How Zoe Made Her Dreams (Mostly) Come TrueAuthor: Sarah StrohmeyerCategory: Young AdultFormat: eGalleyPublisher: Balzar + BrayRelease Date: 4-23-13When cousins Zoe and Jess land summer internships at the Fairyland Kingdom theme park, they are sure they’ve hit the jackpot. With perks like hot Abercrombie-like Prince Charmings and a chance to win the coveted $25,000 Dream and […]
Category: Young Adult Contemporary
Ex Libris Audio: How To Say Goodbye In Robot
Find out more information about this feature and my ratings here. How To Say Goodbye in RobotAuthor: Natalie StandifordNarrator: Kate RuddPerformance: ExcellentAvailable Now New to town, Beatrice is expecting her new best friend to be one of the girls she meets on the first day. But instead, the alphabet conspires to seat her next to […]
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 […]
Going Vintage by Lindsey Leavitt
Going VintageAuthor: Lindsey LeavittCategory: Young AdultFormat: eGalleyPublisher: BloomsburyRelease Date: 3-26-13When Mallory’s boyfriend, Jeremy, cheats on her with an online girlfriend, Mallory decides the best way to de-Jeremy her life is to de-modernize things too. Inspired by a list of goals her grandmother made in1962, Mallory swears off technology and returns to a simpler time (when […]
Pretty Girl 13 by Liz Coley
Pretty Girl – 13Author: Liz ColeyCategory: Young AdultFormat: eGalleyPublisher: Katherine Tegen BooksRelease Date: 3-19-13Angie Chapman was thirteen years old when she ventured into the woods alone on a Girl Scouts camping trip. Now she’s returned home…only to find that it’s three years later and she’s sixteen-or at least that’s what everyone tells her. What happened […]
Blog Tour: If You Find Me
I am very pleased to welcome Emily Murdoch to the blog today for the IF YOU FIND ME blog tour, hosted by The Midnight Garden! She answered some questions that I had about this emotional and riveting story. Here is a little bit about the book: If You Find MeAuthor: Emily MurdochPublisher: St. Martin’s GriffinRelease […]
Period 8 by Chris Crutcher
Period 8Author: Chris CrutcherCategory: Young AdultFormat: eGalleyPublisher: Harper CollinsRelease Date: 3-26-13 In this full-length novel from Chris Crutcher, his first since the best-selling Deadline, the ultimate bully and the ultimate good guy tangle during Period 8. Paul “the Bomb” Baum tells the truth. No matter what. It was something he learned at Sunday School. But […]
If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch
If You Find MeAuthor: Emily MurdochCategory: Young AdultFormat: eGalleyPublisher: St. Martin’s GriffinRelease Date: 3-26-13A broken-down camper hidden deep in a national forest is the only home fifteen year-old Carey can remember. The trees keep guard over her threadbare existence, with the one bright spot being Carey’s younger sister, Jenessa, who depends on Carey for her […]
Remainders (16)
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 […]
Me, Him, Them, and It by Caela Carter
Me, Him, Them, and ItAuthor: Caela CarterCategory: Young AdultFormat: eGalleyPublisher: BloomsburyRelease Date: 2-26-2013ME is Evelyn Jones, 16, a valedictorian hopeful who’s been playing bad girl to piss off THEM, her cold, distant parents. HIM is Todd, Evelyn’s secret un-boyfriend, who she thought she was just using for sex – until she accidentally fell in love […]