Month: December 2013


The Impossible Knife Of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson

The Impossible Knife Of Memory Author: Laurie Halse Anderson Category: Young Adult Publisher: Viking Release Date: 1-7-14 For the past five years, Hayley Kincaid and her father, Andy, have been on the road, never staying long in one place as he struggles to escape the demons that have tortured him since his return from Iraq. […]

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The Promise Of Amazing By Robin Constantine

The Promise Of Amazing Author: Robin Constantine Category: Young Adult Publisher: Balzar+Bray Release Date: 12-31-13 Wren Caswell is average. Ranked in the middle of her class at Sacred Heart, she’s not popular, but not a social misfit. Wren is the quiet, “good” girl who’s always done what she’s supposed to—only now in her junior year, […]

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Midwinters Eve Giveaway Hop!

Welcome to the Midwinter’s Eve Giveaway Hop hosted by Bookhounds and I Am A Reader Not A Writer. The books I’m putting up for giveaways are firsts or seconds in series that are either continuing or ending next month.  There are some fantastic sequels coming out in January, so if you’d like to get started, […]

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Murder And Moonshine By Carol Miller

Murder And Moonshine: A Mystery Author: Carol Miller Category: Mystery Publisher: Minotaur Books Release Date: 12-17-13 All small towns have secrets—and plenty of them—as every small town waitress knows. Daisy is no different. A young, recently-separated waitress at H&P’s Diner in sleepy southwestern Virginia, she hears more than her fair share of neighborhood gossip while […]

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Ex Libris Romance: Recent Reads!

    Are you looking for a few books to read over the holiday break?  Here are some romances that I’ve read and enjoyed, recently. Find out more about my romance ratings here. A Little Too Much Author: Lisa Desrochers Heat: Hot Publisher: William Morrow Available Now Twenty-two year old Hilary McIntyre would like nothing […]

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Book Blast: The Offering by Kimberly Derting

The Offering by Kimberly Derting True love—and world war—is at stake in the conclusion to The Pledge trilogy, a dark and romantic blend of dystopia and fantasy. Charlie, otherwise known as Queen Charlaina of Ludania, has become comfortable as a leader and a ruler. She’s done admirable work to restore Ludania’s broken communications systems with […]

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Infinityglass by Myra McEntire

Infinityglass Author: Myra McEntire Category: Young Adult Publisher: Egmont Release Date: 8-6-13 The Hourglass is a secret organization focused on the study of manipulating time, and its members — many of them teenagers -­have uncanny abilities to make time work for them in mysterious ways. Inherent in these powers is a responsibility to take great […]

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