Buy Dark Eden by Patrick Carman Special: $11.49 (Regular price: $17.99) Publisher: Katherine Tegan Books Format: Hardcover Reviewer: Melissa on January 12, 2011 Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Imagine what Adam and Eve saw when they opened their eyes in the Garden of Eden. Now imagine the exact opposite, and you might have some [...]
YA Mailbox
What’s In My Mailbox?: The January 9, 2012 Edition
For awhile I’ve been way to busy to bother with these What’s In My Mailbox? posts, but this week I wanted to make some time for it because I’ve received some great books for review and because I think you might want to check out some of them, too. Whether you’re into edgy contemporary YA, [...]
Dystopian YA Fiction
Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan
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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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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. [...]
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 [...]
