Review: The Mother-Daughter Book Club

 Hey Everyone!

       So for a while, I've been reading this series called the mother-daughter book club. I LOVE it. It's the kind of book that's really light and fun reading, not anything too intense. It reminds me of books by Lauren Myracle, in that it's about teen girls, and super relatable! The main characters: Jess (on the pink cover), a smart, fun girl who lives on a farm, is a great singer, and an amazing math-person; Cassidy (on the blue cover), who is super tough, loves hockey, but is just as caring as all the others; Megan (on the purple cover), who loves fashion and is very social, but knows the right thing to do all the time; and Emma (on the coral cover), who loves to read and write. All of them are really relatable in different ways, and the chapters switch off between each point of view and pull you through a story about normal things that could easily happen to you. Sure, it might be a little simple for our age, but it's always nice to have something light and relatable amidst all the intense books we can read now :) It's a great summer read!

-Alice

P.S. Sara and I are about to go to sleep-away camp, where there will be no computer access whatsoever (how will we survive?) ! So, for about the whole month of July, you won't see us on here :( unless, of course, we hand-write reviews in letter form to our friends on the blog :D

Review: City of Ashes

Hey Everyone!

As Alice said, sorry about the absence! I recently finished the sequel to City of Bones: City of Ashes, both by Cassandra Clare. The City of Ashes turned out to be much better then I expected. In some series, like Twilight, the reader is let down by the sequel...but this was not the case for City of Ashes. Also, in some threequels the reader gets the sense that the other two books were published for money reasons...however, in the Mortal Instruments Threequel it was clear that the sequel was necessary for the plot to continue. Anyways, about the book. Like City of Bones, City of Ashes follows the journey of a girl named Clary. Clary is a shadowhunter, one of a group of beings who act as a police force against demons. In this book, Valentine (the evil guy), is back and growing stronger. What makes him such a villian is not the bad things that he does, but the fact that he truly believes the things that he is doing are for the greater good. He believes that he is doing a great service by rallying the demons. Meanwhile, Clary, Jace, Isabelle, Alec and the rest of the shadowhunters must do what they can to keep Valentine at bay...and they are not always successful. City of Ashes is a thrilling story that is impossible to put down. (I finished it in a day). The tales of war, loyalties, teenage dramas and romances, and struggles are captivating. I highly recommend this book!
On a side note, this book is for 13ish year olds.
Thanks!
- Sara Crewe

Summer Reading

Hey Guys!
      Sorry we haven't been active on the blog for a while! it was the end of the school year (our last year all together at school :( sadness), and the beginning of an awesome summer! Hopefully this can keep going like a sisterhood of the traveling pants thing, so we can stay connected.
     We need to post more, and what better way than for summer reading!! All of our schools have required reading, and who knows, they might all be pretty awesome. Look forward to a great summer! Mary, Sara and I are away for all of July, so hopefully the rest of us can read enough for all of us! And we'll come back with a lot of books read.

     Anyway, i'm just letting any readers know that we're still here and we're still reading. I've got a list of some books i'd like to read this summer, as well as some i've got to read for school in the fall. You can check out my shelfari here:

http://www.shelfari.com/o1515066187/shelf

it's a great website, and it's so much fun to use! here you can see the books i'm reading/am planning on reading. I'm not completely done setting it up, but i'm almost done listing them all. So, i guess it's a sneak peek at what you might see on the blog.

-Alice

P.S. Email us recommendations for this summer at behindthespine@gmail.com