Tag: Danny’s Book Review


Review: the sky is everywhere

the sky is everywhere by Jandy Nelson (website) Publication: 2011 by SPEAK Books amazon (Hardcover & Kindle) synopsis from goodreads Seventeen-year-old Lennie Walker, bookworm and band geek, plays second clarinet and spends her time tucked safely and happily in the shadow of her fiery older sister, Bailey. But when Bailey dies abruptly, Lennie is catapulted […]

Posted 24 May, 2011 by Danny in Book Review, Kristen / 18 Comments
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Review: The Iron Witch by Karen Mahoney

The Iron Witch by Karen MahoneyBook I in a Trilogie Published February 8th 2011 by Fluxamazon (paperback) synopsis from goodreads: Freak. That’s what her classmates call seventeen-year-old Donna Underwood. When she was seven, a horrific fey attack killed her father and drove her mother mad. Donna’s own nearly fatal injuries from the assault were fixed by […]

Posted 23 May, 2011 by Danny in / 7 Comments
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Review & Cover Reveal: Slight by Jennifer Sommersby

Sleight AVRA-K Book 1by Jennifer Sommersby (blog, twitter)Published March 23rd 2011copy received from author.amazon (Kindle) , Barnes & Noble (Nook) and smashwordssynopsis from goodreads Her mom is dead.Ghosts follow her around.Her best friend is an elephant.And she’s about to meet the biggest game changer of all: a boy. With a secret. When circus-dwelling Gemma Flannery learns she will be […]

Posted 19 May, 2011 by Danny in / 7 Comments
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Review: Corsets & Clockwork – 13 Steampunk Romances

Corsets & Clockwork 13 Steampunk RomancesPublishing: April 26, 2011Links: IndieBound(support an independent bookseller near YOU!)Amazon, Barnes & Noble(NOT available as Kindle/Nook or audiobook editions)Book provided by Book It Forward ARC Tours for fair reviewSynopsis from Goodreads Dark, urban fantasies come to life in the newest collection of Steampunk stories, Corsets & Clockwork. Young heroes and […]

Posted 17 May, 2011 by Danny in / 4 Comments
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Review: Mercy by Rebecca Lim

Mercy by Rebecca Lim publication: May 17th 2011 by Hyperion Book CH copy provided by publisher via NetGalley  amazon (Hardcover & Kindle) synopsis from goodreads A fallen angel haunted by her past. Yearning for her immortal beloved. Forever searching for answers. Who will show her Mercy? Mercy has lost herself. She can’t count how many […]

Posted 14 May, 2011 by Danny in / 9 Comments
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Review and Give-Away: Abandon by Meg Cabot

Abandon by Meg CabotPublishing: April 26, 2011Links: IndieBound(support an independent bookseller near YOU!)Amazon, Barnes & Noble(available as Kindle/Nook and audiobook editions)Book provided by Big Honcho Media for fair reviewSynopsis from Big Honcho Media Seventeen-year-old Pierce Oliviera knows what happens to us when we die. That’s how she met John Hayden, the mysterious stranger who’s made […]

Posted 12 May, 2011 by Danny in / 18 Comments
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Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris

Dead Reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse #11) (Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes and Noble) by Charlaine Harris (Website, Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes and Noble) Published on May 2, 2011 Description (from Amazon): With her knack for being in trouble’s way, Sookie witnesses the firebombing of Merlotte’s, the bar where she works. Since Sam Merlotte is now known to be two-natured, […]

Posted 11 May, 2011 by Danny in / 3 Comments
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Lover Unleashed by JR Ward

Lover Unleashed (Black Dagger Brotherhood #9) (Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes and Noble) by JR Ward (Website, Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes and Noble) Published on April , 2011 Description (from Amazon): Payne, twin sister of Vishous, is cut from the same dark, seductive cloth as her brother. Imprisoned for eons by their mother, the Scribe Virgin, she finally […]

Posted 10 May, 2011 by Danny in / 2 Comments
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Review: Die For Me by Amy Plum

Die for Me  by Amy Plum  publication: May 10th 2011 by HarperTeen copy from publisher amazon (Hardcover, Kindle) synopsis from goodreads My life had always been blissfully, wonderfully normal. But it only took one moment to change everything. Suddenly, my sister, Georgia, and I were orphans. We put our lives into storage and moved to […]

Posted 9 May, 2011 by Danny in / 18 Comments
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Review: Graveminder by Melissa Marr

Graveminder by Melissa MarrPublishing: May 17, 2011Links: IndieBound(support an independent bookseller near YOU!)Amazon, Barnes & Noble(available as Kindle/Nook and audiobook editions)Book provided by publisher for fair reviewSynopsis from Melissa Marr’s website Three sips to mind the dead . . . Rebekkah Barrow never forgot the attention her grandmother Maylene bestowed upon the dead of Claysville, […]

Posted 7 May, 2011 by Danny in / 13 Comments
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Review of Wonderment: Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini

Starcrossed  by Josephine Angelini (website, twitter) Publication: May 31st 2011 by HarperTeen copy received from publisher amazon  (Kindle, Hardcover)synopsis from goodreads How do you defy destiny?Helen Hamilton has spent her entire sixteen years trying to hide how different she is—no easy task on an island as small and sheltered as Nantucket. And it’s getting harder. Nightmares of […]

Posted 5 May, 2011 by Danny in Uncategorized / 28 Comments
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Review: The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong

The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong Published April 12th 2011 by HarperCollinscopy and audiobook provided by publisheramazon (Hardcover, Kindle and audiobook)synopsis from goodreads:  Sixteen-year-old Maya is just an ordinary teen in an ordinary town. Sure, she doesn’t know much about her background – the only thing she really has to cling to is an odd paw-print birthmark […]

Posted 3 May, 2011 by Danny in / 7 Comments
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Review of Awesomness: Divergent by Veronica Roth

Divergent  by Veronica Roth (blog, twitter) Publication: May 3rd 2011 by Katherine Tegen Books copy provided by publisher for review (thanks..)  amazon (Hardcover & Kindle) synopsis from goodreads In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), […]

Posted 2 May, 2011 by Danny in / 12 Comments
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