https://padlet.com/vanpelt_kaylee/5257mzdig6ig Welcome to Look At A Book. On this website you will find book recommendations, book reviews, and talk to other book lovers. My goal for this website is to encourage more people to read. Many people have trouble finding a book that interests them. My hope is that this website will be able to show people different book ratings and reviews. Down below pick your genre, find a picture of your book, and write a review! Scroll over to find more genres. Reading is very beneficial in life. Reading a book can help you see the world from someone else’s eyes, which can increase empathy. A character in a book is like being around an inspiring person. You read through inspiring actions, feel passion, and wish to live a better life. Another example of why reading is beneficial is reading helps improve your writing. While reading, you strengthen your vocabulary and good writing techniques. (Ariel Abke, Unbound) These are just a few examples of why people should read. I feel as it is also important to hear what other books people like. You can get different points of views and hear about books that you haven’t heard of. Happy Reading! en-us 2019-02-22 17:44:56 UTC 2023-03-02 17:27:14 UTC hello@padlet.com vanpelt_kaylee https://padlet.com/vanpelt_kaylee/5257mzdig6ig/wish/334253943 By: Marissa Meyer

Secret Identities. Extraordinary Powers. She wants vengeance. He wants justice.

The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies — humans with extraordinary abilities — who emerged from the ruins of a crumbled society and established peace and order where chaos reigned. As champions of justice, they remain a symbol of hope and courage to everyone... except the villains they once overthrew.

Nova has a reason to hate the Renegades, and she is on a mission for vengeance. As she gets closer to her target, she meets Adrian, a Renegade boy who believes in justice — and in Nova. But Nova's allegiance is to a villain who has the power to end them both.

I would rate this book a 5/5. I just kept wanting to read. ]]> 2019-02-22 17:52:14 UTC https://padlet.com/vanpelt_kaylee/5257mzdig6ig/wish/334253943 vanpelt_kaylee https://padlet.com/vanpelt_kaylee/5257mzdig6ig/wish/334259209 By: Sabaa Tahir

Laia is a slave. Elias is a soldier. Neither is free.
 
Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear. It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. The family ekes out an existence in the Empire’s impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge the Empire. They’ve seen what happens to those who do.
 
But when Laia’s brother is arrested for treason, Laia is forced to make a decision. In exchange for help from rebels who promise to rescue her brother, she will risk her life to spy for them from within the Empire’s greatest military academy. There, Laia meets Elias, the school’s finest soldier—and secretly, its most unwilling. Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he’s being trained to enforce. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined—and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself.

I would rate this book a 4.5/5. This book was very exciting and thrilling to read. ]]> 2019-02-22 18:02:32 UTC https://padlet.com/vanpelt_kaylee/5257mzdig6ig/wish/334259209 vanpelt_kaylee https://padlet.com/vanpelt_kaylee/5257mzdig6ig/wish/334260993 By: Kiera Cass

For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in a palace and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince Maxon.

But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her. Leaving her home to enter a fierce competition for a crown she doesn't want. Living in a palace that is constantly threatened by violent rebel attacks.

Then America meets Prince Maxon. Gradually, she starts to question all the plans she's made for herself—and realizes that the life she's always dreamed of may not compare to a future she never imagined.

I would rate this book a 5/5. This whole series was very exciting and romantic. ]]> 2019-02-22 18:05:27 UTC https://padlet.com/vanpelt_kaylee/5257mzdig6ig/wish/334260993 https://padlet.com/vanpelt_kaylee/5257mzdig6ig/wish/334316641 By: Carolyn Lee Adams

Ruth Carver has always competed like her life depends on it. Ambitious. Tough. Maybe even mean. It’s no wonder people call her Ruthless.

When she wakes up with a concussion in the bed of a moving pickup truck, she realizes she has been entered into a contest she can’t afford to lose.

At a remote, rotting cabin deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Ruth’s blindfold comes off and she comes face-to-face with her captor. A man who believes his mission is to punish bad girls like Ruth. A man who has done this six times before.

The other girls were never heard from again, but Ruth won’t go down easy. She escapes into the wilderness, but her hunter is close at her heels. That’s when the real battle begins. That’s when Ruth must decides just how far she’ll go in order to survive.

Back home, they called her Ruthless. They had no idea just how right they were.

I would rate this book a 4.5/5. It was very action packed and kept me on the edge of my toes at all times. It was a unique book and I would read it again any day.]]> 2019-02-22 19:53:58 UTC https://padlet.com/vanpelt_kaylee/5257mzdig6ig/wish/334316641 https://padlet.com/vanpelt_kaylee/5257mzdig6ig/wish/334319025 By: Patrick Ness

An unflinching, darkly funny, and deeply moving story of a boy, his seriously ill mother, and an unexpected monstrous visitor. 

At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting - he's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments. The monster in his backyard is different. It's ancient. And wild. And it wants something from Conor. Something terrible and dangerous. It wants the truth.

From the final idea of award-winning author Siobhan Dowd - whose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself - Patrick Ness has spun a haunting and darkly funny novel of mischief, loss, and monsters both real and imagined.

I rate this book a 5/5 for sure. This book was incredible. The illustrations made by Jim Cay were breath taking. It really drew me into the story.

]]> 2019-02-22 19:59:30 UTC https://padlet.com/vanpelt_kaylee/5257mzdig6ig/wish/334319025 https://padlet.com/vanpelt_kaylee/5257mzdig6ig/wish/334320324 By: C.J. Omololu

Identical twins. Identical DNA. Identical suspects. It's Pretty Little Liars meets Revenge in this edge-of-your-seat thriller with a shocking twist.

When they were little, Lexi and her identical twin, Ava, made up a third sister, Alicia. If something broke? Alicia did it. Cookies got eaten? Alicia's guilty. Alicia was always to blame for everything. The game is all grown up now that the girls are seniors. They use Alicia as their cover to go out with boys who are hot but not exactly dating material. Boys they'd never, ever be with in real life.

Now one of the guys Alicia went out with has turned up dead, and Lexi wants to stop the game for good. As coincidences start piling up, Ava insists that if they follow the rules for being Alicia, everything will be fine. But when another boy is killed, the DNA evidence and surveillance photos point to only one suspect: Alicia. The girl who doesn't exist. As she runs from the cops, Lexi has to find the truth before another boy is murdered. Because either Ava is a killer…or Alicia is real.

I would rate this book a 4.5/5. I thought I knew what was going to happen in this book but the end had me totally surprised.

]]> 2019-02-22 20:02:54 UTC https://padlet.com/vanpelt_kaylee/5257mzdig6ig/wish/334320324 https://padlet.com/vanpelt_kaylee/5257mzdig6ig/wish/334321547 By: Angie Thomas
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed.

Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil’s name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr.

But what Starr does—or does not—say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.]]> 2019-02-22 20:05:55 UTC https://padlet.com/vanpelt_kaylee/5257mzdig6ig/wish/334321547