The Lover’s DictionaryAuthor: David LevithanPublisher: Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublication Date: January 4, 2011Pages: 211About the Book: A sweet and touching modern love story, told through dictionary entries. basis, n.There has to be a moment at the beginning when you wonder whether you’re in love with the person or in love with the feeling of love itself…. 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 March 2, 2011 Vanish by Sophie Jordan Release Date: September 6, 2011 Published by: HarperTeen To save the life of the boy she loves, Jacinda did the unthinkable:… Read more »
The Dark and Hollow PlacesAuthor: Carrie RyanPublisher: Delacorte PressPublication Date: March 22, 2011Pages: 384This book is a companion to The Forest of Hands and Teeth and The Dead-Tossed Waves. While I try to keep my reviews spoiler free there are somethings that happen in book two that are common knowledge in book three. Proceed with caution… Read more »
Dark GoddessAuthor: Sarwat ChaddaPublisher: Hyperion BooksPublication Date: January 25, 2011Pages: 384Companion to Devil’s KissWARNING “About the Book” contains spoilers for book one! “My thoughts” do not! About the Book: New enemies, new romance, and new horrors, Billi’s back, and it seems like the Unholy just can’t take a hint. Still reeling from the death of her best friend,… Read more »
Top Ten Books I Just HAD to Buy… But are STILL sitting on my Bookshelf Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish Oh goodness, this week is going to be a bit embarrassing! Don’t yell at me for not reading these! I’ll get to them, I promise! 1. Extraordinary by… Read more »
RivalAuthor: Sara Bennett WealerPublisher: Harper TeenPublication Date: Feb. 15, 2011Pages: 336Challenge: Debut Author ChallengeSource: Different Area Codes Book ToursAbout the Book: Meet Brooke: Popular, powerful and hating every minute of it, she’s the “It” girl at Douglas High in Lake Champion, Minnesota. Her real ambition? Using her operatic mezzo as a ticket back to NYC, where her… 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. Book titles link to goodreads. Author names link to their website/blog. I was SO much better this week!… Read more »
Robin Mckinley has long been one of my favorite authors. I love her fairy tale retellings and her fantasy novels SO MUCH! She’s one of the first authors that I really started reading when I became obsessed with YA literature. In college I read everything of hers that I could get my hands on. I bought… Read more »
I am re-posting this from yesterday evening since it is still going on.When YA author Maureen Johnson woke this morning she decided she wanted to do something good. At about nine AM she tweeted about it saying, “Today, I want to do something good, and I need your help. Today, we are going to provide… Read more »
The ChaosAuthor: Rachel WardPublisher: Scholastic (Chicken House)Publication Date: March 1, 2011Pages: Source: ARC received from publisher**Follow up to Num8ers**WARNING: The summary and beginning of my review are slightly spoilery**About the Book: Adam sees ‘numbers’ – when he looks in peoples’ eyes he can see their death-dates, just like his mum Jem used to. Adam has trouble dealing… Read more »
