Thursdays are Book Chat days! You can link up on Jessica’s blog Sweet Green Tangerine Today’s question: Choose a book and make a playlist for it! I should probably start off by saying that this is such a Jess question it made me laugh out loud. I know that she LOVES making playlists to go [...]
You know how sometimes you see a book and you heard about this book and everyone is all like “THIS BOOK IS SO GOOD” but you are confident that although this book is getting 5-star ratings across the board you will STILL not like it? That’s how I felt about Cinder before I picked it [...]
In January when I blogged about my 2012 Goals, I briefly mentioned I wanted to take part in something called the YA Challenge, and try to read 40 teen-lit books this year. In January and February I had a lot of trouble getting into books and finishing them at my usual quick speed, but since [...]
Book: Clockwork Angel Author: Cassandra Clare Type: YA Paranormal Release Date: August 31st 2010 Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books The story revolves around Tessa Gray, a young lady who lives in Victorian England (circa 1800). She loses both of her parents and goes to live with her brother and her aunt while growing up, but when her brother leaves her for [...]
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Book: The Fault in our Stars Author: John Green Type: YA Contemporary Release Date: January 10th 2012 Publisher: Penguin Group USA The Fault in our Stars is a story about many, many things. First, it is the story of a girl named Hazel Grace Lancaster and a boy named Augustus Waters. The two meet at [...]
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Book: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer Author: Michelle Hodkin Type: YA paranormal/suspense Release Date: September 27th 2011 Publisher: Simon & Schuster The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer is the story of a teenage girl named Mara who wakes up in the hospital after a three day coma to find out that her best friend, her boyfriend, [...]
*First I’d just like to direct you to my nav bar which now has a lovely new tab… My blog roll!You can click on it & find out more about a bunch of really great bloggers. You’ll also notice that the whole nav bar has been tweaked [hopefully for the better] so have fun looking [...]
I’ve been meaning to write a review about this book since I finished it last week, but I just completely forgot until I was updating my book page. But you guys, this book deserves some recognition because it was GOOD. Really good. The story is told from the perspective of 5 year old Jack, a [...]
A couple days ago I finished reading this book, and it was one of those novels that I would have never in a million years picked up if it weren’t for a friend lending it to me. And it turned out to be AMAZING, so I highly recommend you read it & check out my [...]
Last night I finished the book The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne, and although I didn’t ADORE it, I did enjoy it & have been meaning to write more in-depth reviews of the books I read on my blog. So here we go (no spoilers, I promise!) The book takes place in [...]
