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    Book Review: Wherever Nina Lies

    Have you seen Nina? Nina was beautiful, artistic, wild . . . and adored by her younger sister, Ellie. But one day, without any warning, Nina disappeared. Two years later, Ellie can’t stop thinking about her sister. Although everyone else has given up hope that Nina will return, Ellie just knows her sister is out there, somewhere. If only Ellie had a clue where to look. And then she gets one, in the form of a mysterious drawing tucked into the pages of a book. Determined to find her sister, Ellie takes off on a crazy, sexy, cross-country road trip…

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    Book Review: Marked

    The House of Night series is set in a world very much like our own, except in 16-year-old Zoey Redbird’s world, vampyres have always existed. In this first book in the series, Zoey enters the House of Night, a school where, after having undergone the Change, she will train to become an adult vampire–that is, if she makes it through the Change. Not all of those who are chosen do. It’s tough to begin a new life, away from her parents and friends, and on top of that, Zoey finds she is no average fledgling. She has been Marked as…

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    Book Review: God-Shaped Hole

    Media Type: Print Book Title: God-Shaped Hole Author: Tiffanie DeBartolo Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Pages: Paperback; 336 Release Date: May 1, 2002 Source: Borrowed from a friend ———————————————- Genre: Contemporary Romance HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories that will tear their heart out. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When I was twelve, a fortune teller told me that my one true love would die young and leave me all alone. Everyone said she was a fraud, that she was just making it up. I’d really like to know why…

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    Book Review: The Road

    A father and his young son walk alone through burned America, heading slowly for the coast. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. They have nothing but a pistol to defend themselves against the men who stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food–and each other. –From Goodreads Cover Inspection: There are a ton of different covers for this book, the most recent being the movie tie-in cover. I like this one. It looks so bleak and desolate. First Thoughts: The book opens on a man and his son, no…

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    Book Review: Stargirl

    Stargirl. From the day she arrives at quiet Mica High in a burst of color and sound, the hallways hum with the murmur of “Stargirl, Stargirl.” She captures Leo Borlock’s heart with just one smile. She sparks a school-spirit revolution with just one cheer. The students of Mica High are enchanted. At first. Then they turn on her. Stargirl is suddenly shunned for everything that makes her different, and Leo, panicked and desperate with love, urges her to become the very thing that can destroy her: normal. In this celebration of nonconformity, Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli weaves a tense, emotional…

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    Book Review: Speaker for the Dead

    Media Type: Print Book Title: Speaker for the Dead Author: Orson Scott Card Publisher: Tor Books Pages: Mass Market Paperback; 382 Release Date: August 15, 1994 Source: Bookswim ————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ————————————— HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love Sci Fi books, and huge worlds that are built around them. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N In the aftermath of his terrible war, Ender Wiggin disappeared, and a powerful voice arose: the Speaker for the Dead, who told the true story of the Bugger War.…