The Diviners by Libba Bray (website, Facebook, Twitter) Genre: Historical Fiction Horror Publication: September 18th, 2012 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Audiobook provided by publisher for review Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating: Evie O’Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and shipped off to […]
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to: Weekly meme from The Story Siren. The idea is to post the books you got this week, whether you bought them, got them as a gift,from the library, or received them to review. Hi, all! *waves* It’s Pushy here this week for In My Mailbox! I’ve had a lovely […]
The Sweet Far Thingby Libba Bray Published: December 26, 2007Links: IndieBound(support an independent bookseller near YOU!)Amazon, Barnes & Noble(available as Kindle/Nook and Audio editions)Audiobook borrowed from the library Synopsis from Goodreads IT HAS BEEN A YEAR OF CHANGE since Gemma Doyle arrived at the foreboding Spence Academy. Her mother murdered, her father alaudanum addict, Gemma […]
Rebel Angelsby Libba Bray Published: July 26, 2005Links: IndieBound(support an independent bookseller near YOU!)Amazon, Barnes & Noble(available as Kindle/Nook and Audio editions)Audiobook borrowed from the library Synopsis from Goodreads Ah, Christmas! Gemma Doyle is looking forward to a holiday from Spence Academy, spending time with her friends in the city, attending ritzy balls, and on […]
A Great and Terrible Beautyby Libba Bray Published: December 9, 2003Links: IndieBound(support an independent bookseller near YOU!)Amazon, Barnes & Noble(available as Kindle/Nook and Audio editions)Audiobook borrowed from the library Synopsis from Goodreads A Victorian boarding school story, a Gothic mansion mystery, a gossipy romp about a clique of girlfriends, and a dark other-worldly fantasy–jumble them […]
Welcome to our new feature and meme : where we want to share with you what we loved this week in the world of blogging, books and more! (Please don’t hesitate and participant, grab the Button – I will design more later on…) A wonderful Friday my friends!! *Danny here..* And for a super tiny blissful moment […]
I must say that I love Scholastic! Why, you ask? Because they totally brought the WINwhen they planned the This is Teen tour! Yup, someone really smart at Scholastic said, “Let’s get Libba Bray, Meg Cabot and Maggie Stiefvaterto go on tour together, people would like that, right?” Answer: HELLZ TO THE YEAH!!!!! And the […]
I remember the book that made me fall in love with reading. I was visiting my Grandma back east for the summer. As I was packing up to head home she handed me a paper back novel. I can recall the moment so vividly. The book was The Secret by Julie Garwood. She described it […]
Going Bovine Author: Libba BrayPublished: September 22, 2009Links: Goodreads, Amazon (available as Kindle edition)eAudio book borrowed from Library by reviewer Description: Cameron Smith, 16, is slumming through high school, overshadowed by a sister “pre-majoring in perfection,” while working (ineptly) at the Buddha Burger. Then something happens to make him the focus of his family’s attention: […]
