Top Ten Rebels in Young Adult Literature Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish I haven’t got a full ten for this week but it’s a start! 1. Jerry Renault from The Chocolate War by Robert Comier: He’s the first character that comes to mind when I think… Read more »
I have the privilege of being the first stop in the blog tour for Dana Reinhardt’s The Summer I learned to Fly. I fell in love with her writing when I read A Brief Chapter in my Impossible Life so I was thrilled to be a part of this tour. It seems appropriate to kick-off by learning… 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. I filmed a vlog for this week but have given up on uploading it! It just wasn’t playing… Read more »
I cannot believe that I’ve waited so long to do a fangirl video about John Green. He as (as I say repeatedly in this ramble-y video) my all time favorite author! Preorder The Fault in Our Stars (I get no money from/for this. I just really love his books!) John Green’s website and tumblr @realjohngreen on Twitter… Read more »
Uncommon Criminals Author: Ally CarterPublisher: Disney Hyperion/Brilliance (audiobook)Publication Date: June 21, 2011Pages: 298Series: Heist Society, book twoSource: Audiobook from BEAAbout the Book: Katarina Bishop has worn a lot of labels in her short life: Friend. Niece. Daughter. Thief. But for the last two months she’s simply been known as the girl who ran the crew that robbed… Read more »
Legacy Author: Cayla KluverPublisher: Harlequin TeenPublication Date: June 21, 2011Pages: 496Series: Legacy, book oneSource: requested from Net Galley, egalley received for blog tourAbout the Book: The first boy disappeared on the day of his birth, on a night when the pale yellow moon of the nighttime sky turned red and bathed the heavens in the ghastly… Read more »
Divergent Author: Veronica RothPublisher: Harper TeenPublication Date: May 3, 2011Pages: 384Series: Divergent, book oneSource: Accepted for reviewAbout the Book: In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed… Read more »
I was super lucky and I got to go to both the winter and the summer Dark Days of Supernatural tours. They were both awesome and I got a ton of swag and signed books. I’ve been such a slacker and haven’t posted about either so I thought I’d do a brief recap and a… Read more »
Sorry this is belated! Unexpected summer busyness! Winner of SIGNED The Demon’s Lexicon and SIGNED The Demon’s Covenant: Kailia Sage @ Reading the Best of the Best Winner of The Demon’s Surrender: Ann @ Semisweet Congrats! I’ve sent the winners emails. They have 48 hours to respond to claim their prize 🙂 Thanks to everyone who participated! Hope you… 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. This is two weeks worth of IMM 🙂 Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore From Bad to Cursed by… Read more »
