Review: Vampire Crush
Title: Vampire CrushSeries: NoGenre: Young Adult-ParanormalAuthor: A.M. RobinsonPublisher: Harper TeenRelease Date: January 2011Book: Sent by author “First, six mysteriously pale new students show up at Sophie McGee’s high school. Then, Sophie’s childhood nemesis James reappears, still displaying a knack for making Sophie’s blood boil. When Sophie finds out that James has a connection to the new students, she decides to investigate…never expecting her life will quickly begin to resemble a campy horror movie, complete with budding crushes and bloodthirsty villains.” This was a great read. I love how easy, fun, and cute it was. Sophie is a headstrong girl. Trying to get a head in her school paper, she is given the task to interview the six new...
Read MoreReview: Unearthly
Title: Unearthly Series: Unearthly # 1 Genre: Young Adult- Paranormal/Supernatural Author: Cynthia Hand Publisher: Harper Teen Release Date: January 2011 Book: ?Joni at Paragraphs Books/ ARC through Netgalley “Clara has known she was part-angel ever since she turned fourteen two years ago. But now she is finally getting visions of what her Purpose-a rite of passage for every part-angel-is to be, and it happens to involve a gorgeous guy. Of course, there is the raging forest fire surrounding them, too. When Clara’s Purpose leads her family to Wyoming, Clara finds the boy of her visions, Christian, but complicating her mission are her growing feelings for another guy, Tucker. As the day in her visions draws closer, Clara discovers that her Purpose may...
Read MoreReview: Losing Romeo
Title: Losing RomeoSeries: NoGenre: Young adult-ContemporaryAuthor: A. J. ByrdPublisher: KimaniRelease Date: November 1, 2010Book: Netgalley “In the game of love, someone’s bound to get hurt. Best Friends Forever—that’s Anjenai, Kierra and Tyler. Growing up together in an Atlanta housing project, the girls have always been there for each other. But high school is a whole new world, and the drama is just beginning.” Ok,very rarely do I every put down a book and not finish it. I was half way through and just couldn’t take it anymore. One word, MAJOR DRAMA. Ok that was two. So like I said major drama. Not that I don’t like drama I do, but man, I felt like I was stuck in bad novella and that nothing was ever going to end. It was one thing...
Read MoreReview: The Oracle Of Dating
Title: The Oracle Of DatingSeries: The Oracle Of Dating # 1Genre: Young Adult-ContemporaryAuthor: Allison van DiepenPubisher: Harlequin TeenRelease Date: May 1, 2010Book: Netgalley “No one at Kayla’s school knows she’s the famous Oracle of Dating—the anonymous queen of dating advice, given through her own Web site. Kayla doesn’t even have a boyfriend. Two relationship disasters were enough to make her focus on everyone else’s love life. But then her advice backfires on her own best friend. And Kayla starts to seriously obsess about Jared Stewart—the very cute, very mysterious new guy in school. Suddenly, the teen queen of advice needs her own oracle of dating–and she knows just where to find one… “ This was a very cute and funny read. I...
Read MoreReview: Wild Legacy
Title: Wild LegacySeries: Wild # 3Genre: New Adult-FantasyAuthor: C. Fern CookPublisher: Self-PublishedRelease Date: September 28, 2010Book: Sent by author “Dan Tucker’s passion for the wildlife runs through the veins of his offspring, but his curse also course through the veins of his child. Only he know why his child is different from all the other children. Like every parent, Dan is challenged with teaching his child how to fit inti this world. In Dan’s case the dilemma is taken up a notch. But like every new soul that arrive on this planet, they must make thieor own, no one else can do it for them.” The premise for this book sound good to me but aftr reading it, it was not at all what I expected. The synopsis talks about Dan and his...
Read MoreReview: Fear: 13 Stories of Suspense and Horror
Title: Fear: 13 Stories of Suspense and HorrorSeries: NoGenre: Young Adult- Horror/ThrillerAuthors: Jennifer Allison Heather Brewer Ryan Brown Meg Cabot Alane Ferguson Heather Graham Peg Kehret Tim Maleeny James Rollins Walter Sorrells R.L. Stine Suzanne Weyn F. Paul WilsonPublisher: SpeakRelease Date: September 2, 2010Book: Bought “A collection of thirteen scary stories by bestselling and award-winning authors.” And what a great collection it is! I read this and was hooked. The book was great and filled with so many amazing stories. So of my favorites I am hoping will be published...
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