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A Fairy Tale Giveaway!
Tweet OH MY GOODNESS GUYS! Guess what I get to give away today? Can you tell I’m excited? I’ve been drooling over this book/asking people to buy it for me for my birthday for the last month. If the cover of The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, isn’t enough to make you want to read it, wait until you read the synopsis. Twelve-year-old September lives in Omaha, and used to have an ordinary life, until her father went to war and her mother went to work. One day, September is met at her kitchen…
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A look into Torn by Erica O’Rourke
Tweet Today I have Erika O’Rourke, author of Torn, here to give us a look into the book. She’s given us a little extra excerpt from the book’s main character, Mo. Mo is quite a fiery and loyal friend. I truly loved her. Take a look at her inner thoughts as she battles with what has just happened. ********** This was supposed to be our best year ever. Verity and me, seniors, our last hurrah before we escaped to New York and started fresh. No more whispers about my family. No more pitying looks. Verity and me, with the world…
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This or That? with Kate Hinderer
Tweet Please welcome Kate Hinderer to the blog today! She is the author of Aurora Undefined, which is currently on an epic blog tour, and I’m happy to have her stop by Hopelessly Devoted Bibliophile. I asked Kate a series of questions, and let her choose her answer. She was sweet enough to even give us a little bit of background! Let’s read, shall we? Dark Chocolate or Milk Chocolate? – I don’t eat chocolate. Since I was little it never agreed with me and now it actually gives me headaches. Weird, right?! Baking or cooking? – I actually love…
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Book Review: My Life Undecided
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: My Life Undecided Author: Jessica Brody Publisher: Farrar, Straus, Giroux Pages: Hardcover; 320 Release Date: June 7, 2011 Source: Publisher ===================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart PLEASE READ THIS! MY LIFE DEPENDS ON IT! Okay, maybe that was a bit melodramatic, but I’m sorry, I’m feeling a bit melodramatic at the moment. Here’s the deal. My name is Brooklyn Pierce, I’m fifteen years old, and I am decisionally challenged. Seriously, I can’t remember the last good decision I made. I can remember plenty of…
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Book Review: Hate List
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Hate List Author: Jennifer Brown Publisher: Little Brown Pages: Hardcover; 405 Release Date: September 1, 2009 Source: Library ======================= Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Five months ago, Valerie Leftman’s boyfriend, Nick, opened fire on their school cafeteria. Shot trying to stop him, Valerie inadvertently saved the life of a classmate, but was implicated in the shootings because of the list she helped create. A list of people and things she and Nick hated. The list he used to pick his targets. Now, after a summer…
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Book Review: Mercy
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Mercy Author: Rebecca Lim Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: Paperback; 281 Release Date: October 28, 2010 Source: NetGalley ======================= Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild language; violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart An electric combination of angels, mystery and romance, MERCY is the first book in a major new paranormal series. There’s something very wrong with me. I can’t remember who I am or how old I am, or even how I got here. All I know is that when I wake up, I could be any one. It is always this…
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Book Review: Don’t Stop Now
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Don’t Stop Now Author: Julie Halpern Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Pages: Hardcover; 224 Release Date: June 7, 2011 Source: Publisher/TBS ==================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Language HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart On the first day of Lillian’s summer-before-college, she gets a message on her cell from her sort-of friend, Penny. Not only has Penny faked her own kidnapping, but Lil is the only one who figures it out. She knows that Penny’s home life has been rough, and that her boyfriend may be abusive. Soon, Penny’s family, the local police,…
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Book Review: The Final Alice
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: The Final Alice Author: Alycia Ripley Publisher: Trafford Publishing Pages: Paperback; 196 Release Date: October 19, 2010 Source: Publisher ======================== Intended Reading Group: Adult Genre: Fantasy HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart A lysergic head trip of a novel, The Final Alice is the rare tale that possesses equal measures of heart, wit, and inspired demented madness. Alycia Ripley’s fine novel deserves to be read, re-read, analyzed, debated, and perhaps become the sacred text of a passionate cult.’ -James Ponsoldt, writer/director of Off the Black and Junebug and Hurricane Add it on: Goodreads /…
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Book Review: Stupid Fast
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Stupid Fast Author: Geoff Herbach Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Pages: Paperback; 320 Release Date: June 1, 2011 Source: Publisher/TBS ===================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild suggestive humor HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Fifteen-year-old Felton Reinstein has always been on the smallish side, but in his sophomore year he starts growing…and growing. During gym one day he smokes the football jocks in a 600-yard race. Felton has never been interested in sports, but there’s no doubt-he is “stupid fast.” As he juggles his newfound athletic prowess, his mom’s sudden depression, an annoying…
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Interviewing Myra McEntire, author of Hourglass
Tweet This lovely lady is Myra McEntire, author of the gorgeous and Kaleb filled Hourglass. I raved about this book yesterday, and I will keep on doing it until you all go read it. It’s true. Anyhow Myra has stopped by today to share with us a little about herself in an author interview! Let’s see what this writing master has to say shall we? 1) Hello Myra and welcome! If you had to pick an animal to describe you, which one would you choose and why? I think a cat, because I like to find cozy sunshine spots in…