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 Bully Book by Eric Kahn Gale. The rules governing middle school are often a mystery, but for Eric Haskins, they’re a mystery he needs to...
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Book Review: Guy in Real Life by Steve Brezenoff
An achingly real and profoundly moving love story about two Minnesota teens whose lives become intertwined through school, role-playing games, and a chance two-a.m. bike accident. It is Labor Day weekend in St. Paul, Minnesota, and boy and girl collide on a dark street at two thirty in the morning: Lesh, who wears black, listens to metal, and...
Waiting on Wednesday (August 27)
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly book meme hosted by Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that are eagerly anticipated. This week, I’m waiting on Falling Into Place by Amy Zhang, which has an expected release date of September 9, 2014. On the day Liz Emerson tries to die, they had reviewed Newton’s laws of motion in physics...
ARC Review: A Little Something Different by Sandy Hall
The creative writing teacher, the delivery guy, the local Starbucks baristas, his best friend, her roommate, and the squirrel in the park all have one thing in common—they believe that Gabe and Lea should get together. Lea and Gabe are in the same creative writing class. They get the same pop culture references, order the same Chinese food, and...
Book Review: The Secrets of Lily Graves by Sarah Strohmeyer
With the intrigue of Pretty Little Liars and plenty of romance, bestselling author Sarah Strohmeyer weaves a story of secrets and lies—set in a funeral parlor. Growing up in a house of female morticians, Lily Graves knows all about buried secrets. She knows that perfect senior-class president Erin Donohue isn’t what she seems. She knows why Erin’s ex-boyfriend,...
Book Review: Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
From the glittering streets of Manhattan to the moonlit rooftops of Paris, falling in love is easy for hopeless dreamer Isla and introspective artist Josh. But as they begin their senior year in France, Isla and Josh are quickly forced to confront the heartbreaking reality that happily-ever-afters aren’t always forever. Their romantic journey is skillfully intertwined with those...
Release Day Blitz: Dangerous Boys by Abigail Haas
Today, I’m so excited to be promoting Dangerous Boys by Abagail Haas, which is (finally) released today! Three teens venture into the abandoned lake house one night; hours later, only two emerge from the burning wreckage. Chloe drags one Reznick brother to safety, unconscious and bleeding; the other is left to burn, dead in the fire. But which...
Waiting on Wednesday (August 13)
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly book meme hosted by Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that are eagerly anticipated. This week, I’m waiting on All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven, which has an expected publication date of January 6, 2015. The Fault in Our Stars meets Eleanor and Park in this compelling, exhilarating, and beautiful story about...
Book Review: Just One Year by Gayle Forman
When he opens his eyes, Willem doesn’t know where in the world he is—Prague or Dubrovnik or back in Amsterdam. All he knows is that he is once again alone, and that he needs to find a girl named Lulu. They shared one magical day in Paris, and something about that day—that girl—makes Willem wonder if they aren’t...
Teaser: Dangerous Boys by Abigail Haas
I’m so excited to be promoting Abigail Haas’ Dangerous Boys, which is set to be released on August 14th! After hearing so much praise for Dangerous Girls, I can honestly say that I’m excited to give this one a read! From the critically-acclaimed author of DANGEROUS GIRLS comes a new dark, twisted thriller… “It all comes down to this: Oliver,...