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Review: BURNING KINGDOMS
BURNING KINGDOMSbook two of The Internment Chronicles
by Lauren DeStefano
to be published by Simon and Schuster
on March 3, 2015
read as an ARC
***WARNING: This book summary is SPOILEROUS in regard to the first book!***
After escaping through the bottom of Internment, Morgan and her fellow fugitives…
REDEEMED by P.C. and Kristin Cast
REDEEMEDby P.C. Cast + Kristin Cast
published on October 14, 2014 by St. Martin's Griffin
In the final electrifying novel in the HoN series, Neferet has finally made herself known to mortals. A Dark Goddess is loose on Tulsa and the world. No single vampyre is strong enough to vanquish her - un…
TEN by Gretchen McNeil
TENby Gretchen McNeil
published by HarperTeen
It was supposed to be the weekend of their lives—an exclusive house party on Henry Island. Best friends Meg and Minnie each have their reasons for being there (which involve T.J., the school’s most eligible bachelor) and look forward to three glorious d…
TAKEN by Erin Bowman
TAKENby Erin Bowman
published by in 2014 by HarperTeen
There are no men in Claysoot. There are boys—but every one of them vanishes at midnight on his eighteenth birthday. The ground shakes, the wind howls, a blinding light descends…and he’s gone.
They call it the Heist.
Gray Weathersby’s eighteenth bir…
School / Reviews
Hey all,Sorry the blog has been a little slow lately! School is kicking back into gear, this time in a completely new place with completely new people, so it's a bit of an adjustment and I haven't had much time for reading. I promise I'll have some reviews and other fun stuff up soon!
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My Bookstore Process / Birthday!
A couple things:First off, by the time you're reading this (I'm writing this post ahead of time! Genius), it will be my birthday! Woot!
I'm turning 18, which is such a big moment in my life. Financial independence, heftier traffic tickets, the ability to possess my own Costco …
FIND ME by Romily Bernard
Find Meby Romily Bernard
published by HarperTeen
“Find Me.”
These are the words written on Tessa Waye’s diary. The diary that ends up with Wick Tate. But Tessa’s just been found . . . dead.
Wick has the right computer-hacking skills for the job, but little interest in this perverse game of hide-and-s…
LUCID by Adrienne Stoltz and Ron Bass
LUCIDby Adrienne Stoltz and Ron Bass
published by Razorbill
What if you could dream your way into a different life? What if you could choose to live that life forever?
Sloane and Maggie have never met. Sloane is a straight-A student with a big and loving family. Maggie lives a glamorously independen…
PIVOT POINT by Kasie West
PIVOT POINTby Kasie West
published by HarperTeen
Knowing the outcome doesn’t always make a choice easier...
Addison Coleman’s life is one big “What if?” As a Searcher, whenever Addie is faced with a choice, she can look into the future and see both outcomes. It’s the ultimate insurance plan against di…
FEATURE AND FOLLOW FRIDAY: 9/19
Follow my blog with BloglovinQuestion of the Week: Blogger pet peeves?
Ugh, what a question. I feel like the list is endless!
(Kidding.) One of my main pet peeves is when I publish a post and I forget to label it. It's so annoying when I have sluggish internet speed to have to go back and …
COVER ALERT: The Ruby Circle
COVERALERTSo, let's face it: I'm a bit late for this cover reveal. I just found out about it today, and the official cover reveal was on the fourth of the month. Whoops.
But anyway, I thought I'd start a new segment where we discuss new covers! Sounds like fun. It's called COVE…
IN A HANDFUL OF DUST by Mindy McGinnis
In a Handful of Dust___
by Mindy McGinnis
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to be published on September 23, 2014
by Katherine Tegen Books
The only thing bigger than the world is fear.
Lucy’s life by the pond has always been full. She has water and friends, laughter and the love of her adoptive mother, Lynn, who has made sure th…
NOT A DROP TO DRINK by Mindy McGinnis
Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis published by Katherine Tegen BooksRegret was for people with nothing to defend, people who had no water.
Lynn knows every threat to her pond: drought, a snowless winter, coyotes, and, most importantly, people looking for a drink. She makes sure anyone who comes …
FEATURE AND FOLLOW FRIDAY: 9/12
Follow my blog with BloglovinQuestion of the Week: Before blogging (dark times, people!), how would you find out about new books, or would you? Before blogging, I was an active member of Goodreads, which helped, too (and I still am). I also would go through the "Coming Soon" page of Barne…
FEATURE AND FOLLOW FRIDAY: 9/5
Follow my blog with BloglovinQuestion of the Week: Are you also a writer and what genre or did you ever consider writing?As a matter of fact, yes, I am a writer! (I'm not an author yet, though.) I just recently finished the first draft of my first novel, and am just now beginning to go back and…
INK by Amanda Sun
INKby Amanda Sun
published by Harlequin Teen
369 pages
On the heels of a family tragedy, the last thing Katie Greene wants to do is move halfway across the world. Stuck with her aunt in Shizuoka, Japan, Katie feels lost. Alone. She doesn’t know the language, she can barely hold a pair of chopsticks…
Review: THE GOOD GIRL
THE GOOD GIRLby Mary Kubica
published by Harlequin MIRA
on July 29, 2014
"I've been following her for the past few days. I know where she buys her groceries, where she has her dry cleaning done, where she works. I don't know the color of her eyes or what they look like when she's scar…
Review: SPEECHLESS
SPEECHLESSby Hannah Harrington
published by Harlequin Teen
on August 28, 2012
everyone knows that chelsea knot can't keep a secret
Until now. Because the last secret she shared turned her into a social outcast—and nearly got someone killed.
Now Chelsea has taken a vow of silence—to learn to keep …
Review: DROWNED
DROWNEDby Nichola Reilly
published on June 24, 2014
by Harlequin Teen
Coe is one of the few remaining teenagers on the island of Tides. Deformed and weak, she is constantly reminded that in a world where dry land dwindles at every high tide, she is not welcome. The only bright spot in her harsh and…
Review: SUBLIME
SUBLIMEby Christina Lauren
to be published on October 14
by Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
True love may mean certain death in a ghostly affair of risk and passion from New York Times bestselling duo Christina Lauren, authors of Beautiful Bastard. Tahereh Mafi, New York Times bestselli…
Teaser Review: THE WALLS AROUND US
THE WALLS AROUND US(TEASER REVIEW)
by Nova Ren Suma
to be published March 23, 2015
by Algonquin Young Readers
319 pages
5 owls (and then some!)
Nova Ren Suma's next book is a ways off, but I was given the privilege of reading it early (thanks bunches to Algonquin Young Readers).
And here I am, m…
FEATURE AND FOLLOW FRIDAY: 8/22
This Week's Question: What book/series do you think would make a better TV show than a movie? Back when the House of Night series was actually good, I thought it would make an excellent TV show. Now, I'm not so sure, but with some good writers, I think it would be passable! Definitely better…
Review: 17 & GONE
17 & GONEby Nova Ren Suma
published by Dutton (hardcover) on March 21, 2013 // Speak (paperback) on March 6, 2014
Seventeen-year-old Lauren is having visions of girls who have gone missing. And all these girls have just one thing in common—they are 17 and gone without a trace. As Lauren strugg…
Review: BRUTAL YOUTH
BRUTAL YOUTHby Anthony Breznican
Published by St. Martin's Press // Thomas Dunne Books
on June 10, 2014
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Three freshmen must join forces to survive at a troubled, working-class Catholic high school with a student body full of bullies and zealots, and a faculty that's even worse in Ant…
Review: KISS OF BROKEN GLASS
KISS OF BROKEN GLASSby Madeleine Kuderick
-published by HarperTeen
-releases 9.4.2014
-read as an eARC
synopsis:
Kenna has seventy-two hours of mandatory psych evaluation to think about that one cut—the one she needed to feel alive and that began her downward spiral. Told in searingly powerful verse…
MY LORD, I HAVEN'T POSTED IN A LONG WHILE
Hello, everyone!I have returned from the Cave of Anti-Blogging Solitude and Desolation. It's senior year, people; I mean, what do you expect? I am in 6 AP classes, and my run in the musical AIDAjust ended. I'm back!
I plan to start adding reviews again like I used to in the coming months. …