Such a Rush Author: Jennifer EcholsPublisher: MTV BooksPublication Date: July 10, 2012Pages: 320Source: requested ARC from publisherAbout the Book: A sexy and poignant romantic tale of a young daredevil pilot caught between two brothers.High school senior Leah Jones loves nothing more than flying. While she’s in the air, it’s easy to forget life with her absentee mother at the low-rent… Read more »
The False Princess
The False Princess Author: Eilis O’NealPublisher: Egmont USAPublication Date: January 25, 2011Pages: 319Source: Purchased and checked out audiobook from my LMCAudiobook Publisher: Listening LibraryAudiobook Reader: Mandy WilliamsAbout the Book: Princess and heir to the throne of Thorvaldor, Nalia’s led a privileged life at court. But everything changes when it’s revealed, just after her sixteenth birthday, that she is a false princess, a stand-in… Read more »
Being Friends With Boys Blog Tour
Welcome to the second stop on the blog tour for for Terra Elan McVoy’s Being Friends with Boys! We’ll continue with the top ten differences between being friends with boys and being friends with girls in a moment. First, lets look at a bit more about the book: Charlotte and Oliver have been friends forever. She… Read more »
Monument 14
Monument 14 Author: Emmy LaybournePublisher: Feiwel and FriendsPublication Date: June 5, 2012Pages: 294Series: Monument 14, book oneSource: Purchased hardcoverAbout the Book: Your mother hollers that you’re going to miss the bus. She can see it coming down the street. You don’t stop and hug her and tell her you love her. You don’t thank her for being a good, kind, patient… Read more »
Struck
Struck Author: Jennifer BosworthPublisher: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux BYRPublication Date: May 8, 2012Pages: 373Series: Struck, book oneSource: PurchasedAbout the Book: Mia Price is a lightning addict. She’s survived countless strikes, but her craving to connect to the energy in storms endangers her life and the lives of those around her.Los Angeles, where lightning rarely strikes, is one of the few places… Read more »
The Season
The Season Author: Sarah MacLeanPublisher: ScholasticPublication Date: March 1, 2009Pages: 343Source: Purchased About the Book: Seventeen year old Lady Alexandra is strong-willed and sharp-tongued in a house full of older brothers and their friends, she had to learn to hold her own. Not the best makings for an aristocratic lady in Regency London. Yet her mother still dreams of… Read more »
Underworld
Underworld Author: Meg CabotPublisher: PointPublication Date: May 8, 2012Pages: 336Series: Abandon, book twoSource: ARC from publisherAbout the Book: Escape from the realm of the dead is impossible when someone there wants you back.Seventeen-year-old Pierce Oliviera isn’t dead.Not this time.But she is being held against her will in the dim, twilit world between heaven and hell, where the spirits of the deceased wait… Read more »
Wrapped
Wrapped Author: Jennifer BradburyPublisher: AtheneumPublication Date: May 24, 2011Pages: 320Source: Purchased audiobook for LMCAudiobook Reader: Elissa SteeleAudiobook Publisher: Listening LibraryAudiobook Length: 8 hours 23 minutesExcerptAbout the Book: Agnes Wilkins is standing in front of an Egyptian mummy, about to make the first cut into the wrappings, about to unlock ancient (and not-so-ancient) history. Maybe you think this girl is wearing a… Read more »
Waiting on Wednesday (60)
Waiting on Wednesday Starling by Lesley Livingston Release Date: August 15, 2012 Published by: Harper Teen “Love is just the beginning… of the end.” Mason Starling is a champion fencer for Gosforth Academy, but she’s never had to fight for her life. Until now. When a ferocious storm rips through Manhattan and unleashes terrifying creatures… Read more »
Reunited Tour: Review
Reunited Author: Hilary Weisman GrahamPublisher: Simon & SchusterPublication Date: June 12, 2012Pages: 336Source: ARC from publisher for blog tourAbout the Book: 1 Concert2000 Miles3 Ex-Best FriendsAlice, Summer, and Tiernan are ex-best friends.Back in middle school, the three girls were inseparable. They were also the number one fans of the rock band Level3.But when the band broke up, so did their friendship…. Read more »