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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. …
Review: CHARM & STRANGE
CHARM & STRANGEby Stephanie Kuehn
When you’ve been kept caged in the dark, it’s impossible to see the forest for the trees. It’s impossible to see anything, really. Not without bars . . .
Andrew Winston Winters is at war with himself.
He’s part Win, the lonely teenager exiled to a remote Vermont…
Review: Mystic by Alyson Noel
MYSTICby Alyson Noel
320 pages
published by St. Martin's Griffin
published May 7, 2013
read as an ARC
rating: 4 of 5 owls
Summary
Since arriving in Enchantment, New Mexico, everything in Daire Santos life has changed. And not all for the better. While she’s come to accept and embrace her new powers a…
Stacking the Shelves: 5/19
Yes, what a surprise! I'm alive!Before you all begin resuscitating the barely-breathing form that is me, I just wanted to let you know that I'm back for good now that the hell that is junior year is coming to a close. AP exams are over, finals are looming, and I'm at a perfect time to …