Saturday Showcase is a weekly event hosted here at The In-Between Place which features books that you wish more people had read (or, at least, heard about). This week’s featured book is The Butterfly Clues by Kate Ellison. Penelope (Lo) Marin has always loved to collect beautiful things. Her dad’s consulting job means she’s grown up moving from...
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Book Review: Pawn by Aimee Carter
YOU CAN BE A VII. IF YOU GIVE UP EVERYTHING. For Kitty Doe, it seems like an easy choice. She can either spend her life as a III in misery, looked down upon by the higher ranks and forced to leave the people she loves, or she can become a VII and join the most powerful family in...
Friday Finds (January 3)
Friday Finds is a weekly event hosted by Should Be Reading, where you discuss books that you’ve discovered and added to your to-read list over the course of the week. These books don’t have to be ones that you’ve purchased – they can be books that you’ve borrowed, found online, heard about from a friend, etc. As always,...
Book Review: Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard
The year is 1876, and there’s something strange and deadly loose in Philadelphia… Eleanor Fitt has a lot to worry about. Her brother has gone missing, her family has fallen on hard times, and her mother is determined to marry her off to any rich young man who walks by. But this is nothing compared to what she’s...
2014 Bookish Resolutions
These past few months, I’ve been an awful blogger. Managing both a university course load and a book blog was a lot more difficult than I thought it would be, which is why I ended up taking an extended break from posting for a while. So what better way to determine what changes I want to make in...
This Month In Books: January 2014
I can’t think of a better way to ring in the new year than reading some much-anticipated new releases, and thankfully this month doesn’t look like it’s going to disappoint. Here are some of the January releases on my to-read list that I’m most looking forward to reading: January 7 January 14 January 23 January 28 What January...
Top Ten Books I Read In 2013
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly book meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week, she posts an idea relating to books and encourages other book bloggers to respond with their own top ten lists. This week’s topic is “top ten books I read in 2013.” 2013 was an excellent year for reading, thanks to the...
Book Review: Allegiant by Veronica Roth
The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered—fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she’s known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled...
Spotlight: Getting Rooted in New Zealand by Jamie Baywood
Today, I’m very excited to introduce you to Getting Rooted in New Zealand, a funny travel memoir by Jamie Baywood that was published on April 21, 2013. Craving change and lacking logic, at 26, Jamie, a cute and quirky Californian, impulsively moves to New Zealand to avoid dating after reading that the country’s population has 100,000 fewer men....
Book Review: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
From the author the New York Times bestseller Eleanor & Park A coming-of-age tale of fan fiction, family and first love. Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan . . . But for Cath, being a fan is her life — and she’s really good at it. She and her...