Mastiff Author: Tamora PiercePublisher: Random House Books for Young ReadersPublication Date: Oct. 25, 2011Pages: 560Series: Beka Cooper, book threeSource: Purchased hardcover and audiobookAbout the Book: The Legend of Beka Cooper gives Tamora Pierce’s fans exactly what they want—a smart and savvy heroine making a name for herself on the mean streets of Tortall’s Lower City—while offering… Read more »
Saving June involves a cross-country road trip! When asked to come up with some ideas for top ten lists I knew I wanted to know what Hannah Harrington’s road trip playlist would look like! I am so glad that she picked that topic!Top Ten Road Trip Songs In no particular order: 1) Fastball – “The… 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 November 16, 2011 Endlessly by Kiersten White Release Date: July 24, 2012 Published by: Harper Teen The third book in the Paranormalcy trilogy. The final chapter of Evie’s… Read more »
Wherever You Go Author: Heather DavisPublisher: Harcourt Children’s BooksPublication Date: Nov. 14, 2011Pages: 320Source: E-galley requested from netgalley About the Book: Seventeen-year-old Holly Mullen has felt lost and lonely ever since her boyfriend, Rob, died in a tragic accident. The fact that she has to spend most of her free time caring for her little sister… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a feature run by the lovely crew at The Broke and The Bookish Top Ten Books That Have Been on my Shelf the Longest but I’ve Never Read I have gotten much better about not buying so many books. When I first started blogging this was not the case. I still have… Read more »
If you’ve read my blog before or you follow me on twitter you might know that I’m a bit of a John Green fangirl (and by a bit I of course mean embarrassingly obsessive.) He is without question my very favorite author. Ever. As you can imagine I wanted to do something really awesome to celebrate the… Read more »
Blogoversary Giveaway Three It’s week three of blogoversary giveaways!! There are two prizes this week as well! One of the first events I went to when I started to get serious about blogging was the YA Lit conference put on by Anderson’s Bookshop in Naperville Illinois. I met John Green there!!! Talk… 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 but it was awful so I decided to spare you. I had to use… Read more »
Today on the blog I am pleased to welcome Chantel Acevedo, author of Song of the Red Cloak. I read this book based on a recommendation from Rachel Hawkins (author of Hex Hall) via twitter. It was really more of an order than a recommendation 😉 I was so impressed. I loved the time period, the mythology,… Read more »
Song of the Red Cloak Author: Chantel AcevedoPublisher: Self published via CreateSpacePublication Date: 2011Pages: 310Series: Song of the Red Cloak, book oneSource: PurchasedAbout the Book: Two Spartan boys grow up together, and become inseparable friends. One is a prince of Sparta , destined to rule this ancient Greek state, the other a slave, or helot, who serves the… Read more »
