*I received this copy from Random House Canada in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Emancipation Day Author: Wayne Grady Publisher: Anchor Canada Publication Date: paperback, November 2014 ISBN: 9780385677684 Synopsis from Goodreads: With his curly black hair and his wicked grin, everyone swoons and thinks of Frank Sinatra when Navy musician Jackson Lewis takes theContinue reading “Review: Emancipation Day by Wayne Grady”
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Review: Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater
Title: Blue Lily, Lily Blue Author: Maggie Stiefvater Publisher: Scholastic Press Publication Date: November 1, 2014 ISBN: 9780545424967 Synopsis from Goodreads: There is danger in dreaming. But there is even more danger in waking up. Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, a group toContinue reading “Review: Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater”
Review: Sophrosyne by Marianne Apostolides
Title: Sophrosyne Author: Marianne Apostolides Published by: BookThug Publication Date: September 2014 ISBN: 9781771660501 Synopsis from Goodreads: Sophrosyne is one of only four virtues identified by Socrates – four traits which, if lived deeply, define who we are as human beings. But sophrosyne is a concept our culture has long forgotten. “”Self-restraint, ‘ ‘self-control, ‘Continue reading “Review: Sophrosyne by Marianne Apostolides”
Review: Alphabetique by Molly Peacock
*I received this copy free from Random House of Canada in exchange for an honest review. See author Q & A below.* Title: Alphabetique Author: Molly Peacock Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Publication Date: November 4, 2014 ISBN: 9780771070150 Synopsis from Goodreads: “Alphabetique,” ” or Tales from the Lives of the Letters “is one-of-a-kind, but nevertheless fitsContinue reading “Review: Alphabetique by Molly Peacock”
Review: The Young Elites
Title: The Young Elites Author: Marie Lu Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, Published by the Penguin Group Publication Date: October 2014 ISBN: 9780388157836 Synopsis from Goodreads: Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever. A decade ago, the deadly illness swept through her nation. Most of the infected perished, while many of the childrenContinue reading “Review: The Young Elites”
Book Club No. 1
I’ve started a book club with a friend of mine! We’re meeting once a month to try different books that maybe we wouldn’t have read otherwise and to challenge ourselves to try new things. We’ve set out our books for the next 6 months and we hope that our book club will expand. Title: LookingContinue reading “Book Club No. 1”
Funky Cover Friday
My apologize for posting this so late! It’s my busy week and Funky Cover Friday slipped my mind until now. But I have a good one for you today. This week, I’m absolutely enthralled with the cover for Claudia Gray’s A Thousand Pieces of You. I can’t wait to get my hands on this book, notContinue reading “Funky Cover Friday”
Review: Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld
Title: Afterworlds Author: Scott Westerfeld Publisher: Simon Pulse Publication Date: September 2014 ISBN: 9781481422345 Synopsis from Goodreads: Darcy Patel has put college and everything else on hold to publish her teen novel, Afterworlds. Arriving in New York with no apartment or friends she wonders whether she’s made the right decision until she falls in withContinue reading “Review: Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld”
Review: The Walled City
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Walled City Author: Ryan Graudin Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Publication Date: November 4, 2014 ISBN: 9780316405058 Synopsis from Goodreads: 730. That’s how many days I’ve been trapped. 18. That’s how many days I have left to find a way out.Continue reading “Review: The Walled City”
Blog Tour: Bye-Bye, Evil Eye by Deborah Kerbel
Welcome to my FIRST BLOG TOUR EVER! Yay! I read Deborah Kerbel’s Bye-Bye, Evil Eye, a middle grade mystery in which thirteen-year-old Dani is cursed by the “evil eye” and suffers weeks of bad luck. All she wants is a summer of fun, friends, and of course, cute boys, but things don’t turn out exactly asContinue reading “Blog Tour: Bye-Bye, Evil Eye by Deborah Kerbel”
Worn Pages and Ink 