Review: Paper Towns

This book may be unsuitable for people under 17 years of age due to its use of sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence.Paper Towns by John Green Published by Speak on June 29, 2015 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary Source: Borrowed Buy on Amazon Goodreads Who is the real Margo? Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs into his life - dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge - he follows. After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. She has disappeared. Q soon learns that there are clues in her disappearance . . ....

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Review: Summer Love

Summer Love by Jill Santopolo Series: Stand Alone Published by Speak on May 1st 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary/Romance Source: Bought Goodreads For fans of The Bachelorette, a personalized summer romance with 13 possible endings!Summer is all about relaxing and having fun. But it’s even better when you find the right guy to share it with. In this original romance, you get to choose how to find your happy ending, which can result in a kiss from one of eleven swoon-worthy guys. At the end of each chapter, you decide how to continue your journey to find love, and the endings are based entirely on the choices you make while reading. Every selection counts and the possibilities are endless. Not ready for romance? No problem! There are different endings to...

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Review: Hold Still

Hold Still by Nina LaCour Series: Stand Alone Published by Speak on September 25th 2009 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads I am a girl ready to explode into nothing.That night Ingrid told Caitlin, I'll go wherever you go. But by dawn, Ingrid was dead and Caitlin was alone. Suddenly Caitlin has to deal with a completely unfamiliar life—a life without the art, the laughter, the music, and the joy she shared with her best friend. When she finds the journal Ingrid left behind, Caitlin gets a chance to learn about another side of her friend; and the journal becomes her guide as she deals with forging new friendships, finding a first love, and learning to live without the one person who knew her best. This is another book that I...

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Review: Forgiven

Forgiven by Janet Fox Series: Faithful # 2 Published by Speak on June 2nd 2011 Genres: Young Adult-Historical/Contemporary Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Kula Baker never expected to find herself on the streets of San Francisco, alone but for a letter of introduction. Though she has come to the city to save her father from a cruel fate, Kula soon finds herself swept up in a world of art and elegance - a world she hardly dared dream of back in Montana, where she was no more than the daughter of an outlaw. And then there is the handsome David Wong, whose smiling eyes and soft-spoken manner have an uncanny way of breaking through Kula's carefully crafted reserve. Yet when disaster strikes and the wreckage threatens all she holds dear, Kula realizes that only...

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Review: Faithful

Faithful by Janet Fox Series: Faithful # 1 Published by Speak on May 13th 2010 Genres: Young Adult-Historical/Contemporary Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Sixteen-year-old Maggie Bennet's life is in tatters. Her mother has disappeared, and is presumed dead. The next thing she knows, her father has dragged Maggie away from their elegant Newport home, off on some mad excursion to Yellowstone in Montana. Torn from the only life she's ever known, away from her friends, from society, and verging on no prospects, Maggie is furious and devastated by her father's betrayal. But when she arrives, she finds herself drawn to the frustratingly stubborn, handsome Tom Rowland, the son of a park geologist, and to the wild romantic beauty of Yellowstone itself. And as Tom...

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