What if you only had one day to live? What would you do? Who would you kiss? And how far would you go to save your own life? Samantha Kingston has it all: looks, popularity, the perfect boyfriend. Friday, February 12, should be just another day in her charmed life. Instead, it turns out to be her last....
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Top Ten Books On My To-Read List
My to-read list on Goodreads currently consists of 277 titles. From that alone I’m sure you can guess that there are a lot of books that I would like to read this summer, but I’ll do my best to narrow it down to ten that I’m really looking forward to reading. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald...
Teaser Tuesday (June 18)
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 Dark Child by Adina West. Perfect for fans of The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare, this intriguing urban fantasy follows the story of...
ARC Review: Will in Scarlet by Matthew Cody
Will Scarlet is on the run. Once the sheltered son of nobility, Will has become an exile. While his father, Lord Shackley, has been on the Crusades with King Richard, a treacherous plot to unseat Richard has swept across England, and Shackley House has fallen. Will flees the only home he’s ever known into neighboring Sherwood Forest, where...
Book Review: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten. Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our...
A Tour of My Bookshelf
Now that my bookshelf has been reorganized, I finally show off my collection! Since I’m a former student library page, my books are filed alphabetically by author’s last name but chronologically within a series. Weather-permitting, I plan on going to another book sale this Tuesday, however here’s what my collection looks like at the moment:
Book Review: The Wandering Goose by Heather Earnhardt
A bug’s life is suddenly changed when a wandering goose finds his way to her garden. They become close friends, exploring and playing in the lush garden, exchanging poems, hopes, and dreams, and eventually confessions of love. When goose begins to feel his instinct to wander, Bug’s life changes again, but she comes to learn that she is...
Cover Reveal: Perfect Ruin by Lauren DeStefano
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,...
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,...
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...