they were even left behind, I began developing theories. While my basic idea of what was going to happen whe...
***This review has also been posted on The Social Potato Here are a bunch of reasons to read this book.1. Original. This premise of this book is unlike anything I have encountered before. Can you imagine the idea of a world where the sun rises every 28 years? Can you imagine all the details that wou...
I actually like this book better than the first. I think, it was because I knew their characters and their individual personalities. I have already started the last book of the series.
It's not exactly surprising that our culture of 24 hour news and celebrity worship has led to a societal obsession with fame and glamour. Still, to see this obsession researched and dissected is a fascinating - and disturbing - journey. Halpern interviewed modelling coaches, talent agents, celebri...
A book about our obsession with fame. In other words, you read this to satisfy the same curiosity that made Halpern write the book in the first place.I picked this book because the blurb said Halpern looks into the psychology of our interest in fame and that's the part that interested me. The book i...
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