Jake and LilyJerry Spinelli352 pagesPublisher: Balzer + BrayRelease Date: May 18th, 2012Source: ARC from PublisherRating: LOVED Jake and Lily are twins. Even though they seem pretty different—Jake is the calm one and Lily has a temper; Lily is obsessed with trains and Jake collects cool rocks—they feel exactly the same, almost like two halves of one…
“Waiting On” Wednesday spotlights upcoming releases that everyone’s excited about (created by Jill at Breaking The Spine.) What would you sell your soul for? Sixteen-year-old Sarah Trevelyan would give anything to regain the power and wealth her family has lost, so she makes a bargain with Azrael, Lord of Darkwater Hall. He gives her…
REBEL MCKENZIE Candice Ransom 288 pages Publisher: DisneyHyperion Release Date: June 26th, 2012 Source: ARC from ALA Rating: LIKED Rebel McKenzie wants to spend her summer attending the Ice Age Kids’ Dig and Safari, a camp where kids discover prehistoric bones, right alongside real paleontologists. But digs cost money, and Rebel is broker than four…
New on My Shelves will be the replacement of In My Mailbox on my blog.Pretty much the same, just a new name! For Review:Sweet Shadows by Tera Lynn ChildsWhat’s Left of Me by Kat ZhangThe Dead Girls Detective Agency by Suzy CoxFang Girl by Helen KeebleThe Crown of Embers by Rae Carson I was THIS sure I wouldn’t get anything…
Today on the blog, I’ve got the talented Jeyn Roberts, who’s juggled more careers than most. Her debut novel, DARK INSIDE, hit shelves last fall from Simon and Schuster YA. See her answers to my questions, and be sure to enter to win one of two signed copies of her book, right after the break….
The Last PrincessGalaxy Craze295 pagesPublisher: Little, BrownRelease Date: May 1st, 2012Source: ARC from PublisherRating: LOVED A series of natural disasters has decimated the earth. Cut off from the rest of the world, England is a dark place. The sun rarely shines, food is scarce, and groups of criminals roam the woods, searching for prey. The people…
“Waiting On” Wednesday spotlights upcoming releases that everyone’s excited about (created by Jill at Breaking The Spine.) About a high-school senior, who, in the aftermath of a car accident that kills her boyfriend and throws her carefully planned future into complete upheaval, retreats to the deep woods of Maine to live with the artist…