Valerie Zhang
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Valerie is sixteen. She attends a boarding school near Boston, where she writes, reads, and attempts to be a studious student. She's too lazy to write the rest of this bio, so follow her on Twitter @torquoiseworld because shameless self-promotion is alive and thriving!

Book Review: Witch Finder by Ruth Warburton

Today my friends got into an argument about whether or not criteria for a “good” English book are objective or not. Of course, I believe that while writing can be subjective, it is for the most part objective. Nonetheless, no…

Book Review: Manor of Secrets by Katherine Longshore

Although I’d like to pride myself as a seasoned, experienced book critic, unfortunately I’m too picky to be one. Don’t critics have to be picky? Yes, but in my case, I’m too picky to pick up anything other than contemporary…

Book Review: The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson

Oh. My. God. The Sky is Everywhere has been one of my favorites for two years now, but I never had the courage to review it. Simply put, this novel is just too good to review. When every single word…

Book Review: The Lost Boys by Lilian Carmine

The Lost Boys lives up to its title. By this sentence, I mean that The Lost Boys makes me feel lost. And it made me think, boy, this book isn’t as great as I expected it to be! Warning: Ranting…

Book Review: Better off Friends by Elizabeth Eulberg

You guessed it. Better off Friends is basically about crossing the line from best friends to best couple but with a lot of complications along the way. Macallan and Levi are the victims of the best friend but nothing more…

Top 10 YA Books about Music

I used to be a musician. Now the role of playing music has gone to the actually talented people. As for my current job, I simply look for books about music that I loved to pieces. Or notes. Take your…

Book Review: The Moment Before by Suzy Vitello

In The Moment Before, protagonist Brady Wilson slowly uncovers the truth about her sister Sabine’s death and the moments leading up to it. Along the way, she befriends the accused killer Connor and many others. As Sabine realizes, nothing is…