A couple posts ago I was talking about one of my favorite series from when I was younger. Sweet Valley Twins. I was seriously an addict, I read all the books I could get my hands on a few times over. Now, like I said… I never read Sweet Valley High but I still feel […]
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Work and Historical Fiction
I just finished Philippa Gregory’s ‘The Other Boleyn Girl’ and it was fantastic. I won’t bother writing up a review because it’s older, totally not this blogs usual genre and not every book needs to be blogged about. But I do think this was the best book I’ve read all year so far. Seriously, so […]
Read the rest of this entry »Wither- Lauren Destefano
Synopsis: Thanks to modern science, every human being has become a ticking genetic time bomb—males only live to age twenty-five, and females only live to age twenty. In this bleak landscape, young girls are kidnapped and forced into polygamous marriages to keep the population from dying out. When sixteen-year-old Rhine Ellery is taken by the […]
Read the rest of this entry »Long lost books
On the way home from work yesterday my mom gave me a bit of a mini heart attack. Apparently my dad had been going through some of our storage and had uncovered some boxes of old books that he was claiming we had to get rid of because we didn’t have enough room. Notttt gunna […]
Read the rest of this entry »Why I love them Part 2- Carrie Vaughn
I’ve mentioned this before but I have four favorite authors. Surprisingly, even though I’m on a major YA kick this year my favorites are all still Urban Fantasy authors. The most recent addition is one Carrie Vaughn. For some reason I avoided her books foreevveerr and looking back, I have no idea why. Kitty and […]
Read the rest of this entry »Ooo, shiny new books
Earlier this week I filled in a little online quiz thing, that wanted me to identify part of covers from upcoming YA novels. I did a little research on goodreads and found a few, but overall my book identification skills left something to be desired. The of course I go into work and half of […]
Read the rest of this entry »Just thought this was funny
I saw this at work today and thought it was fantastically funny. Way to cash in on a trend that just won’t die. The Steig Larson books have been bestsellers for at least as long as I’ve had my job. Apparently they’ve been a hit long enough to write and publish this entire book :) […]
Read the rest of this entry »Weekly Geeks 2011-10 Ten Things
My first foray into Memes! This weeks theme, ten facts about me and books! Brought to you by Weekly Geeks! Just something I thought would be fun, we’ll see how it goes ;-) 1. I usually finish books I’m not really enjoying. Either because I want to be able to count the book towards my […]
Read the rest of this entry »Hex Hall- Rachel Hawkins
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH Publish Date: March 2nd, 2010 Source: Borrowed Goodreads Rating: 3/5 Broomsticks Synopsis: Three years ago, Sophie Mercer discovered that she was a witch. It’s gotten her into a few scrapes. One of which gets her sent to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium, a.k.a. witches, faeries, and shapeshifters.Worse, Sophie […]
Read the rest of this entry »Demonology 101
Alright, this is a little different from usual as this technically has nothing to do with books. Still a great read though. Demonology 101 (a web comic) is basically Buffy meets angelic forces. Following the adventures of Raven, an adopted half demon trying to find her place in the world. It’s no longer being updated […]
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