“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights all of the wonderful, upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. This week… I am DESPERATE to read The Shade of the Moon by Susan Beth Pfedder, Book Four of The Last Survivors series. I didn’t even know there was going to […]
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Review: Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Series: Lunar Chronicles, #1 Publisher: Feiwel and Friends Publish Date: January rd,, 2012 Source: Purchased Goodreads Rating: 5/5 – Why did I put off reading this book for so long?!? Synopsis: Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne
Series: Monument 14, #1 Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Publish Date: June 5th, 2012 Source: Purchased Goodreads Synopsis: Fourteen kids. One superstore. A million things that go wrong. In Emmy Laybourne’s action-packed debut novel, six high school kids (some popular, some not), two eighth graders (one a tech genius), and six little kids trapped together in a chain superstore […]
Read the rest of this entry »Cover Reveal: Stars in Her Eyes by Clare C. Marshall
Book Information: Title: Stars In Her Eyes (Sparkstone Saga #1) Author: Clare C. Marshall Genre: Young Adult Science Fiction/Adventure Publisher: Faery Ink Press Publishing date: May 13, 2013 Synopsis: Burn hot and cold. Read minds. Disappear at will. Dream your own death. Welcome to Sparkstone University, where some students are more gifted than others. […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: Dualed by Elsie Chapman
Series: Dualed, #1 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Publish Date: February 26th, 2013 Source: Purchased Goodreads Rating: 4/5 Clones Synopsis: The city of Kersh is a safe haven, but the price of safety is high. Everyone has a genetic Alternate—a twin raised by another family—and citizens must prove their worth by eliminating their Alts before […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: XVI by Julia Karr
Series: XVI, #1 Publisher: Puffin/Speak Publish Date: January 6th, 2011 Source: Book Swap Goodreads Rating: 3.5/5 Wrist Tattoos Synopsis: Every girl gets one. An XVI tattoo on the wrist–sixteen. Some girls can’t wait to be sixteen, to be legal. Nina is not one of them. Even though she has no choice in the matter, she knows […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: The Way We Fall by Megan Crewe
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Publish Date: January 24th, 2012 Source: Freebie from a book event Goodreads Rating: 4/5 Coyotes Synopsis: When sixteen-year-old Kaelyn lets her best friend leave for school without saying goodbye, she never dreams that she might not see him again. But then a strange virus begins to sweep through her small island community, infecting young and […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: Siege by Rhiannon Frater
Publisher: Tor Books Publish Date: August 14th, 2009 Source: Purchased Goodreads 4/5 Rotting corpses Synopsis: As the survivors continue to seek stability in their lives, forces both inside and outside the fort walls move them toward a final, climactic conflict between the living and the dead. Jenni, Katie and the others discover that they are not alone, that there is another enclave […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter
Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publish Date: September 25th, 2012 Source: Purchased Goodreads Review: 4/5 White Rabbits Synopsis: Had anyone told Alice Bell that her entire life would change course between one heartbeat and the next, she would have laughed. From blissful to tragic, innocent to ruined? Please. But that’s all it took. One heartbeat. A blink, a breath, […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: The Walking Dead, Volume 1
Publisher: Image Comics Publish Date: September 26th, 2006 Source: Purchased Goodreads Rating: 4/5 Walking Dead agree… these comics are awesome! Summary: An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a matter of months, society has crumbled: There is no government, no grocery stores, no mail […]
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