Review: Breathing

Breathing by Cheryl Renee Herbsman Series: Stand Alone Published by Viking Juvenile on April 16th 2009 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary Source: Bought Goodreads "Savannah would be happy to spend the summer in her coastal Carolina town working at the library and lying in a hammock reading her beloved romance novels. But then she meets Jackson. Once they lock eyes, she’s convinced he’s the one—her true love, her soul mate, a boy different from all the rest. And at first it looks like Savannah is right. Jackson abides by her mama’s strict rules, and stays by her side during a hospitalization for severe asthma, which Savannah becomes convinced is only improving because Jackson is there. But when he’s called away to help his family—and seems uncertain about...

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Review: Between Here and Forever

Between Here and Forever by Elizabeth Scott Series: Stand Alone Published by Simon Pulse on May 24th 2011 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Goodreads "Abby accepted that she can’t measure up to her beautiful, magnetic sister Tess a long time ago, and knows exactly what she is: Second best. Invisible. Until the accident. Now Tess is in a coma, and Abby’s life is on hold. It may have been hard living with Tess, but it's nothing compared to living without her. She's got a plan to bring Tess back though, involving the gorgeous and mysterious Eli, but then Abby learns something about Tess, something that was always there, but that she’d never seen. Abby is about to find out that truth isn't always what you think it...

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Review: Crash into Me

Crash Into Me by Albert Borris Series: Stand Alone Published by Simon Pulse on July 7th 2009 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary Source: Bought Goodreads "Owen, Frank, Audrey, and Jin-Ae have one thing in common: they all want to die. When they meet online after each attempts suicide and fails, the four teens make a deadly pact: they will escape together on a summer road trip to visit the sites of celebrity suicides...and at their final destination, they will all end their lives. As they drive cross-country, bonding over their dark impulses, sharing their deepest secrets and desires, living it up, hooking up, and becoming true friends, each must decide whether life is worth living--or if there's no turning back." I loved this book because of the hope it brings. Four...

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Review: Anna and The French Kiss

Anna and The French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins Series: Anna and The French Kiss # 1 Published by Dutton Juvenile on December 2, 2010 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary Pages: 400 Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Anna is looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. Which is why she is less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris—until she meets Étienne St. Claire: perfect, Parisian (and English and American, which makes for a swoon-worthy accent), and utterly irresistible. The only problem is that he's taken, and Anna might be, too, if anything comes of her almost-relationship back home. As winter melts into spring, will a year of romantic...

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