HookedAuthor: Liz FicheraCategory: Young AdultFormat: eGalleyPublisher: Harlequin TeenRelease Date: 1-29-13When Native American Fredricka ‘Fred’ Oday is invited to become the only girl on the school’s golf team, she can’t say no. This is an opportunity to shine, win a scholarship and go to university, something no one in her family has done. But Fred’s presence […]
Month: February 2013
Ex Libris Romance: February Fun!
Today, I’m giving a quick run-down of three books I read in February that I thought you might want to know about. There were more hits than misses this month, so scroll down for some romance suggestions. If you’d like to learn more about my romance rating system, go here. All He Ever DesiredAuthor: Shannon […]
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
The StorytellerAuthor: Jodi PicoultCategory: FictionFormat: eGalleyPublisher: AtriaRelease Date: 2-26-13Sage Singer, who befriends an old man who’s particularly beloved in her community. Josef Weber is everyone favorite retired teacher and Little League coach and they strike up a friendship at the bakery where Sage works. One day he asks Sage for a favor: to kill him. […]
Requiem by Lauren Oliver
If you have read Delirium and Pandemonium, this review is spoiler free. RequiemAuthor: Lauren OliverCategory: Young AdultFormat: ARC (borrowed)Publisher: Harper TeenRelease Date: 3-5-13Now an active member of the resistance, Lena has been transformed. The nascent rebellion that was under way in Pandemonium has ignited into an all-out revolution in Requiem, and Lena is at the […]
Ex Libris Audio: The Indigo Spell
Find out more information about this feature and my ratings here. The Indigo Spell Author: Richelle Mead Narrator: Emily Shaffer Performance: Excellent Publisher: Penguin Available Now In the aftermath of a forbidden moment that rocked Sydney to her core, she finds herself struggling to draw the line between her Alchemist teachings and what her heart […]
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Eleanor and Park Author: Rainbow Rowell Category: Young Adult Format: eGalley Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Release Date: 2-26-13 Set over the course of one school year in 1986, ELEANOR AND PARK is the story of two star-crossed misfits – smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to […]
YA Paranormal Giveaway Hop
Welcome to the YA Paranormal Giveaway Hop hosted by I Am A Reader Not A Writer and YA Between The Lines. There have been some great paranormal books released recently, so I’d like to offer the chance for TWO winners to pick a book from the list below! These are all books that I have […]
Dance of Shadows by Yelena Black
Dance of ShadowsAuthor: Yelena BlackCategory: Young AdultFormat: eGalleyPublisher: BloomsburyRelease Date: 2-12-13Dancing with someone is an act of trust. Elegant and intimate; you’re close enough to kiss, close enough to feel your partner’s heartbeat. But for Vanessa, dance is deadly – and she must be very careful who she trusts Vanessa Adler attends an elite ballet […]
Mind Games by Kiersten White
Mind Games Author: Kiersten White Category: Young Adult Format: eGalley Publisher: Harper Teen Release Date: 2-19-13 Fia was born with flawless instincts. Her first impulse, her gut feeling, is always exactly right. Her sister, Annie, is blind to the world around her—except when her mind is gripped by strange visions of the future. Trapped in […]
Shadowlands by Kate Brian
ShadowlandsAuthor: Kate BrianCategory: Young AdultFormat: ARCPublisher: Disney-HyperionRelease Date: 1-8-13Rory Miller had one chance to fight back and she took it. Rory survived… and the serial killer who attacked her escaped. Now that the infamous Steven Nell is on the loose, Rory must enter the witness protection with her father and sister, Darcy, leaving their friends […]