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 […]
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 “Never Slow Dance with a Zombie” by E. Van Lowe “Principal Taft’s 3 Simple Rules for Surviving a Zombie Uprising: Rule #1: While in the halls, walk slowly and wear a vacant expression on your face. Zombies won’t attack other zombies. Rule #2: Never travel alone. Move in packs. Follow the […]
Saturday, June 4, 2011 “Nevermore” by Kelly Creagh “At once an homage to one of America’s greatest writers and a page-turning psychological mystery that is equal parts horror, humor, and romance, NEVERMORE is the story of Varen — a Poe-fan and goth — and Isobel — a cheerleader and unlikely heroine. When a Lit. project […]
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 […]
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 “Beautiful Creatures” by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl “Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she’s struggling to conceal her power, and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of […]
Friday, March 4, 2011 “The Replacement” by Brenna Yovanoff “In the story, Emma’s four years old. She gets out of bed and pads across the floor in her footie pajamas. When she reaches her hand between the bars, the thing in the crib moves closer. It tries to bite her and she takes her hand […]
Thursday, March 17, 2011 “Divergent” by Veronica Roth May 3rd, 2011 “In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds […]
Wednesday, February 16, 2011 “Memento Nora” by Angie Smibert Release Date: April 1st, 2011 “On an otherwise glossy day, a blast goes off and a body thuds to the ground at Nora’s feet. There are terrorist attacks in the city all the time, but Nora can’t forget. So Nora goes with her mother to the […]
Saturday, March 12, 2011 “Between Shades of Gray” by Ruta Sepetys Release: March 22nd “Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws, she gets crushes on boys. Until one night when Soviet officers barge into her home, tearing her family from the comfortable life they’ve known. Separated from […]
Saturday, February 26, 2011 Interview: Emily Howse, Author of “Zitface” Hello Everyone! I’m back with the latest (and probably last for a while) interruption in the normal routine of book reviews! A few days ago author of “Zitface” (which I just reviewed here) contacted me, and offered to do an interview with me for the […]