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  • The Selection: Ch 2

    America goes into the treehouse and continues to pretend like we care about the whole “is she pretty or not” question.  Duh, of course she’s pretty.  Lazy writers don’t let the hero be un-pretty, because as we all know, only pretty people can date the pretty boys, and you can’t write a book without pretty…

  • The Selection: Ch 1

    (This review was originally written and published in July of 2012.) I try to go into each book I read without knowing anything about it.  I usually break down about halfway through and check online to see if anyone else has the same problems as me.  But with this book, there was no helping it. …

  • City of Bones: Epilogue

    The hospital hallway was blindingly white. After so many days living by torchlight, gaslight, and eerie witchlight, the fluorescent lighting made things look sallow and unnatural. When Clary signed herself in at the front desk, she noticed that the nurse handing her the clipboard had skin that looked strangely yellowish under the bright lights. Maybe…

  • City of Bones: Ch 23

    Ladies and Gents, this is the last chapter.  Let’s sit back and think for a minute about what our climax involves.  The plot, if we can call it as much, has revolved around one thing: Clary’s mom is missing.  That has been the only thing consistent through this book, and it’s been a pretty weak…

  • City of Bones: Ch 22

    Clary asks Luke about the military guy that she thought was her father.  Turns out he was the son of an old neighbor, and Jocelyn just told Clary he was her father.  (But he actually did die in a car crash, and he was in the Army.)  Clary’s father is Valentine, but I don’t give…

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