I am not usually a fan of mysteries. I don’t know why, but it’s a genre that has never appealed to me. When I was offered a chance to read this series, I reluctantly agreed, and I am glad that I did. And She Was was creepy, interesting, and really fun to read. The disappearance […]
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Salvage By Alexandra Duncan
Salvage Author: Alexandra Duncan Category: Young Adult Publisher: Greenwillow Books Release Date: 4-1-14 Ava, a teenage girl living aboard the male-dominated deep space merchant ship Parastrata, faces betrayal, banishment, and death. Taking her fate into her own hands, she flees to the Gyre, a floating continent of garbage and scrap in the Pacific Ocean, in […]
Panic By Lauren Oliver
Panic Author: Lauren Oliver Category: Young Adult Publisher: Harper Collins Release Date: 3-4-14 Panic began as so many things do in Carp, a dead-end town of 12,000 people in the middle of nowhere: because it was summer, and there was nothing else to do. Heather never thought she would compete in Panic, a legendary game […]
Death Sworn By Leah Cypess
Death Sworn Author: Leah Cypess Category: Young Adult Publisher: Greenwillow Books Release Date: 3-4-14 When Ileni lost her magic, she lost everything: her place in society, her purpose in life, and the man she had expected to spend her life with. So when the Elders sent her to be magic tutor to a secret sect […]
Ignite Me By Tahereh Mafi
Ignite Me (Shatter Me #3) Author: Tahereh Mafi Category: Young Adult Publisher: Harper Collins Release Date: 2-4-14 Juliette now knows she may be the only one who can stop the Reestablishment. But to take them down, she’ll need the help of the one person she never thought she could trust: Warner. And as they work […]
Faking Normal By Courtney C. Stevens
Faking Normal Author: Courtney Stevens Category: Young Adult Publisher: Harper Collins Release Date: 2-4-14 Alexi Littrell hasn’t told anyone what happened to her over the summer. Ashamed and embarrassed, she hides in her closet and compulsively scratches the back of her neck, trying to make the outside hurt more than the inside does. When Bodee […]
Ex Libris Romance: Goodbye, January!
It’s already time to say goodbye to the first month of 2014! Here are a few romances that will help you welcome February, including two romance authors that I really love! Enjoy! Find out more about my romance ratings here. Be With Me Author: J. Lynn Heat: Hot Publisher: Harper Collins Release Date: 2-4-14 Teresa […]
Not A Drop To Drink by Mindy McGinnis
Not A Drop To Drink Author: Mindy McGinnis Category: Young Adult Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Release Date: 9-24-13 Lynn knows every threat to her pond: drought, a snowless winter, coyotes, and, most importantly, people looking for a drink. She makes sure anyone who comes near the pond leaves thirsty, or doesn’t leave at all. Confident […]
The Bitter Kingdom by Rae Carson
The Bitter Kingdom Author: Rae Carson Category: Young Adult Publisher: Greenwillow Books Release Date: 8-27-13 Elisa is a fugitive in her own country. Her enemies have stolen the man she loves in order to lure her to the gate of darkness. As she and her daring companions take one last quest into unknown enemy territory […]
The Distance Between Us by Kasie West
The Distance Between Us Author: Kasie West Category: Young Adult Publisher: Harper Teen Release Date: 7-2-13 Seventeen-year-old Caymen Meyers studies the rich like her own personal science experiment, and after years of observation she’s pretty sure they’re only good for one thing—spending money on useless stuff, like the porcelain dolls in her mother’s shop. So […]