Kami Glass loves someone she’s never met . . . a boy she’s talked to in her head ever since she was born. She wasn’t silent about her imaginary friend during her childhood, and is thus a bit of an outsider in her sleepy English town of Sorry-in-the-Vale. Still, Kami hasn’t suffered too much from not fitting in....
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Book Review: The Liar Society by Lisa Roecker
Kate Lowry didn’t think dead best friends could send e-mails. But when she gets an e-mail from Grace, she’s not so sure. To: [email protected] Sent: Sun 9/14 11:59 PM From: [email protected] Subject: (no subject) Kate, I’m here… sort of. Find Cameron. He knows. I shouldn’t be writing. Don’t tell. They’ll hurt you. Now Kate has no choice but...
Waiting on Wednesday (January 8)
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 We Were Liars by E. Lockhart which has an expected publication date of May 13, 2014. A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy....
Saturday Showcase (January 4)
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...
Book Review: She Said/She Saw by Norah McClintock
Tegan was in the backseat when her two best friends were gunned down in front of her. Was it an argument over drugs? An ongoing feud? Or something more random? Tegan says she didn’t see who did it. Or know why. Nobody will believe her. Not the police; not her friends; not the families of the victims; and...
ARC Review: Deceived by Julie Anne Lindsey
When Elle’s father, a single parent and a big shot in corporate insurance, moves her to yet another boarding school for senior year, Elle is disgusted when nothing changes. Her night terrors don’t go away, and, soon, despite her father’s caring calls and visits, Elle starts to believe she’s losing her mind. She knows she’s being followed; a...
Book Review: Blue is for Nightmares by Laurie Faria Stolarz
“I Know Your Secret . . .” Nightmares. Dark Secrets. Premonitions of Death. Welcome to Stacey’s World! It begins with the dreams. White lilies, the death flower. Being chased through the woods, knowing she cannot outrun her pursuer forever. Visits from the spirit of a girl who was murdered. Threats and taunts from an unseen assailant. But that’s...
Waiting On Wednesday (August 28)
Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that are eagerly anticipated. Dead Girls Don’t Lie by Jennifer Shaw Wolf has an expected publication date of September 17. Rachel died at two a.m . . . Three hours after Skyler kissed me for the first time. Forty-five minutes after...
Book Review: I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga
What if the world’s worst serial killer…was your dad? Jasper “Jazz” Dent is a likable teenager. A charmer, one might say. But he’s also the son of the world’s most infamous serial killer, and for Dear Old Dad, Take Your Son to Work Day was year-round. Jazz has witnessed crime scenes the way cops wish they could—from the...
Of Pseudonyms and Success
Today I woke up to the news that J.K. Rowling had written another book – and it was one that I had already placed on hold months ago. To say that I felt like a little kid at Christmas was a bit of an understatement; Harry Potter was a huge part of my childhood and teenage years, and...