Category: Book Review

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Heartbeat Author: Elizabeth ScottPublisher: Harlequin TeenPublication Date: January 28, 2014Pages: 304Source: ARC from ALAAbout the Book: Life. Death. And…Love?Emma would give anything to talk to her mother one last time. Tell her about her slipping grades, her anger with her stepfather, and the boy with the bad reputation who might be the only one Emma can be herself with.But Emma can’t… Read more »

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The Winner’s Curse

The Winner’s Curse

The Winner’s Curse Author: Marie RutkoskiPublisher: Farrar Straus GirouxPublication Date: March 4, 2014Pages: 368Series: The Winner’s Trilogy, book oneSource: ARC per requestAbout the Book: Winning what you want may cost you everything you love As a general’s daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she can join the military or… Read more »

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Grasshopper Jungle

Grasshopper Jungle

Grasshopper Jungle Author: Andrew SmithPublisher: Dutton JuvenilePublication Date: Feb. 11, 2014Pages: 388Source: ARC from Anderson’s YA Lit ConferenceAbout the Book: Sixteen-year-old Austin Szerba interweaves the story of his Polish legacy with the story of how he and his best friend , Robby, brought about the end of humanity and the rise of an army of unstoppable, six-foot tall praying mantises in small-town… Read more »

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These Broken Stars (audiobook)

These Broken Stars (audiobook)

These Broken Stars Author: Aime Kaufman & Meagan SpoonerPublisher: Disney HyperionPublication Date: Dec. 10, 2013Pages: 374Series: The Starbound Trilogy, book oneSource: audiobook for reviewRead By: Cynthia Holloway, Johnathan McClain & Sarge AntonAudiobook Publisher: Listening LibraryAudiobook Length: 11 hours, 15 minsAbout the Book: It’s a night like any other on board the Icarus. Then, catastrophe strikes: the massive luxury spaceliner is yanked out of hyperspace… Read more »

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Cress

Cress

Cress Author: Marissa Meyer Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Publication Date: Feb. 4, 2014 Pages: 560 Series: The Lunar Chronicles, book three Source: ARC from ALA About the Book: Rapunzel’s tower is a satellite. She can’t let down her hair—or her guard. In this third book in the bestselling Lunar Chronicles series, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, with… Read more »

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January “Recommended by…” Part Two

January “Recommended by…” Part Two

“Recommended by…” is a monthly feature in which an awesome bookish person recommends a book that I just have to read. It’s posted in two parts. Part one is the intro to the recommender and the recommendation. Part two posts later in the month and recaps my thoughts on the book. Check out Part One here. My January recommendation was… Read more »

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Blog Tour: Uninvited

Blog Tour: Uninvited

Woo hoo! Another Sophie Jordan book! Of course I wanted to be on the blog tour. Love her. Love her books. On todays stop Ii have a review plus giveaway.  Author: Sophie Jordan Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: January 28, 2014 Pages: 384 Series: Uninvited, book one Source: E-galleyAbout the Book: The Scarlet Letter meets… Read more »

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Mistwalker

Mistwalker

Mistwalker Author: Saundra MitchellPublisher: Harcourt Children’s BooksPublication Date: Feb. 4, 2014Pages: 272Source: ARC from publisherAbout the Book: When Willa Dixon’s brother dies on the family lobster boat, her father forbids Willa from stepping foot on the deck again. With her family suffering, she’ll do anything to help out—even visiting the Grey Man.Everyone in her small Maine town knows of this… Read more »

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Phoenix Island

Phoenix Island

Phoenix Island Author: John DixonPublisher: Gallery BooksPublication Date: Jan. 7, 2014Pages: 320Source: egalley via EdelweissAbout the Book: The judge told Carl that one day he’d have to decide exactly what kind of person he would become. But on Phoenix Island, the choice will be made for him.A champion boxer with a sharp hook and a short temper, sixteen-year-old Carl Freeman has… Read more »

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The Dream Thieves (audiobook review)

The Dream Thieves (audiobook review)

The Dream Thieves Author: Maggie StiefvaterPublisher: Scholastic PressPublication Date: Sept. 17, 2013Pages: 439Series: The Dream Thieves: The Raven Cycle, book twoSource: PurchasedRead By: Will PattonAudiobook Publisher: Scholastic AudioAudiobook Length: 12 hours, 45 mins. About the Book: Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is falling more and… Read more »

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