Category Archives: Special Posts
Books that Rock: Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta (spoilers ahead — avoid like the plague if you haven’t read Finnikin of the Rock)
Blood sings to blood, Froi . . . those born last will make the first . . . for Charyn will be barren no more . . . Three years … Continue reading
Books that Rock: Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
At the age of nine, Finnikin is warned by the gods that he must sacrifice a pound of flesh to save his kingdom. He stands on the rock of the … Continue reading
Books that Rock: The Piper’s Son by Melina Marchetta (the ‘it’s about freakin’ time’ edition)
Melina Marchetta’s brilliant, heart-wrenching new novel takes up the story of the group of friends from her best-selling. much loved book Saving Francesca — only this time it’s five years … Continue reading
Books that Rock: Divergent by Veronica Roth
In Beatrice Prior’s Dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue: Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity … Continue reading
Books that Rock: Getting the Girl by Markus Zusak
All Cameron Wolfe wants is to get the girl. (Yeah, in that sense too, but also to understand her, to hear her, to know her.) She’s got class, kindness, pride, … Continue reading
