Friday, June 17, 2011 “The Goddess Test” by Aimee Carter “It’s always been just Kate and her mom—and her mother is dying. Her last wish? To move back to her childhood home. So Kate’s going to start at a new school with no friends, no other family and the fear her mother won’t live past […]
Saturday, May 14, 2011 “We’ll Always Have Summer” by Jenny Han (Summer, #3) +Giveaway! The conclusion to the Summer series by Jenny Han! Preceded by The Summer I Turned Pretty and It’s Not Summer Without You. I actually can’t post a summary for this because it will kind of completely spoil stuff. I can’t even […]
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 “The Adoration of Jenna Fox” by Mary E. Pearson “Seventeen-year-old Jenna Fox has just awoken from a year-long coma — so she’s been told — and she is still recovering from the terrible accident that caused it. But what happened before that? She’s been given home movies chronicling her entire life, […]
Saturday, June 4, 2011 “Aphrodite’s Blessings; Love Stories From the Greek Myths” by Clemence McLaren “If I were racing against someone as handsome as Milanion,” Filomena said, “I’d let him win… by just a little.” She gestured with thumb and index finger. Atalanta, princess, has been brought up to be an athlete. When her father […]
Sunday, May 1, 2011 Chicks with Sticks (It’s a Purl Thing) by Elizabeth Lenhard “Oooh, check out the badass knitter.” Tay laughed. “Keep her away from any spray-pant cans, you guys. She’s gonna start leaving tags in alleys.”Scottie straightened up suddenly.“You just gave me another idea,” she said.“Oh no,” Tay said, flinging her stripy scarf […]
Monday, May 2, 2011 “Moonglass” by Jessi Kirby May 3rd, 2011 “I read once that water is a symbol for emotions. And for a while now, I’ve thought maybe my mother drowned in both. Anna’s life is upended when her father accepts a job transfer the summer before her junior year. It’s bad enough that […]
Friday, April 29, 2011 “The Summer I Turned Pretty” by Jenny Han “Belly measures her life in summers. Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August. Winters are simply a time to count the weeks until the next summer, a place away from the beach house, away from Susannah, and most […]
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 “The Iron Daughter” by Julie Kagawa (Iron Fey #2) “Half Summer faery princess, half human, Meghan has never fit in anywhere. Deserted by the Winter prince she thought loved her, she is prisoner to the Winter faery queen. As war looms between Summer and Winter, Meghan knows that the real danger […]
Saturday, March 19, 2011 “The Truth about Forever” by Sarah Dessen “Macy’s summer stretches before her, carefully planned and outlined. She will spend her days sitting at the library information desk. She will spend her evenings studying for the SATs. Spare time will be used to help her obsessive mother prepare for the big opening […]
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 “Cloaked” by Alex Flinn “I’m not your average hero. I actually wasn’t your average anything. Just a poor guy working an after-school job at a South Beach shoe repair shop to help his mom make ends meet. But a little magic changed it all. It all started with a curse. And […]