*I received this book on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Shattered Blue Author: Lauren Bird Horowitz Publisher: Skyscape Publication Date: September 15, 2015 ISBN: 9781503949973 Synopsis from Goodreads: For Noa and Callum, being together is dangerous, even deadly. From the start, sixteen-year-old Noa senses that the mysterious transfer student to her MontereyContinue reading “Review: Shattered Blue”
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Review: The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende
*I received this book from Simon & Schuster CA in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Japanese Lover Author: Isabel Allende Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: November 3, 2015 ISBN: 9781501116971 Synopsis from Goodreads: In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis, young Alma Belasco’s parents send her away to liveContinue reading “Review: The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende”
Review: Awakening by Rebel Miller
*Thank you to the author for sending me a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review. Title: Awakening Author: Rebel Miller Publisher: Rebel Miller Books Publication Date: June 15, 2015 ISBN: 9780994770202 Synopsis from Goodreads: *Book is for mature audiences.* Kira Metallurgist has always felt she was meant for more. Hoping to strikeContinue reading “Review: Awakening by Rebel Miller”
Review: Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Everything Everything Author: Nicola Yoon Publisher: Delacorte Press Publication Date: September 2015 ISBN: 9780553496642 Synopsis from Goodreads: My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I’m allergic to the world.I don’t leave my house, have not left my houseContinue reading “Review: Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon”
Review: The Half-Brother
Title: The Half-Brother Author: Holly LeCraw Publisher: Doubleday Canada, a division of Random House Canada Publication Date: February 17, 2015 ISBN: 9780385531955 Synopsis from Goodreads: When Charlie Garrett arrives as a young teacher at the shabby-yet-genteel Abbott School, he finds a world steeped in privilege and tradition. Fresh out of college and barely older than theContinue reading “Review: The Half-Brother”
Review: We Should Hang Out Sometime
*I received this novel from Hachette Book Group Canada in exchange for an honest review.* Title: We Should Hang Out Sometime Author: Josh Sundquist Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publication Date: December 23, 2014 ISBN: 9780316251020 Synopsis from Goodreads: A bright, poignant, and deeply funny autobiographical account of coming of age as an amputeeContinue reading “Review: We Should Hang Out Sometime”
Review: The Here and Now by Ann Brashares
Title: The Here and Now Author: Ann Brashares Publisher:Hachette Children’s Books Publication Date: Paperback, January 2015 ISBN:9780385736800 Synopsis from Goodreads: Seventeen-year-old Prenna James emigrated to New York when she was twelve. But Prenna didn’t come from a different country, she came from a different time – a future where a mosquito-borne illness has mutated intoContinue reading “Review: The Here and Now by Ann Brashares”
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: Sinner by Maggie Stiefvater
Title: Sinner Author: Maggie Stiefvater Publisher: Scholastic Press Publication Date: July 2014 ISBN: 9780545654586 Synopsis from Goodreads: Sinner follows Cole St. Clair, a pivotal character from the #1 New York Times bestselling Shiver Trilogy. Everybody thinks they know Cole’s story. Stardom. Addiction. Downfall. Disappearance. But only a few people know Cole’s darkest secret — hisContinue reading “Review: Sinner by Maggie Stiefvater”
Review: This One Summer by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki
Title: This One Summer Authors: Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki Publisher: First Second Publication Date: May 2014 ISBN: 9781626720947 Synopsis from Goodreads: Every summer, Rose goes with her mom and dad to a lake house in Awago Beach. It’s their getaway, their refuge. Rosie’s friend Windy is always there, too, like the little sister she neverContinue reading “Review: This One Summer by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki”
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