The G's

     The first time I saw this book in the library, it immediately caught my eye. I loved the cover art and decided to look at the summary. I read it and was disappointed since it didn't seem to have a very interesting or entertaining plot. I put it back and forgot about it for a couple of weeks. While scrounging for my next read, I found this title again and decided to finally pick it up and just read it. To my surprise, I actually enjoyed the first couple of chapters. Although the author didn't have that spark of masterful writing, it actually is interesting so far.      The main character, Dylan, a chef in his family restaurant, aspires to win a mooncake contest in honor of his deceased mother. The restaurant is struggling financially, so Dylan has to deliver the food himself. He briefly meets a guy named Theo in a huge penthouse during one of his deliveries, when Theo’s friend is being a difficult customer. A couple of days later, Theo decides...

            "Prodigy" is the second novel in the Legend trilogy series and in my opinion, is the best. "Prodigy" was written by Marie Lu and published on January 8th, 2013, just a little over a year after "Legend" was published. Unlike "Legend," "Prodigy" is not based in Los Angeles, but instead is majorly based in Las Vegas. One of the most major events that occur in this book is that the Elector Primo, the Republic's president, dies and his son, Anden takes his place.          Similar to "Legend," "Prodigy" continues the character-by-character chapter between June and Day. I don't think that this style of writing is particularly the best because there is information said in one character's section and then moves on, but then is brought back to later in the next character. This is a bit annoying because I would be reading something completely random and then when the other character's chapter came, i...

 Piranesi is an overrated book by Linden Peters                              One of Giovanni Piranesi’s artworks, looks a lot like the house **Contains spoilers (in case you still want to read this book)**      I started reading Piranesi  by Susanne Clarke thinking it would be an amazing novel. It won the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021 Award and had countless 5 star reviews. However, upon reading this book, I had a "That's it?" reaction. (Note before the review: I did not get all the way through this book. Most of my information about the ending stretch is from my family who have completely read the book as well as wikipedia.)     The  story is set in a place called "The House," an infinite labyrinth full of infinite halls and vestibules, containing a large number of statues. The main character has lived here for longer than he can remember, and he can’t...

  Solo  by Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess was published on August 1, 2017. Unlike any other book I've read, each page is in poetry style, with each page using poems to explain the story. The book is about a seventeen year named Blade Morrison, who is a musician. His foster mother had died and his rock star father struggles with drugs and addiction with dreams of making a comeback into the music industry. In reality, the only thing Blade shares with his father, Rutherford Morrison, is his passion for music. Blade has a girlfriend named Chapel, but her parents forbidden their relationship with assumptions of Blade becoming just like his father. Eventually Blade is faced with the realizations that he may lose Chapel forever, and the long-held family secret that his sister, Storm, has kept for so long and leaves him questioning if everything is true. The only thing that could save Blade from these disastrous events happening was a letter and a ticket to Ghana; which could eit...