My Thoughts: I’d listened to Simon Rich’s previous release, What In God’s Name, and I knew that the author can do quirky, smart, heartfelt humor right. His latest work is The Last Girlfriend On Earth: And Other Love Stories, a collection of humorous short stories focusing on relationships that have a wide variety in scope and genre. The book is divided into three sections: Boy Meets Girls, Boy Gets Girl,…
Hardcore West Grayer lives in a bleak world. In her walled off, sectioned up city of Kersh, she’s seen in a lot in her 15 years. Her parents have died. Her siblings have been slaughtered. All she has left is her brother and the knowledge that one day her turn will come. She will be tested and only the strongest will survive. While I loved the premise of this book…
Level 2 by Lenore Appelhans (website, Facebook, Twitter) Genre: YA Paranormal Publication: January 15th 2013 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Audiobook borrowed from library Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating: Three levels. Two loves. One choice. Debut novelist, Lenore Appelhans has written a thrilling otherworldly young adult novel about a place that exists between our world (Level 1) and what comes…
Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi (website, Facebook, Twitter) Genre: YA Dystopian Publication: February 5th 2013 by HarperCollins Audiobook purchased by reviewer Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating: tick tick tick tick tick it’s almost time for war. Juliette has escaped to Omega Point. It is a place for people like her—people with gifts—and it is also the headquarters of the rebel resistance. She’s finally…
Happy Friday, and welcome to the latest installment of our monthly feature where we review Children’s books. Liesl and Po By Lauren Oliver Illustrations by Kei Acedera Amazon / B&N / Indiebound / Goodreads 307 pages (Hardcover, Paperback and Audiobook) Published October 4th 2011 by HarperCollins Audiobook borrowed from library Liesl lives in a tiny attic bedroom, locked away by her cruel stepmother. Her only friends are the shadows and…
Enclave by Ann Aguirre (website, Facebook, Twitter) Genre: YA Dystopian Publication: April 12th 2011 by Feiwel & Friends Audiobook borrowed from library Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating: WELCOME TO THE APOCALYPSE In Deuce’s world, people earn the right to a name only if they survive their first fifteen years. By that point, each unnamed ‘brat’ has trained into one of three groups–Breeders, Builders,…
Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor (website, Facebook, Twitter) Genre: YA Fantasy Publication: November 6th 2012 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Audiobook purchased by review Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating: Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love and dared to imagine a world free of bloodshed and war. This is not that world. Art…
The Luxe by Anna Godbersen (website, Facebook) Genre: YA Historical Romance Publication: November 20, 2007 by HarperCollins Audiobook borrowed from library Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating: Pretty girls in pretty dresses, partying until dawn. Irresistible boys with mischievous smiles and dangerous intentions. White lies, dark secrets, and scandalous hookups. This is Manhattan, 1899. Beautiful sisters Elizabeth and Diana Holland rule Manhattan’s social scene….
Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone (web | twitter ) Genre: YA Contem/Time Travel Publication: October 9th 2012 by Hyperion Copy from publisher Get your own: amazon | BookDepository | audible Rating: Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone on goodreads: Anna and Bennett were never supposed to meet: she lives in 1995 Chicago and he lives in 2012 San Francisco. But Bennett has the unique ability to travel through time and space,…
Breed (Goodreads, Amazon) by Chase Novak (aka Scott Spencer) (Goodreads, Amazon) Published on September 2012 by Mulholland Books Audiobook provided by Hachette in exchange for honest review Alex and Leslie Twisden lead charmed lives-fabulous jobs, a luxurious town house on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, a passionate marriage. What they don’t have is a child, and as they try one infertility treatment after the next, yearning turns into obsession. As a last-ditch…
Crusher (Goodreads, Amazon) by Niall Leonard (Goodreads, Amazon, Website) Published on September 2012 by Delacorte Books for Young Readers Audiobook provided by Random House in exchange for honest review. To catch a killer, Finn Maguire may have to become one…. Everything changed the day Finn found his father in a pool of blood, bludgeoned to death. His dull, dreary life is turned upside down as he become’s the prime suspect. How…
The Peculiar by Stefan Bachmann (website, Twitter) Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy Publication: September 18th, 2012 by HarperCollins/Greenwillow Audiobook provided by publisher Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating: Don’t get yourself noticed and you won’t get yourself hanged.In the faery slums of Bath, Bartholomew Kettle and his sister Hettie live by these words. Bartholomew and Hettie are changelings–Peculiars–and neither faeries nor humans want anything to…
Every Day by David Levithan Genre: YA, Contemporary, (paranormal element) Publication: August 28th 2012 by Knopf Books for Young Readers Audio Copy from publisher Get your own: amazon | BookDepository | audible Rating: Every Day by David Levithan on goodreads: In his New York Times bestselling novel, David Levithan introduces readers to what Entertainment Weekly calls a “wise, wildly unique” love story about A, a teen who wakes up every morning in a different…
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