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Book Picks with Cole Gibsen, author of KATANA
Today on the blog we have Cole Gibsen, author of Katana. Now it might just be the amazing cover, or the fact that this girl looks fierce, but I’m in love with wanting to read this book! Cole has stopped by to share some of Gimhae Kim’s book picks. I’ll give you an inticement in the form of a book synopsis and then give the floor to Cole! Enjoy! Rileigh Martin would love to believe that adrenaline had given her the uncanny courage and strength to fend off three muggers. But it doesn’t explain her dreams of 15th-century Japan, the…
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Book Review: Fractured Light
Media Type: Ebook Title: Fractured Light Author: Rachel McClellan Publisher: Sweetwater Books Pages: Hardcover; 312 Release Date: February 8, 2012 Source: Publisher / Teen Book Scene —————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence —————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for something paranormal, even though this looks like a Fantasy book. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Llona Reese is used to living on the run. After the Vykens killed her parents, she knew they would eventually come for her too. But she never felt ready to face them—until…
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Book Review: The Blood Lie
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Blood Lie Author: Shirley Reva Vernick Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press Pages: Hardcover; 141 Release Date: October 4, 2011 Source: The Teen Book Scene ———————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ———————————– HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy very realistic historical fiction novels. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N September 22, 1928, Massena, New York. Jack Pool’s sixteenth birthday. He’s been restless lately, especially during this season of more-times-at-the-synagogue than you can shake a stick at. If it wasn’t Rosh Hashanah, then…
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Gina Damico shares her favorite childhood books, plus a CROAK prize pack!
Bringing a little of the dark and macabre to the blog today is Gina Damico, author of Croak. This was a book that caught my eye straight away! After all, who doesn’t want to reap the benefits of a good book? Okay, bad pun. I know. Read on.
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Jennifer Archer: “A Poet Is A Nightingale…” plus a giveaway!
Huge thanks to Jennifer Archer for this original guest post! “A POET IS A NIGHTINGALE . . . ” by Jennifer Archer In my novel, THROUGH HER EYES, which was released last year by Harper Teen, Tansy and her family move to tiny Cedar Canyon, Texas and into an old house at the edge of town. From the Cedar Canyon residents she meets, Tansy soon hears about a seventeen-year-old boy named Henry who lived in the same house in the 1930’s. Henry has become a local legend – it’s believed that he took his own life by jumping from a…
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Book Review: Here
Media Type: Ebook Title: Here Author: Denise Grover Swank Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 350 Release Date: November 11, 2011 Source: The Teen Book Scene ————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ————————————— HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for an interesting mix of mystery, science fiction, and romance. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Sixteen year old Julia Phillips buries herself in guilt after killing her best friend Monica in a car accident. Julia awoke in the hospital with a broken leg, a new talent for…
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Book Review: Fair Coin
Media Type: Print Book Title: Fair Coin *Series: Coin #1 Author: E.C. Meyers Publisher: Pyr Pages: Hardcover; 250 Release Date: March 27, 2012 Source: Publisher ———————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ———————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Science Fiction nerds! This is for you! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Sixteen-year-old Ephraim Scott is horrified when he comes home from school and finds his mother unconscious at the kitchen table, clutching a bottle of pills. The reason for her suicide attempt is even more disturbing: she thought she’d identified…
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Denise Grover Swank’s Favorite Books of 2011!
In honor of Here, Denise Grover Swank is on a whirlwind blog tour! Along the way she is sharing things about herself, about her book, and even about her writing process. Sound like something you’d be interested in? Click the banner to follow the full tour! Meanwhile here’s a little more about the book. Sixteen year old Julia Phillips buries herself in guilt after killing her best friend Monica in a car accident. Julia awoke in the hospital with a broken leg, a new talent for drawing and false memories of the accident, in which she dies and Monica lives.…
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Interviewing Luke from A Touch Morbid
If you haven’t already heard of Leah Clifford and her amazing books, welcome to your wake up call. A Touch Morbid is the second book in the series, and I am so excited for more of Eden and her adventures! Eden won the battle-she saved her true love from the darkest evil. But the war has only just begun. With secrets swirling around her, powerful allies unraveling, and life-and death-as she knows it eroding, Eden and those she loves tread dangerous ground. Can she trust anyone? Will her unearthly powers be her salvation or her downfall? A sweeping, dark, and sexy…
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Graphic Novel Review: Friends With Boys
Title: Friends With Boys Author: Faith Erin Hicks Illustrator: Faith Erin Hicks Publisher: First Second Pages: Paperback; 224 Release Date: February 28, 2012 Source: NetGalley A coming-of-age tale with a spooky twist! Maggie McKay hardly knows what to do with herself. After an idyllic childhood of homeschooling with her mother and rough-housing with her older brothers, it’s time for Maggie to face the outside world, all on her own. But that means facing high school first. And it also means solving the mystery of the melancholy ghost who has silently followed Maggie throughout her entire life. Maybe it even means…