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Review: The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

October 2, 2015 / 11 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Review: The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

Warning: There is some profanity in this book and this review – it’s not extreme, but it might be something that puts some parents off.  I’m gonna tell it to you straight: The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness is bit of a roast. It’s funny, it’s snarky, and it doesn’t hold back on making fun of some of the conventional concepts and ideas in YA books right now. This is only my second Patrick Ness book (my first was The Knife of Never Letting Go), but it’s vastly different from the one I read before, which […]

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Waiting on Wednesday: The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

February 18, 2015 / 5 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book Memes, Waiting on Wednesday
Waiting on Wednesday: The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

The Rest of Us Just Live Here Author: Patrick Ness Publisher: Walker Books / Harper Teen Expected publication date: August 27, 2015 / October 6, 2015 What if you weren’t the Chosen One? What if you’re not the one who’s so often the hero in YA fiction; who’s supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death? What if you were like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows […]

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