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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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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Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles

WOW!  Awesome book!  Ok I’ll admit I was very skeptical when I started because the theme and story behind the book seemed a little familiar.  Since I had just read The Fifth Rule a couple of weeks ago – I thought uh-oh..  another boy hurts girl, goes to jail and fate intervenes and forces them together. [...]

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The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney

I changed gears a bit with this book.  This book was not classified as a Young Adult book in our LIbrary system – but grouped into the Junior Fiction section.  A little surprising to me – that I read it that is!  One of the things that I noticed about the book that struck me [...]

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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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Hate List by Jennifer Brown

WOW – what a beautifully written book about a terrible and very sad day at Garvin High School.  Valerie had friends, and a boyfriend, and was living what we might call a typical teenager’s life.  She wasn’t popular, was bullied on many occasions and used her notebook as her way of dealing with the hate [...]

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Stolen by Lucy Christopher

OMG!!!!  What an awesome book!  I think the main aspect of this book that drew me in was the way it was written – a letter to her captor!  It was fantastic!  While reading it I felt the fear and anxiety that Gemma felt and then the confusion near the end – it was absolutely [...]

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Tyger Tyger by Kersten Hamilton

I adored this book!  Absolutely loved it!  I so enjoyed being immersed in the Celtic mythology  -  the author did such a wonderful job of moving us from “today” to the world of goblins that I never felt out-of-place.  I also loved the tension and “electricity” between Finn and Teagan and can’t wait to read [...]

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Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers

Oh my goodness!  What a powerful and scary story - I loved it!  It was an extremely tense read and one that I struggled putting down at times.  It was scary in the sense that I’d like to believe that this just doesn’t happen in our society and time – but I’m not sure that’s the [...]

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