Jay Asher’s What Light is a cute book – nothing more, nothing less. There’s a sweet love story between the Christmas Lot girl and the boy with the bad reputation, but you don’t quite see why the characters fall in love so deeply and so quickly. Conflicts emerge unexpectedly and they resolve with just as…
I saw an interesting blog post the other day that featured 10 word reviews of books. This reminded me of one particularly challenging college English class where we had to fit a persuasive essay in just 100 words. Writing short is hard. I tried. I just couldn’t get anywhere with 10 words. So, 15 word…
I always feel like I should show every book the same level of respect – if I’m going to blog about one, I should blog about them all. But that idea becomes a bit too daunting when you spend more time reading than you do talking to other humans… So here’s five mini-reviews of the…
You have to love the quality time that long weekends (thanks Memorial Day!) give us to catch up on our reading, and sleep, but mainly reading. With my extra 24 hours of freedom, I made my way through four fun, romantic and very different YA ARCs – Jeff Giles’ The Edge of Everything, Kami Garcia’s…
Ok, ok, I’m sorry. I just couldn’t help myself with the fire metaphors. When the Ember in the Ashes series started last year, it got a lot of attention for the diversity of characters and, well, just for being a great book. So I – along with apparently everybody at BEA this year –…
I can’t believe I haven’t heard more buzz for the August release of Poisoned Blade. There was huge excitement for Kate Elliott’s Court of Fives premier last year (and it was well deserved) and the second book in the series is even better. Avoiding spoilers, book one ended on a huge, and rather devastating, cliffhanger.…
I just arrived home with over 100 pounds of books from BEA (I weirdly know this because I spent days planning my way around the airline’s weight limits) and my first new read was Kristen Simmons’ new standalone entry, Metaltown. It’s set in a dark, somewhat futuristic world where everyone works in harsh factory conditions…
Joe Shine’s I Become Shadow was a fun, quick read. The main character, Ren Sharpe, is taken to the FATE Center (lol) at the age of 14 to become a Shadow aka the guardian of a future leader. It’s a tough transition to be ripped away from her family and life and everything, but it…
Well, mostly. Sarah’s latest book in the Throne of Glass series grows by epic proportions. I adored-was obsessed-could not put down the first book and the second felt a bit slower, but Chaol made it totally worthwhile. That’s why my absolute, must have book at BEA this year was Heir of Fire. The action started…
I love Andrea Cremer’s Nightshade and Rift series, so I was really excited to hear she was working on a new book called The Inventor’s Secret. When I found out it was a steampunk novel – excitement gone. I think the genre is based on an interesting concept, but I seldom see it done well.…
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