Top Ten Tuesday is a book blogging prompt hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. I don’t participate every week, but I join in when I find the prompt interesting. This week everyone is sharing bookish items they want to own, and believe me, I had no problems coming up with this list! Some items are… Continue reading Top Ten Bookish Gifts on My Wishlist
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Book Review: Guy in Real Life by Steve Brezenoff
Gamer girls and metal guys: this one hooked me at the synopsis, and I wasn’t at all disappointed. Guy in Real Life by Steve Brezenoff Published: May 27th 2014 by Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins ISBN: 9780062266835 Find: Amazon| Goodreads | Library Source: ARC from publisher Genre: Realistic/Contemporary YA Fiction and YA romance Perspective: Alternating 1st person Synopsis (Goodreads): From the… Continue reading Book Review: Guy in Real Life by Steve Brezenoff
9 Young Adult Books that Should Be Made into Movies, or YA Movie Adaptations in a Perfect World*
Ever since Harry Potter became a worldwide phenomenon and people (myself included) went to see Twilight in theaters eleven times, Hollywood has been paying attention to popular young adult series and snatching up film rights to YA properties. But unfortunately, when they don’t reach The Hunger Games level of success some really smart people online proclaim THE DEATH… Continue reading 9 Young Adult Books that Should Be Made into Movies, or YA Movie Adaptations in a Perfect World*
Book Review: What I Thought Was True by Huntley Fitzpatrick
Contemporary young adult romance is very hit or miss for me, but despite a few quibbles, I mostly enjoyed Huntley Fitzpatrick’s debut My Life Next Door and often recommend it to library patrons. For this reason, I had high expectations of her sophomore novel, What I Thought Was True, and they were mostly met. What… Continue reading Book Review: What I Thought Was True by Huntley Fitzpatrick
Book Review: The Pretenders (Cemetery Girl #1) by Charlaine Harris & Christopher Golden
I loved the Sookie Stackhouse series, and have been getting into graphic novels, so I was excited to check this out. Cemetery Girl Book One: The Pretenders by Charlaine Harris and Christopher Golden Published: January 7th 2014 by InkLit Source: local library Synopsis (Goodreads): She calls herself Calexa Rose Dunhill—names taken from the grim surroundings where… Continue reading Book Review: The Pretenders (Cemetery Girl #1) by Charlaine Harris & Christopher Golden
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