Archive for June, 2011

The Time Traveler’s Wife- Discussion

DISCUSSION= SPOILERS!!! I’m conflicted about this book. On one hand, I loved it… it kind of bugs my other hand. Part of this is my own fault. I was really enjoying the book and wanted to see what other people had to say about it because I was just dying to talk about it (I’ve […]

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Gimme A Call- Sarah Mlynowski

Synopsis: Devi’s life isn’t turning out at all like she wanted. She wasted the past three years going out with Bryan—cute, adorable, break-your-heart Bryan. Devi let her friendships fade, blew off studying, didn’t join any clubs . . . and now that Bryan has broken up with her, she has nothing left. Not even her […]

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Doppelganster- Laura Resnick

Synopsis: “In Laura Resnick’s Doppelgangster, the New York actress is ‘resting’ between roles by working as a singing waitress at a Manhattan mob restaurant because wiseguys tip well. Then duplicated gangsters appear, bullets start flying, and it’s up to Esther and her friend Max the Magician to fight Evil by stopping the gang war before […]

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Why I Love YA!

There has been a lot of hubub in the YA community over the past few days concerning an article in the Wall Street Journal, bashing YA fiction as a whole. The upside? YA lovers everywhere really came together to speak up about the genre they love. It’s been phenomenal. There were oodles of tweets on […]

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Perfect Chemistry- Simone Elkeles

Synopsis: When Brittany Ellis walks into chemistry class on the first day of senior year, she has no clue that her carefully created “perfect” life is about to unravel before her eyes. She’s forced to be lab partners with Alex Fuentes, a gang member from the other side of town, and he is about to […]

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Just Listen- Sarah Dessen

Synopsis: Last year, Annabel was “the girl who has everything”—at least that’s the part she played in the television commercial for Kopf’s Department Store.This year, she’s the girl who has nothing: no best friend because mean-but-exciting Sophie dropped her, no peace at home since her older sister became anorexic, and no one to sit with […]

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Game of Thrones- Discussion

SPOILERS! This is a book discussion, where  talk about specific aspects of a book I’ve read recently, there will probably be SPOILERS! I don’t see much point in writing a review for this one as I’m admittedly jumping on the bandwagon kind of late so instead I’ll ramble on for a little while about the […]

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Giveaway- Cinder and Ella by Melissa Lemon

Ladies and gentlemen!!! It is time for ReaWrite’s first ever give away, in celebration of Melissa Lemon’s blog tour for Cinder and Ella. The winner will receive their choice of either a Cinder and Ella ARC or an ebook copy of the book, your choice. To Enter, just click the button below and fill out […]

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Melissa Lemon Interview

Woo, finally June 1st. Today kicks off Melissa Lemon’s blog tour to promote her upcoming book, Cinder and Ella. Melissa was kind enough to answer a few questions about herself, the book and how she writes.  Enjoy! Q- Tell us a little about yourself? Hmmm, let’s see.  I’m short.  I’m married and have three beautiful […]

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Cinder and Ella- Melissa Lemon (BLOG TOUR!!)

Synposis: After their father’s disappearance, Cinder leaves home for a servant job at the castle. But it isn’t long before her sister Ella is brought to the castle herself—the most dangerous place in all the kingdom for both her and Cinder. Cinder and Ella is a Cinderella story like no other and one you’ll never […]

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