I think all of the reviews I’ve read of Not If I See You First comment on how Parker’s voice is so funny, and they are right. She is quick-witted and completely unafraid of making people uncomfortable. She refuses to fit into a box so that others will feel more comfortable with her blindness. As […]
Category: Little Brown
My Best Everything By Sarah Tomp
My Best Everything was a book that had a very interesting premise, but with a somewhat uneven delivery. I felt very sorry for Lulu. She worked so hard to get out of that town and had her dreams pulled out from under her. Her mother’s mental illness compounded her feeling that she had to get […]
Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future By A.S. King
I never really know what I am going to get when I read an A.S. King book, but I do know that it is going to be interesting and engaging, and Glory O’Brien’s History Of The Future was certainly that. Glory is a rather disaffected teen who is rapidly approaching graduation and has no […]
Salt & Storm By Kendall Kulper
Salt & Storm had a great plot and a lot of potential but I was left mostly disappointed by the end. Avery comes from a along line of witches and is ready to take her rightful place on the island when her mother takes her from that life and binds anyone from helping her return […]
The 100 by Kass Morgan
The 100 Author: Kass Morgan Category: Young Adult Publisher: Little, Brown Release Date: 9-3-13 In the future, humans live in city-like spaceships orbiting far above Earth’s toxic atmosphere. No one knows when, or even if, the long-abandoned planet will be habitable again. But faced with dwindling resources and a growing populace, government leaders know they […]
Reality Boy by A.S. King
Reality Boy Author: A.S. King Category: Young Adult Publisher: Little, Brown Release Date: 10-22-13 Gerald Faust knows exactly when he started feeling angry: the day his mother invited a reality television crew into his five-year-old life. Twelve years later, he’s still haunted by his rage-filled youth—which the entire world got to watch from every imaginable […]
The Coldest Girl In Coldtown by Holly Black
The Coldest Girl In Coldtown Author: Holly Black Category: Young Adult Publisher: Little, Brown Release Date: 9-3-13 Tana lives in a world where walled cities called Coldtowns exist. In them, quarantined monsters and humans mingle in a decadently bloody mix of predator and prey. The only problem is, once you pass through Coldtown’s gates, you […]
When You Were Here by Daisy Whitney
When You Were Here Author: Daisy Whitney Category: Young Adult Publisher: Little, Brown Release Date: 6-4-13 Danny’s mother lost her five-year battle with cancer three weeks before his graduation-the one day that she was hanging on to see. Now Danny is left alone, with only his memories, his dog, and his heart-breaking ex-girlfriend for company. […]
Ex Libris Audio: Ask The Passengers
Find out more information about this feature and my ratings here. Ask The Passengers Author: A.S. King Narrator: Devon Sorvari Performance: Excellent Available Now Astrid Jones desperately wants to confide in someone, but her mother’s pushiness and her father’s lack of interest tell her they’re the last people she can trust. Instead, Astrid spends hours […]
The Lucy Variations by Sara Zarr
The Lucy Variations Author: Sara Zarr Category: Young Adult Publisher: Little, Brown Release Date: 5-7-13 Lucy Beck-Moreau once had a promising future as a concert pianist. The right people knew her name, her performances were booked months in advance, and her future seemed certain. That was all before she turned fourteen. Now, at sixteen, it’s […]