All These Things I’ve Done Author: Gabrielle ZevinPublisher: Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublication Date: Sept. 6, 2011Pages: 354Series: Birthright, book oneSource: ARC from BEA About the Book: In 2083, chocolate and coffee are illegal, paper is hard to find, water is carefully rationed, and New York City is rife with crime and poverty. And yet, for Anya Balanchine, the sixteen-year-old daughter of the city’s… Read more »
Blog Tour: Everybody Sees the Ants Lucky Linderman doesn’t want to wake up. Lucky didn’t ask for his life. He didn’t ask his grandfather not to come home from the Vietnam War. He didn’t ask for a father who never got over it. He didn’t ask for a mother who keeps pretending their dysfunctional family… Read more »
In My Mailbox In my Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren. The idea of In My Mailbox is to bring books to the attention of blog readers and to encourage interaction with other blogs. All These Things I’ve Done by Gabrielle Zevin My Life Undecided by Jessica Brody Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick… Read more »
I am very new to reading steampunk. I’ve read a few that I’ve really loved and want to read more but I wasn’t really sure where to go next. Enter Steampunk! An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories. A steampunk anthology with stories from some of my favorite authors? Sign me up! When asked if… Read more »
Behemoth Author: Scott WesterfeldPublisher: Simon PulsePublication Date: Oct. 5, 2010Pages: 481Series: Leviathan, book twoSource: Checked out from my LMC About the Book:The behemoth is the fiercest creature in the British navy. It can swallow enemy battleships with one bite. The Darwinists will need it, now that they are at war with the Clanker powers. Deryn is… Read more »
Vanish Author: Sophie JordanPublisher: Harper TeenPublication Date: September 6, 2011Pages: 294Series: Firelight, book twoSource: ARC from the fabulous author About the Book: To save the life of the boy she loves, Jacinda did the unthinkable: She betrayed the most closely-guarded secret of her kind. Now she must return to the protection of her pride knowing she might never… Read more »
Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine. It’s a weekly meme to talk about what upcoming book we’re most looking forward to reading Waiting on Wednesday October 5, 2011 The Springsweet By: Saundra Mitchell Release Date: April 17, 2012 Published by: Dutton Books (Penguin) It’s a long way from Baltimore to Oklahoma Territory. But… Read more »
The Fox Inheritance Author: Mary E. PearsonPublisher: Henry Holt & Co.Publication Date: August 30, 2011Pages: 304Series: Companion to The Adoration of Jenna FoxSource: ARC from BEA About the Book: Once there were three. Three friends who loved each other—Jenna, Locke, and Kara. And after a terrible accident destroyed their bodies, their three minds were kept alive, spinning… Read more »
Slayers Author: C.J. HillPublisher: Feiwel and FriendsPublication Date: Sept. 27, 2011Pages: 304Source: Finished copy received for review and blog tour. About the Book: From publisher: Dragons exist. They’re ferocious. And they’re smart: Before they were killed off by slayer-knights, they rendered a select group of eggs dormant, so their offspring would survive. Only a handful of people know about… Read more »
Winner of the Banned Books Week Giveaway: brendajean Congrats! She chose The Hunger Games and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone as her prizes. Hope you love them! Readathon Review: This weekend April from Good Books and Good Wine “hosted” an impromptu readathon. It was my kind of readathon… the kind where you, you know,… Read more »
