Waiting on Wednesday Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor Release Date: April 8, 2014 Published by: Little, Brown and Company By way of a staggering deception, Karou has taken control of the chimaera rebellion and is intent on steering its course away from dead-end vengeance. The future rests on her, if there can… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a feature run by the lovely crew at The Broke and The Bookish Top Ten Books I’d Recommend to a Fantasy Reader Or, maybe to someone who wants to try fantasy! Actually, there are way to many! I’m going to narrow it down to fantasy books set either in the past or… Read more »
Author: A.S. King Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publication Date: Oct. 22, 2013 Pages: 368 Source: ARC from ALA About the Book: Gerald Faust knows exactly when he started feeling angry: the day his mother invited a reality television crew into his five-year-old life. Twelve years later, he’s still haunted by his rage-filled youth—which the entire world got to… Read more »
Curtsies & Conspiracies Author: Gail CarrigerPublisher: Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersPublication Date: Nov. 5, 2013Pages: 320Series: Finishing School, book twoSource: Requested ARC, Purchased AudiobookRead By: Moira QuirkAudiobook Publisher: Hachette AudioAudiobook Length: 9 hours, 30 minsAbout the Book: Does one need four fully grown foxgloves for decorating a dinner table for six guests? Or is it six foxgloves to kill four fully… Read more »
The Naturals Author: Jennifer Lynn BarnesPublisher: Disney-HyperionPublication Date: Nov. 5, 2013Pages: 304Source: Audiobook for review, ARC from ALARead By: Amber FaithAudiobook Publisher: Listening LibraryLength: 7 hours, 28 minsAbout the Book: Seventeen-year-old Cassie is a natural at reading people. Piecing together the tiniest details, she can tell you who you are and what you want. But it’s not a skill that she’s ever… Read more »
Waiting on Wednesday In The Shadows by Kiersten White and Jim Di Bartolo Release Date: April 29, 2014 Published by: Scholastic Press From the remarkable imagination of acclaimed artist Jim Di Bartolo and the exquisite pen of bestselling author Kiersten White comes a spellbinding story of love, mystery, and dark conspiracy, told in an alternating… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a feature run by the lovely crew at The Broke and The Bookish Top Ten Covers I Wish I Could Redesign Well, I don’t want to redesign them because they would look terrible. However, I would like someone to do it 🙂 Some of these have actually already been redesigned 🙂 1. Everything by… Read more »
The Book Thief Author: Markus ZusakPublisher: Knopf Books for Young ReadersPublication Date: March 14, 2006Pages: 552Source: purchased book and audiobookAbout the Book: The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller that will be in movie theaters on November 15, 2013, Markus Zusak’s unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul.It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath…. Read more »
When I was asked to run a book club for The Book Thief (similar to what I did with The Program) I jumped at the chance. I’d started but never finished the book more than once. Honestly, the movie trailer is what made me really want to pick the book back up and read it. I’m so… Read more »
Today I’m pleased to team up with Delacorte Press for a Steelheart blog tour! I’ll be posting my review as well as a giveaway for one copy of the book (thanks to the publisher!) You should also totally check out the Steelheart website to read an excerpt and watch the book trailer. Steelheart Author: Brandon SandersonPublisher: Delacorte PressPublication Date: Sept. 24,… Read more »
