I picked up this book expecting another manic pixie dream guy story, but Digby is only an MPGD if said pixie was living in an absinthe bottle and playing with matches. The story starts at the end and then rewinds the tape (look it up, kids) and goes back to the beginning. Zoe’s life […]
Category: Penguin
Review + Giveaway: Not After Everything
Not After Everything is told from the point of view of Tyler, and when I say his point of view, I mean we are getting an unfiltered look in to the brain of a teen boy who is barely holding on. Tyler’s raw and unfiltered voice was distinctive and well written. This is not […]
Ex Libris Audio: Out Of The Easy
Out Of The Easy Author: Ruta Sepetys Narrator: Lauren Fortgang Performance: Excellent Available Now It’s 1950, and as the French Quarter of New Orleans simmers with secrets, seventeen-year-old Josie Moraine is silently stirring a pot of her own. Known among locals as the daughter of a brothel prostitute, Josie wants more out of life than […]
Half Bad By Sally Green
Half Bad Author: Sally Green Category: Young Adult Publisher: Viking Release Date: 3-4-14 In modern-day England, witches live alongside humans: White witches, who are good; Black witches, who are evil; and fifteen-year-old Nathan, who is both. Nathan’s father is the world’s most powerful and cruel Black witch, and his mother is dead. He is hunted […]
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 […]
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. […]
Ex Libris Audio: Me Before You
All I heard about this book was how good is was. People also talked a lot about crying, which was accurate, because there are parts that are very sad. You know right away that it is going to be a gut wrenching story because you have two people who are hopelessly lost in […]
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (Between #1) Author: April Genevieve Tucholke Category: Young Adult Publisher: Dial Release Date:8-15-13 Nothing much exciting rolls through Violet White’s sleepy, seaside town…until River West comes along. River rents the guesthouse behind Violet’s crumbling estate, and as eerie, grim things start to happen, Violet begins to wonder […]
Remainders (18)
I am never more grateful to live in Texas than when I go to the Texas Library Association annual convention. I was lucky enough to attend this year’s convention and had a fabulous time! Even though the book bloggers see each other on Twitter every day, it’s always nice to meet-up in person. It’s also […]
The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door by Karen Finneyfrock
The Sweet Revenge of Celia DoorAuthor: Karen FinneyfrockCategory: Young AdultFormat: eGalleyPublisher: VikingRelease Date: 2-21-13 Celia Door enters her freshman year of high school with giant boots, dark eyeliner, and a thirst for revenge against Sandy Firestone, the girl who did something unspeakable to Celia last year. But then Celia meets Drake, the cool new kid […]