Review: Winter Town

Title: Winter TownSeries: No Young Adult- ContemporaryAuthor: Stephen EmondPublisher: Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersRelease Date: December 5, 2011Book: ARC sent by publisher “Every winter, straight-laced, Ivy League bound Evan looks forward to a visit from Lucy, a childhood pal who moved away after her parent’s divorce. But when Lucy arrives this year, she’s changed. The former “girl next door” now has chopped dyed black hair, a nose stud, and a scowl. But Evan knows that somewhere beneath the Goth, “Old Lucy” still exists, and he’s determined to find her… even if it means pissing her off. Garden State meets Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist in this funny and poignant illustrated novel about...

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Review: My Life Undecided

Title: My Life UndecidedSeries: NoGenre: Young Adult- ContemporaryAuthor: Jessica BrodyPublisher: Farrar, Straus, Giroux (BYR)Release Date: June 7, 2011Book: FC sent by publisher “PLEASE READ THIS! MY LIFE DEPENDS ON IT! Okay, maybe that was a bit melodramatic, but I’m sorry, I’m feeling a bit melodramatic at the moment. Here’s the deal. My name is Brooklyn Pierce, I’m fifteen years old, and I am decisionally challenged. Seriously, I can’t remember the last good decision I made. I can remember plenty of crappy ones though. Including that party I threw when my parents were out of town that accidentally burned down a model home. Yeah, not my finest moment, for sure. But see, that’s why I started a blog. To enlist readers to make my decisions for me. That’s...

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Review: Wherever You Go

Title: Wherever You GoSeries: NoGenre: Young Adult- SupernaturalAuthor: Heather DavisPublisher: Harcourt Children’s BooksRelease Date: November 14, 2011Book: Netgalley “Seventeen-year-old Holly Mullen has felt lost and lonely ever since her boyfriend, Rob, died in a tragic accident. The fact that she has to spend most of her free time caring for her little sister and Alzheimer’s-stricken grandfather doesn’t help. But Holly has no idea that as she goes about her days, Rob’s ghost is watching over her. He isn’t happy when he sees his best friend, Jason, reach out to help Holly with her grandfather—but as a ghost, he can do nothing to stop it. Is his best friend really falling for his girlfriend?     As Holly wonders whether to open her heart to Jason,...

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Review: Damage

Damage by Anya Parrish Series: Stand Alone Published by Flux on September 8th 2011 Genres: Young Adult- Supernatural/Paranormal Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads "There was a time when I prayed for Rachel to be real. Until the night I learned she'd always planned to kill me. When Dani was eight, she fell from a building. No one believed her claim that she was pushed by Rachel . . . her imaginary friend. It took years of therapy to convince Dani that Rachel wasn't real. Now fifteen, Dani wants to make it as a dancer. But a deadly freak accident sends Dani a terrifying message: Rachel is back, she's real, and she'll stop at nothing to kill Dani. Complicating matters is Jesse, the school bad boy who's being stalked by his...

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Review: Dark Eden

Dark Eden by Patrick Carman Published by Katherine Tegen Books on November 1st 2011 Genres: Young Adult- Supernatural/Paranormal Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads "Fifteen-year-old Will Besting is sent by his doctor to Fort Eden, an institution meant to help patients suffering from crippling phobias. Once there, Will and six other teenagers take turns in mysterious fear chambers and confront their worst nightmares—with the help of the group facilitator, Rainsford, an enigmatic guide. When the patients emerge from the chamber, they feel emboldened by the previous night's experiences. But each person soon discovers strange, unexplained aches and pains. . . . What is really happening to the seven teens trapped in this dark...

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Review: Famished

Title: FamishedSeries: NoGenre: Young Adult- DystopianAuthor: Lauren HammondPublisher: Self publishedRelease Date: July 26, 2011Book: ARC sent by author “There is no United States. There is no world. An asteroid has destroyed what the human race knew as earth and The Great Famine has wiped out most of the surviving human population. For the few remaining survivors, food is scarce– precious–a luxury. A luxury that most humans can’t find. Seventeen year old Georgina Carver is fortunate. She’s survived the destruction. She eats three times a day while the rest of humanity is plagued by The Great Famine. And she’s safe, hidden away in an underground colony with her family and several other families of survivors. All of that changes the day she’s...

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