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Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles)
If you like fairytale retellings, this book is the one for you! This Cinderella story set in a futuristic Earth with cyborgs and Lunar beings is the perfect start to...
Posted by Book Rex on January 2, 2020
Steelheart
Twelve years ago, a red star named Calamity appeared in the sky. Its appearance coincided with people manifesting all sorts of comic book hero style powers. These people are called...
Posted by Adult Services on December 5, 2019
Long Way Down
Written in free verse narrative, the book beings with Will’s brother getting shot in the streets of their neighborhood. After his death, Will finds his brother’s gun and sets out...
Posted by Book Rex on November 21, 2019
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
Jay Reguero had always felt a bit out of place. With a Filipino father and an American mother, there was always a part of him that struggled with his own...
Posted by Book Rex on October 5, 2019
Skyward
Humanity lives underground on an alien world, under threat of annihilation by a race called the Krell, who they know nothing about. Spensa is a seventeen year old girl with...
Posted by Adult Services on August 20, 2019
Midwinterblood
Containing elements of mystery, horror, romance, history, and the paranormal, Midwinterblood is difficult to describe without giving too much away or just listing more descriptors like “sweeping” and “mystical.”
Posted by Book Rex on March 26, 2019
Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful
“Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful” examines the definition of ‘human’ and how technological advancements in our world can change it.
Posted by Book Rex on March 11, 2019
Spider-man: Homecoming
In this superhero action/adventure movie, we join Peter Parker (Spider-man) after his big debut with the Avengers. The famous Tony Stark (Iron Man) has made Peter his protegee, equipping him...
Posted by Book Rex on January 31, 2019
Asking For It
Emma O’Donovan is aware of her beauty. In her hometown of Ballinatoom, Ireland, Emma is envied and loved, and works hard to keep her reputation. One night out with friends...
Posted by Book Rex on December 20, 2018
Finding Audrey
Audrey has been diagnosed with anxiety disorder and depressive episodes. "Episodes," she sas. "Like, depression is a sitcom with a fun punchline each time."
Posted by Book Rex on December 15, 2018
Six of Crows
Think Ocean’s Eleven, if the Ocean’s Eleven crew contained six teenage misfits living in medieval, high-fantasy Amsterdam. Presented with the opportunity of a lifetime (read: more money than he could’ve...
Posted by Book Rex on November 20, 2018
Speak: The Graphic Novel
Carroll uses a grayscale palette to wonderful effect in this highly successful and modernized graphic novel adaptation of Anderson’s classic, and the accessible writing is all the more commanding due...
Posted by Book Rex on August 30, 2018