Buy Anna and the French Kiss Special: $9.49 (Regular price: $9.99) Publisher: Speak Format: Paperback Reviewer: Melissa on August 30, 2011 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Senior year is the reward most teens get after slogging through three years of high school; you become the king or queen of your school and get to [...]
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YA Mailbox
What’s In My Mailbox?: The August 22, 2011 Edition
Every once in awhile, there is a book you hear about a few months or even nearly a year before it’s release that you just HAVE to read. Some of the books in this mailbox post are exactly like that for me, and maybe they’ll become that way for you, too, by hearing about them [...]
YA Gothic Lit
Fury by Elizabeth Miles
Buy Fury Special: $13.49 (Regular price: $17.99) Publisher: Simon Pulse Format: Hardcover Reviewer: Melissa on August 20, 2011 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Sometimes sorry isn’t enough. It’s the winter holiday break in Ascension, Maine, and even thought the falling snow gives it a peaceful glow, not everything is as it appears to be. [...]
Free YA Giveaways
Catch Up With Beautiful Creatures & Beautiful Darkness Before Beautiful Chaos Drops!
On October 18, 2011, Little, Brown will be publishing the third novel in the Beautiful Creatures Series, Beautiful Chaos. Those of you who have read and loved the first two novels in this series are getting pretty excited to check it out, but what about those of us who haven’t had the chance to read [...]
Dystopian YA Fiction
Blood Red Road by Moira Young
Buy Blood Red Road Special: $7.73 (Regular price: $8.99) Publisher: Doubleday Canada & Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover Reviewer: Melissa on August 16, 2011 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars For 18-year-old Saba, her twin brother, Lugh, is everything. He even makes living in a dry, barren landscape like Silverlake bearable. So when a red [...]
YA Mailbox
What’s In My Mailbox?: The August 15, 2011 Edition
While I’ve still been receiving some paranormal and Gothic YA, far more of the books I’ve received lately were realistic young adult novels. This week, however, there has been a bit of a change. Not only are there no contemporary novels in this week’s mailbox post, but also this week the paranormal, Gothic and historical [...]
Free YA Giveaways
Ten Things We Did (And Probably Shouldn’t Have) Winner!
When I first read and reviewed Sarah Mlynowski‘s Ten Things We Did (And Probably Shouldn’t Have), I felt giddy. The novel was one that balanced light and funny parts with more serious undertones, which is a recipe for great books in my opinion. I loved it so much that I was thrilled when Harper Collins [...]
Realistic Teen Fiction
The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams
Buy The Chosen One Special: $7.73 (Regular price: $8.99) Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Format: Paperback Reviewer: Melissa on August 11, 2011 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars In The Chosen One, there is a 13-year-old girl named Kyra, who has been raised in an isolated polygamist community. She’s never questioned why her father has three [...]
Free YA Giveaways
Dark Parties Winners!
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a giveaway of debut author Sara Grant‘s Dark Parties, and then, a little more recently, I posted my review of the same novel. While I’ll admit that the love triangle bit of this novel was a little troubling to me as a reader, I still really enjoyed reading [...]
Realistic Teen Fiction
Clean by Amy Reed
Buy Clean Special: $11.49 (Regular price: $16.99) Publisher: Simon Pulse Format: Hardcover Reviewer: Melissa on August 9, 2011 Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Kelly, Christopher, Olivia, Eva, and Jason are as different as the ensemble cast of John Hughes’ classic ’80s film The Breakfast Club. While they each conform to one stereotype on the [...]
