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: Choker

Choker by Elizabeth Woods Series: Stand Alone Published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers on January 4th 2011 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary/Thriller Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Galley Grab Goodreads Sixteen-year-old Cara Lange has been a loner ever since she moved away from her best and only friend, Zoe, years ago. She eats lunch with the other girls from the track team, but they're not really her friends. Mostly she spends her time watching Ethan Gray from a distance, wishing he would finally notice her, and avoiding the popular girls who call her "Choker" after a humiliating incident in the cafeteria. Then one day Cara comes home to find Zoe waiting for her. Zoe's on the run from problems at home, and Cara agrees to help her hide....

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Review: Contagion

Contagion by Joanne Dahme Series: Stand Alone Published by Running Press Kids on October 5th 2010 Genres: Young Adult-Historical/Contemporary Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Goodreads "In her fourth novel Joanne Dahme creates another page-turning tale in which a youngwoman named Rose strives to rid Philadelphia’s water of the deadly typhoid bacteria. Set in the late 19th century, Rose Dugan is a young wife who is actively involved in her community. But when her best friend is killed while working at Philadelphia’s Water Works' gardens, the mystery around her death pulls Rose in. Will she save the city from a deadly typhoid outbreak that is threatening the city’s water system? Will Rose unravel the mystery behind her best friend’s murder—a fate...

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Review: Fat Vampire

Fat Vampire by Adam Rex Series: Stand Alone Published by Balzer + Bray on July 27, 2010 Genres: Young Adult- Supernatural/Paranormal Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Doug Lee is undead quite by accident—attacked by a desperate vampire, he finds himself cursed with being fat and fifteen forever. When he has no luck finding some goth chick with a vampire fetish, he resorts to sucking the blood of cows under cover of the night. But it's just not the same. Then he meets the new Indian exchange student and falls for her—hard. Yeah, he wants to bite her, but he also wants to prove himself to her. But like the laws of life, love, and high school, the laws of vampire existence are complicated—it's not as easy as studying Dracula. Especially when the star of Vampire...

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Review: Beautiful Malice

Beautiful Malice by Rebecca James Series: Stand Alone Published by Bantam on July 13th 2010 Genres: Young Adult-Adventure/Thriller Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Paragraphs Books Goodreads   "So. Were you glad, deep down? Were you glad to be rid of her? Your perfect sister? Were you secretly glad when she was killed?   Following a terrible tragedy that leaves her once-perfect family shattered, Katherine Patterson moves to a new city, starts at a new school, and looks forward to a new life of quiet anonymity.   But when Katherine meets the gregarious and beautiful Alice Parrie her resolution to live a solitary life becomes difficult. Katherine is unable resist the flattering attention that Alice pays her and is so charmed by Alice’s contagious...

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