KJ's Book Reviews

  Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Published in 2015 300 pages Written by: Becky Albertalli Rate: 10/10 My summary of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda     Simon is a seventeen-year-old boy who is not openly gay, yet . He has been emailing back and forth with 'Blue' who is also a closeted seventeen-year-old boy who happens to attend the same school as Simon. Simon accidentally leaves his email open and Martin Addison (a boy who goes to Simon's school) finds his private messages with 'Blue' and threatens to out Simon unless Simon helps him get a date with Abby (one of Simon's best friends).  My opinion on Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda     This book had me smiling almost every second I read it. Whether it was the funny one-liners or the cute romantic gestures. I felt like this book definitely deserves all the awards it has received.     I loved the dialogue within the book, I loved the characters, and I just loved reading the book in general. I really liked

I Killed Zoe Spanos Published in 2020 380 pages Written by: Kit Frick Rate: 8/10 My summary of I Killed Zoe Spanos      Anna gets a summer job in Herron Mills, babysitting an eight-year-old named Paisley. Soon she realizes Paisley only chose her for the job because she looked like her old babysitter, Zoe who had disappeared on New Year's Eve. Every time Anna goes out in town she's bombarded by people double-taking, sometimes even asking whether she is  Zoe. That is until Zoe's body turns up in the local lake. All at the same time, Anna can't help but wonder why everything in this town seems so familiar.       Martina is best friends with Aster (Zoe's younger sister), she's been creating a podcast to try and get to the bottom of who killed Zoe Spanos. Martina helps Anna uncover secrets that help lead to who really killed Zoe.  My opinion on I Killed Zoe Spanos      The chapters go back and forth from: then to now, as well as first-person to third-person, and fro