Series: For Darkness Shows the Stars, #2 Publisher: Balzer + Bray Publish Date: October 15th, 2013 Source: ARC Goodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars – A fantastic continuation of this wonderfully imagined future-Earth. About the book: Centuries after wars nearly destroyed civilization, the two islands of New Pacifica stand alone, a terraformed paradise where even the Reduction—the devastating […]
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Series: Reboot, #1 Publisher: HarperTeen Publish Date: May 7th, 2013 Source: Purchased Goodreads Rating: 4/5 – Not quite what I was expecting but still a really fun read! About the book: Five years ago, Wren Connolly was shot three times in the chest. After 178 minutes she came back as a Reboot: stronger, faster, able […]
Read the rest of this entry »Interview: Andrew Carl and Chris Stevens of Once Upon A Time Machine
Today is Once Upon a Time Machine’s book birthday. I’ve posted a fair bit about this fantastic comic collection that retells some of our favorite fairy tale stories with a sci-fi twist, as I really cannot get enough of it. I will definitely be picking up a copy as soon as I make a significant dent in […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Publisher: Tor Science Fiction Publish Date: July 15th, 1994 Source: Purchased Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Battle Games Synopsis: In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race’s next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew “Ender” Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his […]
Read the rest of this entry »Interview: Dan Krokos
Today we’ve got an interview I am really excited about… Dan Krokos, author of False Memory (you can read my review here). I got a chance to ask him a few questions about his life, his writing and… MMOs?! Awesome! Kellie @ ReaWrite: First off, can you tell us a little bit about who you […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: What’s Left of Me by Kat Zhang
Publisher: HarperCollins Publish Date: September 18th, 2012 Source: Purchased Goodreads Rating: 4/5 Secret Twins Synopsis: What’s Left of Me tells the story of a fifteen-year-old girl fighting for her right to survive in a world where two souls are born into each body and one is doomed to disappear. Pitched as The Golden Compass meets Girl, Interrupted. Eva and Addie started […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: Eve and Adam by Katherine Applegate & Michael Grant
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Publish Date: October 2nd, 2012 Source: ARC Goodreads Rating: 3/5 Apples Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Evening Spiker lives an affluent life in San Francisco with her mother, EmmaRose, a successful geneticist and owner of Spiker Biotech. Sure, Evening misses her father who died mysteriously, but she’s never really questioned it. Much like how she’s […]
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Synopsis: Miranda wakes up alone on a park bench with no memory. In her panic, she releases a mysterious energy that incites pure terror in everyone around her. Except Peter, a boy who isn’t at all surprised by Miranda’s shocking ability. Left with no choice but to trust this stranger, Miranda discovers she was trained to […]
Read the rest of this entry »Spark (Amy Kathleen Ryan) Discussion
This is a discussion post and therefore absolutely contains spoilers. Consider yourself warned. Earlier this week I reviewed Spark, the second novel in the Sky Chasers series but was left feeling like there was a lot more I wanted to say. The romantic arc in this series has been a little unpredictable, which is always […]
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ARC provided by the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review. Synopsis: Waverly and Kieran are finally reunited on the Empyrean. Kieran has led the boys safely up to this point, and now that the girls are back, their mission seems slightly less impossible: to chase down the New Horizon, and save their […]
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