Category: Pushy Book Review


Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo – Review .. of sorts.

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (web, twitter) Book 1 in The Grisha Trilogy  Genre: YA Fantasy Published June 5th 2012 by Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) Copy purchased by us Get your own: amazon | BookDepository  format: eBook, Hardcover Rating Alina Starkov doesn’t expect much from life. Orphaned by the Border Wars, the one thing she could […]

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Review: Unearthly and Hallowed by Cynthia Hand

Unearthly by Cynthia Hand (website, Facebook, Twitter) Genre: YA Paranormal Romance Publication: January 4th, 2011 by HarperTeen Audiobook purchased by reviewer Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating: In the beginning, there’s a boy standing in the trees . . . . Clara Gardner has recently learned that she’s part […]

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Review: Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Insurgent by Veronica Roth (website, Facebook, Twitter) Genre: YA Dystopian Publication: May 1st 2012 by Katherine Tegen Books Audiobook borrowed from library Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating: One choice can transform you–or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions […]

Posted 9 August, 2012 by Pushy in Blog, Bookworms, Pushy, Pushy Book Review / 25 Comments
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Review: City of Lies by Lian Tanner

City of Lies by Lian Tanner (website, Facebook) Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy Publication: September 27th 2011 by Delacorte Books for Young Readers Audiobook borrowed from library Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating: Goldie Roth is a trained thief and a skilled liar. Along with her friend Toadspit, she’s supposed […]

Posted 27 July, 2012 by Pushy in Blog, Pushy, Pushy Book Review / 10 Comments
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Review and Give-Away: Glamour in Glass by Mary Robinette Kowal

Glamour in Glass by Mary Robinette Kowal (website, Facebook | Twitter) Genre: Historical Fantasy Publication: April 10th, 2012 by Tor Books Finished copy received from publisher in exchange for an honest review Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating: Mary Robinette Kowal stunned readers with her charming first novel Shades […]

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Review: Pushing The Limits by Katie McGarry

Pushing The Limits by Katie McGarry (website, Facebook | Twitter) Genre: YA Contemporary Romance Publication: July 31st, 2012 by Harlequin Teen ARC from BEA Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound | Book Depository synopsis from Goodreads Rating: “I won’t tell anyone, Echo. I promise.” Noah tucked a curl behind my ear. It had been […]

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Review: Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal

Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal (website, Facebook | Twitter) Genre: Historical Paranormal Publication: August 3rd, 2010 by Tor Books Borrowed from library Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating:   Shades of Milk and Honey is an intimate portrait of Jane Ellsworth, a woman ahead of […]

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Review: Chaos Walking Series by Patrick Ness

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (website | Facebook | Twitter) Genre: YA Science Fiction Publication: May 5th 2008 by Walker Audiobook borrowed from library Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Series Rating: Prentisstown isn’t like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else’s thoughts in an overwhelming, […]

Posted 21 June, 2012 by Pushy in Blog, Pushy, Pushy Book Review / 9 Comments
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Review: Museum of Thieves by Lian Tanner

Museum of Thieves by Lian Tanner (website, Facebook) Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy Publication: September 28th 2010 by Delacorte Books for Young Readers Audiobook borrowed from library Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating: Welcome to the tyrannical city of Jewel, where impatience is a sin and boldness is a crime. […]

Posted 19 June, 2012 by Pushy in Pushy, Pushy Book Review / 20 Comments
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Review: The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty

The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty (website, Facebook Genre: Historical Fiction Publication: June 5th 2012 by Riverhead Hardcover Book provided by TLC Book Tours for review Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from goodreads Rating:   A captivating novel about the woman who chaperoned an irreverent Louise Brooks to New York City in […]

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Review: Illuminate by Aimee Agresti

Illuminate by Aimee Agresti (website, Facebook, Twitter) Genre: YA, Contemporary, Paranormal Publication: March 6th 2012 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Book provided by publisher for review Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from goodreads Rating: Haven Terra is a brainy, shy high school outcast. But everything begins to change when she turns sixteen. […]

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