I can’t believe it’s August already! This summer just flew by, but thankfully there’s still a bit of time to curl up on the beach with one of these new releases. As always, if you’re interested in one of the books, click on its cover image to be taken to its Goodreads page. August 5 August 8 August 12...
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Waiting on Wednesday (July 30)
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 Stitching Snow by R.C. Lewis, which has an expected publication date of October 14, 2014. Princess Snow is missing. Her home planet is filled with violence and corruption at the hands of King...
Book Review: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Can Anna find love in the City of Light? Anna is happy in Atlanta. She has a loyal best friend and a crush on her coworker at the movie theater, who is just starting to return her affection. So she’s less than thrilled when her father decides to send her to a boarding school in Paris for her...
Saturday Showcase (July 26)
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 Smart Girls Get What They Want by Sarah Strohmeyer. Gigi, Bea, and Neerja are best friends and total overachievers. Even if they aren’t the most popular girls...
Friday Finds (July 25)
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, if...
Mini Book Review: Born of Deception by Teri Brown
Budding illusionist Anna Van Housen is on top of the world: after scoring a spot on a prestigious European vaudeville tour, she has moved to London to chase her dream and to join an underground society for people like her with psychic abilities. Along with her handsome beau, Cole Archer, Anna is prepared to take the city by...
Waiting On Wednesday (July 23)
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 Ticker by Lisa Mantchev, which has an expected publication date of December 1, 2014. A girl with a clockwork heart makes every second count. When Penny Farthing nearly died, the brilliant surgeon Calvin...
Friday Finds (July 18)
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, if...
Waiting on Wednesday (July 16)
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 The Cure for Dreaming by Cat Winters, which has an expected publication date of October 14, 2014. Olivia Mead is a headstrong, independent girl—a suffragist—in an age that prefers its girls to be...
Book Review: Also Known As by Robin Benway
Which is more dangerous: being an international spy… or surviving high school? Maggie Silver has never minded her unusual life. Cracking safes for the world’s premier spy organization and traveling the world with her insanely cool parents definitely beat high school and the accompanying cliques, bad lunches, and frustratingly simple locker combinations. (If it’s three digits, why bother...