Series: The Pledge, #2 Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Publish Date: January 1st, 2013 Source: Purchased Goodreads Rating: 2/5 – The biggest disappointment of the year so far. Synopsis: At the luminous conclusion of The Pledge, Charlaina defeated the tyrant Sabara and took her place as Queen of Ludania. But Charlie knows that Sabara has not disappeared: The […]
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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 »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 […]
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College freshman, Natalie Vega, offers to be a test patient for several vitamins and supplements created by Kronberg Laboratories, a large pharmaceutical company where she interns. Immediately her body starts going through physical changes but when she runs into her former high school crush, Ryan Garrett, she is unaware of the life altering affects he […]
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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine. Each week participating blogs feature upcoming titles that they’re eagerly anticipating. This isn’t a meme I do very often, but there are just so many sequels coming out this year that I’m dying to get my hands on. This week, the book I’m most […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: The Friday Society by Adrienne Kress
Publisher: Dial Publish Date: December 6th, 2012 Source: ARC Goodreads 5/5 Snarky Birds (there actually was one in this book!!) Synopsis: Set in turn of the century London, The Friday Society follows the stories of three very intelligent and talented young women, all of whom are assistants to powerful men: Cora, lab assistant; Michiko, Japanese fight assistant; and Nellie, […]
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Synopsis: Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she’s struggling to conceal her power, and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever. Ethan Wate, who […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: Asunder by Jodi Meadows
Publisher: Katherine Tegan Books Publish Date: January 29th, 2012 Source: ARC from Publisher Goodreads Rating 4/5 Newsouls Synopsis: DARKSOULS Ana has always been the only one. Asunder. Apart. But after Templedark, when many residents of Heart were lost forever, some hold Ana responsible for the darksouls–and the newsouls who may be born in their place. SHADOWS Many […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: Out of Sight, Out of Mind by Marilyn Kaye
Publisher: Kingfisher Publish Date: February 22nd, 2009 Source: Purchased Goodreads Rating: 2/5 Talented Tweens Synopsis: Thirteen year old Queen-of-mean Amanda Beeson, wakes up one morning in the wrong body. She’s become lonely, unfashionable Tracey Devon – one of Amanda’s targets for bullying. Amanda discovers that Tracey, ignored at home and at school, has the ability to […]
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