Fond of Fonts

A good series always ends with a dynamic prequel!      Let's flash backwards to Suzanne Collins' world of Panem, where President Snow is merely eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow making his way through his senior year in the Capitol's prestigious high school. He's preparing to become one of the 24 first student mentors in the Tenth Annual Hunger Games. Readers see a historic version of Panem, decades before Katniss Everdeen was even a blimp on the country's radar of civilization. Irony is alive and well in this prequel, however, as Snow's tribute as an unlikely female located in none other than... District 12!      Snow is fascinated by Lucy Gray, a witty-unconventional young woman who claims to not actually be from District 12 originally, but apart of a small traveling music group known as the Covey. The entire novel has short but meaningful instances featuring songs and music. Melodies shared among characters, all familiar as they are referenc...

I have never wanted to recommend an author more than I do Lisa Jewell. Once again, her suspense novel has taken me for a tailspin. The Girls in the Garden   centers around a thirteen-year-old girl who is found in a community park, half-exposed and passed out. She's discovered by her little sister and the entire community of neighbors are surged forward into a chaotic whirlwind of who-dunnit scenarios. However, a majority of the book is spent in the BEFORE stages of the young girl, Grace's, unfortunate circumstance. Centered around her, her little sister, Pip, and their mother, Clare, the three women move into the cliquey neighborhood, Virginia Crescent. Everyone knows everyone, pasts intertwine and the present is impacted by what once was. Loyalties have been established and trust is a hard characteristic to gain among these people. The three ladies have a hard time fitting in at first, but seem to mingle their way among the sets of parents and children, finding a peaceful...

Lisa Jewell's novel, Then She Was Gone ,   is a riveting suspense novel circled around the disappearance of an adolescent girl. The story line follows a mother, Laurel Mack, who's life has shattered after her daughter, Ellie, has disappeared without a trace. The timeline takes place both leading up to the disappearance and ten years after , when her remains are finally discovered and her parents put her to rest. Laurel and her husband, Paul, end up divorcing in light of everything and she ends up finding a new man in her life. This man, Floyd, changes Laurel's world in more ways than one--more so than her daughter's devastating disappearance. Laurel's life is turned upside down when secrets are revealed, from over ten years ago and up to the very moment of her discovering them. Characters interweave throughout the novel, exposing both past and present relationships. Laurel uncovers the truth of what happened to her daughter years ago, which also impacts her pres...

Another suspense novel in the books! I spent the entire novel attempting to identify what exactly the plot was and still ended up floored with the results in the end. Even the very last page stunned me! A complete connection to Gone Girl , in my opinion, which is saying a lot from me, considering that suspense novel had me contemplating concepts for a while. Based in the UK, Lisa Jewell's suspense novel, Watching You,  follows the day-to-day lives of a group of neighbors. All variable ages and backgrounds, watching the story line of the novel unfold meant understanding the weaving of every character's story into one another's. What I considered, and I'm sure other readers did as well, to be the crime wasn't entirely correct at all. Jewell has the ability to keep readers in suspense the entire time of the novel, having them believe a supposed crime was occurring, when in fact it wasn't. Jewell's attention to detail and development of characters is vital ...

its never really about/ where you are but/ who you're with/yet/it isn't so bad when/ the scenery changes/ the city where tea tax was a/ horrendous offense/ clam chowder is a once-in-a-/ lifetime dish +/ witches' home stories are less/ than two hours away. BOSTON where i held his hand/ strolled down sidewalks +/ fell in love all over again with him/ our adventure/ and everything/ bet(in)ween - Spring 2019 (4/30)

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i will huff, puff + blow your house down i'll manipulate a pin to prick you + slumber you -- to death i'll prowl + seduce your four-legged prodigies, then wear their fame upon my shoulders not only will your foot never land in a shoe that should've never fit -- i'll shatter that glass + slit any other mention of the word happy to your ending better yet, i'll inquire about your life + happiness with chagrin --                                             then spit on your grave                                             when you're long                                             gone . . . - modern day Cruella (4/28)