Buy Glow Special: $10.49 (Regular price: $17.99) Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Format: Hardcover Reviewer: Melissa on October 18, 2011 Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Glow is being hailed as “the most riveting series since The Hunger Games and called “utterly engrossing” by Lauren Myracle, but I was a little skeptical. Dystopian YA is always [...]
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YA Mailbox
What’s In My Mailbox?: The October 17, 2011 Edition
Lately I’ve been reading a lot of contemporary YA fiction, which I’m loving, but that doesn’t mean that paranormal novels are no longer without their attraction. If you like either of these genres, then maybe one of these books will peak your interest. In Valerie Sherrard‘s September 5, 2011 release, Testify, Shana Tremain has to [...]
Realistic Teen Fiction
LIE by Caroline Bock
Buy LIE Special: $9.24 (Regular price: $9.73) Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Format: Paperback Reviewer: Melissa on October 13, 2011 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars LIE is a gripping and unsettling story about a tight-knit community, which falls apart after a vicious hate crime is revealed. Seventeen-year-old Skylar is questioned by the police after her [...]
Free YA Giveaways
Winners of Bargains and Betrayals and Beautiful Creatures & Beautiful Darkness Giveaways!
Giveaways are one of the best posts to share with my blog readers. You obviously love them, and I love to give you what you want. However, I have to admit that announcing the winners of said giveaways are even better. Check out the names below to see if this particular winner announcement is ever [...]
Middle Grade Fiction
The Whole Truth by Kit Pearson
Buy The Whole Truth Regular price: $10.65 Publisher: Harper Collins Canada Format: Paperback Reviewer: Melissa on October 11, 2011 Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth may be the stuff of crime dramas, but in beloved, Canadian author, Kit Pearson‘s latest novel, they make up an [...]
YA Mailbox
What’s In My Mailbox?: The October 10, 2011 Edition
It’s been a long while since I published anything on YABookShelf.com, and I’m really sorry if you were missing my regular posts. Life has been much busier for me in the last little while as I recently learned that I have to start eating a gluten free diet (to go along with my long time [...]
Middle Grade Fiction
Meet P.J. Bracegirdle on September 17, 2011!
Montreal book bloggers have been known to feel a little jealous of all the author events that happen in Toronto and the U.S., which isn’t surprising because they occur, comparatively, so less often here. However, since I’ve gotten together with a group of book bloggers over the last few months, we’re starting to notice more [...]
YA Gothic Lit
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
Buy The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer Special: $12.74 (Regular price: $16.99) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover Reviewer: Melissa on Sept 13, 2011 Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars When Mara Dyer wakes up in a hospital room, she has no idea how she got there. She can explain neither how her friends and boyfriend [...]
Middle Grade Fiction
Fiendish Deeds by P.J. Bracegirdle
Buy Fiendish Deeds Special: $8.03 (Regular price: $9.64) Publisher: McElderry Books Format: Paperback Reviewer: Melissa on Sept 1, 2011 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “From childhood’s hour I have not been / As others were — I have not seen / As others saw” is the epigraph that opens P. J. Bracegirdle‘s Fiendish Deeds, and [...]
Free YA Giveaways
Win Bargains And Betrayals!
Last year, Shannon Delany‘s debut novel, 13 To Life generated a lot of buzz in the paranormal-reading YA community. And earlier this year, the second book in the series came out and ended on a harrowing note for the main character, Jess. I can’t say how you felt about it, but I was on edge, [...]
