January 31, 2013

Book of a Thousand Days - Shannon Hale

Book of a Thousand Days - Shannon Hale
Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Publication Date: December 1, 2008 Source/Format: Bought || Kindle e-book When Dashti, a maid, and Lady Saren, her mistress, are shut in a tower for seven years for Saren’s refusal to marry a man she despises, the two prepare for a very l…

January 30, 2013

What Happened to Goodbye - Sarah Dessen

What Happened to Goodbye - Sarah Dessen
What Happened to Goodbye b y Sarah Dessen Publisher: Viking Juvenile Publication Date: May 10, 2011 Source/Format: Bought || Hardcover Since her parents' bitter divorce, McLean and her dad, a restaurant consultant, have been on the move-four towns in two years. Estranged from her mother and her mot…

January 29, 2013

Tiger Lily - Jodi Lynn Anderson

Tiger Lily - Jodi Lynn Anderson
Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson Publisher: Harper Collin's Children's Books Publication Date: July 3, 2012 Source/Format: Gifted by Rachel  || Hardcover Fifteen-year-old Tiger Lily doesn't believe in love stories or happy endings. Then she meets the alluring teenage Peter Pan in the forbi…

January 28, 2013

An Author a (Mon)day: Alex Lidell

An Author a (Mon)day: Alex Lidell
An Author a (Mon)day is a sporadic feature on the blog, one in which I invite authors to answer three questions for me pertaining to them, their writing or their books! While this does not happen weekly, you can be rest assured that it always happens on a Monday. THREE QUESTIONS Today, I'm delig…

January 27, 2013

A Sunday Retrospective (13)

A Sunday Retrospective (13)
A Sunday Retrospective is inspired by In My Mailbox at The Story Siren and TGIF at GReads! , where I share the books that I've acquired during the week, last week's posts and interesting links. It's been quiet around here mail-wise, but I did get approved on Netgalley for one book that I…

January 25, 2013

One or Two (or Maybe More?)

One or Two (or Maybe More?)
I was never one of those people who could read two books at the same time. At least, I wasn't... until now . It occurred to me recently that I've gotten into the habit of reading two books at once, one from my physical bookshelf and another on my iPad. The first time I did it, it was instin…

January 24, 2013

Just One Day - Gayle Forman

Just One Day - Gayle Forman
Just One Day by Gayle Forman Series: Just One Day #1 Publisher: Dutton Juvenile Publication Date: January 8, 2013 Source/Format: Bought || Hardcover When sheltered American good girl Allyson "LuLu" Healey first meets laid-back Dutch actor Willem De Ruiter at an underground performance of Twe…

January 23, 2013

Rapunzel Untangled - Cindy C. Bennett

Rapunzel Untangled - Cindy C. Bennett
Rapunzel Unta n gled by Cindy C. Bennett Publisher: Sweetwater Books Expected Publication Date: February 12, 2013 Source/Format: Publi sher ( Thanks Cedar Fort! ) ||  ARC [I received this book from the publisher. This in no way affects the opinions expressed in my review.] Rapunzel is not your average teenager. …

January 22, 2013

Top Ten Tuesday: Oh, The Places We Will Go!

Top Ten Tuesday: Oh, The Places We Will Go!
As always, this feature is hosted by  The Broke and the Bookish !  This is actually a very easy topic for me to come up with ten items for! I'm all about great settings, and it's always a bonus when an author writes a setting that comes across as authentic. (It's all in the details, I tel…

January 21, 2013

7 Big Bad Wolf-y Facts (+ Giveaway)

7 Big Bad Wolf-y Facts (+ Giveaway)
(For more info about the tour, click here !) It's truly an honor to be kicking off the blog tour for Scarlet , the second book in The Lunar Chronicles , by Marissa Meyer . I'm pretty sure I've said this before and multiple times (mostly on Twitter), but I love this series . There's just …

January 20, 2013

A Sunday Retrospective (12)

A Sunday Retrospective (12)
A Sunday Retrospective is inspired by In My Mailbox at The Story Siren and TGIF at GReads! , where I share the books that I've acquired during the week, last week's posts and interesting links . Hooray, it's Sunday! While I usually schedule these posts ahead of time, I'm always excite…

January 19, 2013

It Takes Two || January 2013

It Takes Two || January 2013
One of my favorite things in the world is teaming up with other bloggers, and it is my pleasure to present to you a project that Cass and I have been planning since the start of the month. It Takes Two is a feature inspired by our desire to push our genre/subject matter boundaries and try somethin…