It’s been busy for the last few weeks and I have some awesome books to share! Purchased: The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson I ordered this book from the fabulous Blue Willow Bookshop in Houston and it came with a bunch of awesome stickers and a signed book plate!! How To Say Goodbye in Robot […]
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A very happy-making package from Macmillan arrived this week: From HMH and NetGalley From Penguin and NetGalley: One really fun thing that happened this week was a trip to Blue Willow Books for the Marissa Meyer signing! Marissa was very funny and talked a lot about her writing process and told some gory fairy tales. […]
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I had a great few weeks, thanks to NetGalley! From Scholastic: Revenge of the Girl With The Great Personality by Elizabeth EulbergThe Fire Horse Girl by Kay Honeyman From Random House: Deep Betrayal by Anne Greenwood Brown From Penguin: The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door by Karen Finneyfrock My mailbox was also very good to […]
Ex Libris Audio: Chime
Find out more information about this feature and my ratings here. ChimeAuthor: Franny BillingsleyNarrator: Susan DuerdenPerformance: ExcellentPublisher: Penguin AudioAvailable NowBefore Briony’s stepmother died, she made sure Briony blamed herself for all the family’s hardships. Now Briony has worn her guilt for so long it’s become a second skin. She often escapes to the swamp, where […]
Reached by Ally Condie
**If you have read Matched and Crossed, this review is spoiler free.** ReachedAuthor: Ally CondieCategory: Young AdultFormat: ARCPublisher: DuttonRelease Date: 11-13-12After leaving Society and desperately searching for the Rising—and each other—Cassia and Ky have found what they were looking for, but at the cost of losing each other yet again: Cassia has been assigned to […]
My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
My Life Next Door Author: Huntley Fitzpatrick Genre: Young Adult Format: ebook Publisher: Dial Release Date: 6-14-12 The Garretts are everything the Reeds are not. Loud, numerous, messy, affectionate. And every day from her balcony perch, seventeen-year-old Samantha Reed wishes she was one of them . . . until one summer evening, Jase Garrett climbs […]
Chopsticks by Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Corral
Chopsticks Author: Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Corral Genre: Young Adult Format: Paperback Publisher: Razorbill Release Date: 2-2-12 After her mother died, Glory retreated into herself and her music. Her single father raised her as a piano prodigy, with a rigid schedule and the goal of playing sold-out shows across the globe. Now, as a teenager, […]
Island Of Wings by Karin Altenberg
Island Of Wings Author: Karin Altenberg Genre: Fiction Format: ebook Publisher: Penguin Release Date: 12-27-11 July, 1830. On the ten-hour sail west from the Hebrides to the islands of St. Kilda, everything lies ahead for Lizzie and Neil McKenzie. Neil is to become the minister to the small community of islanders, and Lizzie, his new […]
Crossed by Ally Condie
Crossed Author: Ally Condie Genre: Young Adult Format: ebook Publisher: Dutton Release Date: 11-1-11 Cassia has been separated from her family, from Xander and from Ky. She is determined to find Ky and risks her life by traveling to the outer provinces and escaping The Society. Her journey brings her to Ky, but she also […]
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Mia Hall is a talented musician with a quirky, supportive family and a boyfriend who loves her. On the brink of a promising future, a devastating accident threatens to take all of it away. If I Stay lets you into Mia’s mind as she decides whether she will stay in this life or move on. […]