YA-D2 – The YA Dystopian Reading Challenge

Oh I couldn’t resist this challenge – for more information please check out: YA-D2 – The YA Dsytopian Reading Challenge I’m going to aim to read 4 YA Dystopia books between 1st October and 19th December.  I’m not sure which I’m going to tackle yet as I’ve read a fair number already this year – [...]

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Fallout by Ellen Hopkins

What a great great ending to this story!  For me knowing that it’s based on the author’s own personal experiences adds so much to this experience of this book!  I don’t know whether I’ll capture all the things I loved about this book – but I’m going to give it a try! First – the [...]

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Teaser Tuesday (12)

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You [...]

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Reviews all DONE!!!

Oh my goodness – I’ve finally finished reviewing all those books I read over the month of August while I was on vacation.  If there’s anything I’ve learned I need to write my review as I read my books otherwise I get too far behind and ok I’ll admit in some cases I may have [...]

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Infinite Days by Rebecca Maizel

This was one of these books that I read in one sitting.  Couldn’t put it down!  Lenah Beaudonte is a 592 yr old vampire who became human again – thanks to the sacrifice of her lover, Rhode.  Rhode made sure that before his life ended that Lenah had everything she would need and some understanding [...]

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Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

We all waited for what seems like forever for the last book in the Hunger Games Trilogy.  Was it worth the wait?  Heck YES!!!  I really enjoyed this one as much as I enjoyed the first two.  The action and suspense just never let up.  I was always questioning who was on who’s side and [...]

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In My Mailbox (5)

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren. (It was inspired by from Alea of Pop Culture Junkie.) This week has been a quieter one… There’s one book this week that I received through the Traveling ARC Tour: Mark said he heard the dark song when he creeped houses. The song the predator’s [...]

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Dark Song by Gail Giles

A very compelling and thought-provoking story.  It was a great book that I read in one sitting.  Couldn’t tear myself away from Ames’ story.  A 15-yr old girl who had everything, the big house, attended a private school and what seemed to be the perfect family life….  until the “buzz” started around town and her [...]

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Virgin Territory by James Lecesne

Ok I know a strange title and when you read the back you really wonder what this is all about  But in the end, the story is all about a young teenaged boy trying to find his way in life – where is he going?  What are his plans for the future?  I found it [...]

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Sapphique by Catherine Fisher

Sapphique is the awesome sequel to Incarceron.   And it was just as gripping and intriguing as Incarceron.  Now it’s tough to talk about Sapphique without spoiling Incarceron – for those of you who haven’t read it yet  Hmmm…  can I leave it at the story picks up where Incarceron ends? What I really enjoyed [...]

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