The S-Word by Chelsea Pitcher First it was SLUT scribbled all over Lizzie Hart’s locker. But one week after Lizzie kills herself, SUICIDE SLUT replaces it—in Lizzie’s looping scrawl. Lizzie’s reputation is destroyed when she’s caught in bed with her best friend’s boyfriend on prom night. With the whole school turned against her, and Angie… Continue reading What I’m Reading: May 2013 YA New Releases
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Fallen Angels: Angelopolis by Danielle Trussoni
Angelopolis by Danielle Trussoni Published: March 26th 2013 by Viking Adult/Penguin Source: local library Synopsis: A New York Times bestseller and global sensation, Angelology unfurled a brilliant tapestry of myth and biblical lore on our present-day world and plunged two star-crossed heroes into an ancient battle against mankind’s greatest enemy: the fatally attractive angel-human hybrids… Continue reading Fallen Angels: Angelopolis by Danielle Trussoni
Top Ten Books I Read Before Blogging
So, I kinda like reading people’s Top Ten Tuesday [a book blogging prompt hosted by The Broke and the Bookish] posts every once in a while, even though I’ve never participated myself. I don’t think I’ll make it a regular thing, but I noted a few that I thought were fun topics so every once in a… Continue reading Top Ten Books I Read Before Blogging
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle to Freedom by Margarita Engle
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle to Freedom by Margarita Engle Published: April 1st 2008 by Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) Source: local library Synopsis (Goodreads): It is 1896. Cuba has fought three wars for independence and still is not free. People have been rounded up in reconcentration camps with too little food and too much… Continue reading The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle to Freedom by Margarita Engle
Ready to Play?: Game by Barry Lyga
Game by Barry Lyga Published: April 16th 2013 by Little, Brown Young Readers Source: ARC from publisher Synopsis (Goodreads): I Hunt Killers introduced the world to Jasper (Jazz) Dent, the son of the world’s most infamous serial killer. When a desperate New York City detective comes knocking on Jazz’s door asking for help with a new case, Jazz… Continue reading Ready to Play?: Game by Barry Lyga
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