Noggin Author: John Corey Whaley Category: Young Adult Publisher: Atheneum Books Release Date: 4-8-14 Listen — Travis Coates was alive once and then he wasn’t. Now he’s alive again. Simple as that. The in between part is still a little fuzzy, but he can tell you that, at some point or another, his head got […]
Category: Simon and Schuster
Fire With Fire by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian
“Later, when I think about the look in Reeve’s eyes, and I remember what he said about how there should be consequences for the bad things people do, I feel dread, because I know he’s right. There will be consequences, for all of us.” – eGalley pg. 335 I was so happy to be […]
The Gravity of Birds by Tracy Guzeman
The Gravity of Birds Author: Tracy Guzeman Category: Fiction Publisher: Simon and Schuster Release Date: 8-6-13 Forty-four years after Alice and Natalie Kessler first met the brilliant young painter, Thomas Bayber, Bayber unveils a never-before-seen work, Kessler Sisters—a provocative painting depicting the young Thomas, Alice, and Natalie. Bayber asks Dennis Finch, an art history professor, […]
Dirty Little Secret by Jennifer Echols
Dirty Little Secret Author: Jennifer Echols Category: Young Adult Publisher: MTV Books Release Date: 7-16-13 Bailey wasn’t always a wild child and the black sheep of her family. She used to play fiddle and tour the music circuit with her sister, Julie, who sang and played guitar. That ended when country music execs swooped in […]
Ex Libris Audio: Tithe
Find out more information about this feature and my ratings here. It is no secret that I love Holly Black and when you pair a Holly Black book with one of my favorite audiobook narrators, you have a definite win! Tithe Author: Holly Black Narrator: Kate Rudd Performance: Excellent Available Now Sixteen-year-old Kaye is a […]
Criminal by Terra Elan McVoy
Criminal Author: Terra Elan McVoy Category: Young Adult Publisher: Simon Pulse Release Date: 5-7-13 Nikki’s life is far from perfect, but at least she has Dee. Her friends tell her that Dee is no good, but Nikki can’t imagine herself without him. He’s hot, he’s dangerous, he has her initials tattooed over his heart, and […]
The Sea Of Tranquility by Katja Millay
The Sea of Tranquility Author: Katja Millay Category: Young Adult Publisher: Atria Release Date: 6-4-13 Former piano prodigy Nastya Kashnikov wants two things: to get through high school without anyone learning about her past and to make the boy who took everything from her—her identity, her spirit, her will to live—pay. Josh Bennett’s story is […]
Winger by Andrew Smith
Winger Author: Andrew Smith Category: Young Adult Format: eGalley Publisher: Simon and Schuster Release Date: 5-17-13 Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids. He’s living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby team. And he’s madly in love with […]
Ex Libris Audio: The Poison Princess and Last Kiss Goodnight
I have two reviews today! Both are paranormal stories, one in the Young Adult category and the other in Adult Paranormal Romance. Find out more information about this feature and my ratings here. The Poison Princess Author: Kresely Cole Narrator: Emma Galvin, Keith Nobbs Performance: Good Sixteen year old Evangeline “Evie” Greene leads a charmed […]
Legacy of the Clockwork Key by Kristin Bailey
Legacy of the Clockwork Key Author: Kristin Bailey Category: Young Adult Format: eGalley Publisher: Simon Pulse Release Date: 3-5-13 When a fire consumes Meg’s home, killing her parents and destroying both her fortune and her future, all she has left is the tarnished pocket watch she rescued from the ashes. But this is no ordinary […]