Synopsis: Kitty has been tapped as the keynote speaker for the First International Conference on Paranatural Studies, taking place in London. The conference brings together scientists, activists, protestors, and supernatural beings from all over the world—and Kitty, Ben, and Cormac are right in the middle of it. Master vampires from dozens of cities have also […]
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Shadow Bound- Rachel Vincent
Synopsis: If you live in the dark long enough, you begin to forget the light… Kori Daniels is a shadow-walker, able to travel instantly from one shadow to another. After weeks of confinement for betraying her boss, she’s ready to break free of the Tower syndicate for good. But Jake Tower has one final job […]
Read the rest of this entry »Bout of Books 5.0
The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 13th and runs through Sunday, August 19th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition […]
Read the rest of this entry »Prized- Caragh M. O’Brien
Synopsis: Striking out into the wasteland with nothing but her baby sister, a handful of supplies, and a rumor to guide her, sixteen-year-old midwife Gaia Stone survives only to be captured by the people of Sylum, a dystopian society where women rule the men who drastically outnumber them, and a kiss is a crime. In […]
Read the rest of this entry »Looking At Lost Girl
So, not a book topic but I just finished Season 1 of Lost Girl and I want to take a second to talk about it. I know I’m an entire season behind (here in Canada at least) but at least this means I’m a lot less likely to spoil anything for those of you not […]
Read the rest of this entry »Safekeeping- Karen Hesse
ARC provided by the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review. Synopsis: Radley just wants to get home to her parents in Vermont. While she was volunteering abroad, the American People’s Party took power; the new president was assassinated; and the government cracked down on citizens. Travel restrictions are worse than ever, and […]
Read the rest of this entry »The City’s Son- Tom Pollock
Synopsis: Running from her traitorous best friend and her estranged father, graffiti artist Beth Bradley is looking for sanctuary. What she finds is Urchin, the ragged and cocky crown prince of London’s mystical underworld. Urchin opens Beth’s eyes to the city she’s never truly seen-where vast spiders crawl telephone wires seeking voices to steal, railwraiths […]
Read the rest of this entry »Throne of Glass Release Day!
I almost never do release day posts (this may be a first) but Throne of Glass has a special place on my bookshelf. So, needless to say, if you haven’t read this book yet then you really, really need to. You can check out my review here, and for today I leave you with the […]
Read the rest of this entry »My favorite books: Growing Up Edition
Reading Princess Academy this week brought on a lot of memories of some of the favorite books I had as a kid that had the same effect on me as Shannon Hale’s wonderful novel. So, as a quick Saturday post, here are some of my favorite books from when I was growing up. I see […]
Read the rest of this entry »Princess Academy- Shannon Hale
Synopsis: Miri lives on a mountain where, for generations, her ancestors have quarried stone and lived a simple life. Then word comes that the king’s priests have divined her small village the home of the future princess. In a year’s time, the prince himself will come and choose his bride from among the girls of […]
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