Review and Contest: Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
Hardcover: 368 pagesPublisher: Scholastic Press (July 1 2010)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0545123283ISBN-13: 978-0545123280 Synopsis: In Maggie Stiefvater’s Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other. Now in Linger, they must fight to be together. For Grace, this means defying her parents and keeping a very dangerous secret about her own well-being. For Sam, this means grappling with his werewolf past…and figuring out a way to survive in the future. Add into the mix a new wolf named Cole, whose own past has the potential to destroy the whole pack. And Isabelle, who already lost her brother to the wolves…and is nonetheless drawn to Cole. At turns harrowing and euphoric, Linger is a spellbinding love story that explores both sides of love-the light and the dark, the warm and the cold-in a way you will never … Read entire article »
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1st Rate Friday’s #9
A weekly meme to share favorite posts you’ve come across recently. Although it’s impossible to follow every book blogger, this is a great opportunity to highlight exceptional posts you find. Hopefully along the way you’ll find some great new-to-you blogs as well. Let’s spread the love and support those awesome posts out there! This was inspired by Cindy at Tynga’s Reviews, Jennifer at Reading With Tequila, Lisa at The Little Reader…and me! Let the fun begin! I’m so glad Carla wrote this post: Say What You Mean And Mean What You Say It’s a perfect reminder to just be yourself, and not only in the blogging world it’s also an important message for life in general! Don’t be afraid to say something if that’s how you feel. If we all share the … Read entire article »
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Review: The 9th Judgment by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
Hardcover: 368 pagesPublisher: Little, Brown and Company (April 26 2010)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0316036277ISBN-13: 978-0316036276 Synopsis: The most personal A young mother and her infant child are ruthlessly gunned down while returning to their car in the garage of a shopping mall. There are no witnesses, and Detective Lindsay Boxer is left with only one shred of evidence: a cryptic message scrawled across the windshield in bloodred lipstick. The most dangerous The same night, the wife of A-list actor Marcus Dowling is woken by a cat burglar who is about to steal millions of dollars’ worth of precious jewels. In just seconds there is a nearly empty safe, a lifeless body, and another mystery that throws San Francisco into hysteria. The most exciting Women’s Murder Club novel ever (Click here to continue reading the book description) This is the … Read entire article »
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Review: Ash by Malinda Lo
Hardcover: 272 pagesPublisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; 1 edition (Sep 1 2009)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0316040096ISBN-13: 978-0316040099 From the Publisher: Cinderella retold In the wake of her father’s death, Ash is left at the mercy of her cruel stepmother. Consumed with grief, her only joy comes by the light of the dying hearth fire, rereading the fairy tales her mother once told her. In her dreams, someday the fairies will steal her away, as they are said to do. When she meets the dark and dangerous fairy Sidhean, she believes that her wish may be granted. (To continue reading the synopsis, click here From what I’d heard around the blogging world, this book is considered LGBT-friendly. I’ll admit, I had to research the term (I know, right? It seems so obvious now…) So, once … Read entire article »
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Review: It’s Not Summer Without You by Jenny han
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Released: April 27, 2010 Hardcover: 288 pages My Rating: 5 / 5 My Thoughts: The sequel to The Summer I Turned Pretty, is one not to miss. It’s summer again and normally that meant heading out with her mom to Cousins Beach. But this year would be different…her mom’s best friend has just passed away. As she tries hard to keep herself busy with her friends, she gets a desperate call for help. Conrad, the ex and guy she’s loved forever is missing. His brother, Jerimiah, knows if anyone can help it’s Belly and they head out to find him. Wow, Jenny’s writing really sucks you in. The characters are so powerfully written and stick with you long after you’ve finished reading the book. I loved seeing Belly stuck … Read entire article »
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Scones and Sensibility Tour Stop
Interview time with Lindsay Eland! If you follow my blog, you’d know that I love all things cute…well reading Scones and Sensibility definately fits the bill (I’ve included my review at the bottom). It’s my pleasure to have Lindsay stop by and chat with us today. Tell us about Scones & Sensibility. Scones and Sensibility is the humorous story of a young overly-dramatic and overly-romantic 12-year-old girl who sets to matchmaking in her small beach town with disastrous and hilarious result. Polly, Clementine & Fran, just to name a few, are characters in S&S but not very common names. How & why did you pick the character names? I love old, classic names like these, and felt like they blended well together in the story as well as fit the plot, … Read entire article »
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White Cat by Holly Black – Promo week 3
(Reminder, this contest is for Canadian addresses only) … Read entire article »
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It’s Monday! What are you reading? April 26, 2010
It’s Monday! What are you reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Here we get to discuss the books we’ve finished over the last week and what we’ll be working on this week. Last week, I finished The 9th Judgment by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, which releases today, so I’ll get my review up quickly for it. I also finished Linger by Maggie Stiefvater…keep an eye out for my review, I’ll have an extra little something in there for the Stiefvater fans out there I’m still working on Bite Me by Christopher Moore and Timothy and the Dragon’s Gate by Adrienne Kress (I started this one a couple of weeks back and set it aside, but I’m getting into it now.) I also started on … Read entire article »
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? April 26, 2010
It’s Monday! What are you reading? is a weekly event to celebrate what we are reading for the week as well as books completed the previous week. Feel free to join in this weekly event if you’d like as well as use the picture above. Thanks Sheila for hosting! Last week: I read Restoring Harmony by Joëlle Anthony, Starlighter by Bryan Davis and The Cinderella Society by Kay Cassidy. This week: I am going to read The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong and White Cat by Holly Black. Ack, I still need to review It’s Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han and Shade by Jeri Smith-Ready and I’ve now added Restoring Harmony & The Cinderella Society. I hate myself when I get this behind on reviews And last by not least, in case you … Read entire article »
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