Let It Snow

The Bookworm says...YES. Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle was a great book. It is a collection of three holiday romances: The Jubilee Express (Maureen Johnson), A Cheertastic Christmas Miracle (John Green), and The Patron Saint of Pigs (Lauren Myracle). All three stories are wrapped around the same basic plot, and all the loose ends get tied up at the end. The recurring plot: a huge snowstorm hits Gracetown, North a Carolina on Christmas Eve. The cast of recurring characters: Jubilee, Jeb, Stuart, the 14 cheerleaders, Duke, Keun, JK, Tobin, Dorrie, Tegan, Addie. All these characters have their ups and downs, resulting in love from the storm. The storm seems like a Christmas tragedy, but could it be a miracle? Make sure you read the stories in the order, or it will not make sense. If you like me are a major nerd fighter (John Green fans), and bought this book because of John Green, do not skip to his story (second). Do not, I repeat DO NOT skip to his. You may find your self with two more favorite authors. 

Allegiant

The Bookworm says... Yes. Allegiant by Veronica Roth was a terrific finale to the Divergent trilogy. Now that Tris, Tobias, Cara, and the rest of the crew are out of Chicago there are many changes. They are told that a while back the Bureau decided to genetically enhance people which resulted in genetic "damage". The Divergent are said to be "genetically pure" and everyone else is "genetically damaged". The GP's are treated better in society, and the GD's decide to rebel. The GD's trick Tobias into believing that they are breaking into the Weapons Lab to steal the memory serum, but is this their true intention? During the attack, and explosion went off and killed Uriah. They did not achieve their mission, and many ended up under arrest. A few days later Tris overhears a plan to reset the Chicago experiment. They can't let this happen, so they come up with a plan to overtake the Bureau. They are going to sneak into the Weapons Lab, and steal the memory serum. They will prevent the Bureau from releasing the serum on a Chicago, and they will then release it on the Bureau. The flaw: breaking into the Weapons Lab without the password releases the vaporized death serum. There is no escaping the death serum, not even the Divergent are immune. So who will be the sacrifice? Who has betrayed? Who is not favored? Caleb. Tris and Caleb stay behind while Tobias, Cara, and the crew go back to Chicago. Tobias manages to establish a treaty between Johanna and Evelyn.  Tobias also tells Uriah's mom, Hana, and his brother, Zeke what happened. While they are preparing for the mission, there's an emergency lockdown at the Bureau. The Bureau is onto Tris and Caleb. Will Tris let Caleb sacrifice himself? Will the mission succeed? This was an amazing book, with a touching end. Well done Ms. Roth.

Insurgent

The Bookworm says... Yes!!! Insurgent by Veroncia Roth was an excellent sequel to Divergent. This will be brief to avoid spoilers. Tris and Tobias are still together, going strong. Now that Abnegation has been destroyed, there is a lot of devastation. There is  also quite a bit of rebellion. Suddenly, Dauntless is split. There are half of them with Erudite (the traitors), and half with Amity (the good). The leader of Erudite, Jeanine Matthews began a hunt for the Divergent. But what does she want with them? Since the Dauntless have been forced out of their home, they need to find new allies. But will they make an ally of the faction less? And will the rebellion happen? I'm going to stop there, to avoid spoiling the end. This book was amazing, but absolutely do not read this until you have read Divergent. 

Counting by 7's

The bookworm says... Yes. Counting by 7's by Holly Goldberg Sloan was a fabulous book. Willow a Chance had an un ordinary life that was about to get stranger. Willow lives in Bakersfield, California. She was adopted when her mother found out she could not have children. Willow is what many people may consider a genius,with obsessions over botany, medical conditions, and the number seven. When she got nervous, she would count up by sevens in her head. On the first day of middle school, she was accused of cheating on a test because she got a perfect score in seventeen minutes. She was sent to the counselor Dell Duke. At one of their appointments she meets Mai and Quang-Ha Nguyen. Dell drives them home, only to get to Willows house and find the news that her parents died. The Nguyen family takes her in behind their nail salon in their garage. When child custody services come, they use Dells apartment. After many custody hearings, who will Willow end up with? After the accident, Willow stopped counting by seven. After the hearing, she started counting by seven. There is always rainbows after rain. This whole, book was amazingly inspiring, from the story of Willow, to the theme, to the quote on the cover, "If you're lost, you might need to swim against the tide". Well done Holly Goldberg Sloan.