This morning, US Weekly revealed the cover for Perfect Ruin by Lauren DeStefano. It’s set to be published this October, and is the first book in The Internment Chronicles. On Internment, the floating island in the clouds where 16-year-old Morgan Stockhour lives, getting too close to the edge can lead to madness. Even though Morgan’s older brother, Lex,...
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Book Haul
I just spent the last half hour reorganizing my bookshelf because there was a book sale at my town’s police station today (strange place for a book sale, I know). The lady that was accepting donations seemed to think that the six books I bought would last me all summer and seemed really surprised when my mom said,...
Book Review: Stolen by Lucy Christopher
It happened like this. I was stolen from an airport. Taken from everything I knew, everything I was used to. Taken to sand and heat, dirt and danger. And he expected me to love him. This is my story. A letter from nowhere. Sixteen year old Gemma is kidnapped from Bangkok airport and taken to the Australian Outback....
Friday Finds (June 14)
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. Books I...
WWW Wednesday (June 12)
WWW Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Should Be Reading. To participate, answer the following three questions: 1. What are you currently reading? 2. What did you recently finish reading? 3. What do you think you’ll read next? I’m currently reading Nevermore by Kelly Creagh. I really like this book so far – it has dark supernatural...
Waiting on Wednesday (June 12)
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that are eagerly anticipated. This week’s release that I’m (not so) patiently awaiting is The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman, which has an expected publication date of June 18. THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE...
Top Ten Beach Reads
For me, a beach read is something that’s light, fun, and (more often than not) romantic. I don’t get to the beach nearly enough – partially because the nearest one is an hour away and partially because I sunburn way too easily – but next time I go, I’ll be bringing a few of these books along. 1. The...
Teaser Tuesday (June 11)
Teaser Tuesday is a weekly event hosted by Should Be Reading, which asks you to grab your current read, open to a random page, and share two teaser sentences. This week’s teaser comes from Nevermore by Kelly Creagh. Cheerleader Isobel Lanley is horrified when she is paired with Varen Nethers for an English project, which is due—so unfair—on...
ARC Review: Clockwise by Elle Strauss
Casey Donovan has issues: hair, height and uncontrollable trips to the 19th century! And now this—she’s accidentally taken Nate Mackenzie, the cutest boy in the school, back in time. Awkward. Protocol pressures her to tell their 1860 hosts that he is her brother and when Casey finds she has a handsome, wealthy (and unwanted) suitor, something changes in...
Book Review: Whatever Doesn’t Kill You by Elizabeth Wennick
Jenna Cooper was only a few days old when her father was murdered and her family was shattered. Now fifteen, she daydreams of a picture-perfect sitcom family as she struggles with the gritty realities of her life. When Jenna finds out that Travis Bingham, the man who shot her father, has been released from prison, she becomes obsessed...