Haven by Kristi Cook

You can tell that I’m torn between the “real-life” type stories, like the Sarah Dessen books and the paranormal area.  To be honest if I had to choose one of these “genres” I don’t know which I’d choose – I love them both.  So I’m trying to mix it up – once I finished Sarah [...]

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What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen

I stayed up until 2am to finish this book! I could NOT put it down! Now how crazy is that? Sarah’s books just keep getting better and better and better. Ever since the divorce, McLean and her Dad move from town to town with his job.  Her Dad works for Eat Inc. and moves from [...]

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YA Bloggers Best Overlooked Book Battle Round 2 Winner…..

Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell and Keeping Corner by Kashmira Sheth were the 2 books that Evie at The Book Fiend and I were challenged to read for the  YA Book Bloggers best Overlooked Book Battle 2011.   Two excellent books!  What are these books about you may wonder?  Here are the summaries from Goodreads.com: Song of the [...]

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Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell

Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell was the second of two books we were challenged to read for the YA Book Bloggers best Overlooked Book Battle 2011.  This is my review of the story – but stay tuned for  Evie at The Book Fiend and my evaluation of this and our first book, Keeping Corner by Kashmira Sheth to [...]

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Keeping Corner by Kashmira Sheth

Keeping Corner by Kashmira Sheth was the first of two books we were challenged to read for the YA Book Bloggers best Overlooked Book Battle 2011.  This is my review of the story – but stay tuned for  Evie at The Book Fiend and my evaluation of this and our second book, Song of the Sparrow by Lisa [...]

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The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong

When is the next one coming out?? That was the first question on my mind when I finished this book… If you go to Kelley’s website you’ll see that it’s not due until 2012 – tentatively April and there’s yet to be a cover design.  Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!!!!  Why do I do this to myself? [...]

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YA Book Battle continues

Yes I was lucky to continue in this battle as a Round 2 judge  What does that mean?  Well…  it means that Evie at The Book Fiend and I are review partners!  The books that we’ve been asked to review are Keeping Corner by Kashmira Sheth and Song of the Sparrow  by Lisa Ann Sandell.  Two fantastic [...]

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Nerds Heart YA, Round 1: Premiere vs. Tall Story

My second year as a judge for the Nerds Heart YA tournament and it’s been a lot of fun to read books that I may not have read otherwise.  This year I was extremely pleased to be partnered with Holly ofBookHarbinger and together we were asked to judge Premiere by Melody Carlson and Tall Story by [...]

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Passion by Lauren Kate

Oh man Oh man Oh man… The Fallen novels just keep getting better and better! Ah!!! One more right? and I cannot wait to see what’s up next for Luce and Daniel…  Will they be together and stay together OR will Satan get his way?  Imagine going back into the past to see an earlier [...]

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Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan

So if you’ve been staying with me you already know I’ve been a little conflicted about this book.  And just to clarify it’s not the “gay”ness portrayed in the book – I think it’s the directness and maybe the rudeness of it.  I think the New York Times Book Review captures my thoughts the best [...]

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