Not even close to get a "pass". I had really high hopes on this book but I lost them when I had only 10 pages left to finish it and NOTHING had happened yet. The book is purely a diary both written and on camera, and of course it has a teen style of expressing, but being a teen shouldn't be paral...
Blue's twin sister Iris died three years ago and the family hasn't really gotten over it. Mom travels the world with her job for Bootylicious Cosmetics. Dad spends most of his time in Warwick. Blue has become invisible and hides behind her camera. The family is taken care of by au pair Zoran and ...
INSIDE THE RICHMOND HILL RETIREMENT HOME. A large room, shabby but pleasant. Worn beige carpet, French windows on to a garden. A big table covered in magazines. Bookcases full of books. Lots and lots of armchairs covered in flowery fabric, all turned towards the back of t...
At some point in the early morning, I was conscious of the sound of horses, the carriage being brought round to drive Mr. Collins to the coach, but it was daylight when I stirred again, a beautiful morning, not like winter at all. Kitty opened the curtains and I woke to the feeling of sunlight wa...
Chairs are arranged in two neat rows upon which sit FLORA, ZACH, TWIG, DODI, and ZORAN. All the lamps in the room have been assembled by the piano, where JAS stands in a pool of light, looking like the proverbial trapped bunny. The rest of the room is in darkness. (Applaus...
Cars, vans, delivery trucks, taxis and red double-decker buses crawl through rush-hour traffic. Bicycles, scooters and motorbikes weave around them. The weather is fine again after a rainy weekend, but it is clear that summer is over. The sun is lower, the light softer. The sun shines but there i...