Fall From Grace by Charles Benoit Published by HarperTeen Publish Date: May 8, 2012 304 Pages Source: ARC from publisher Grace always has a plan. There’s her plan to get famous, her plan to get rich, and—above all—her plan to have fun. Sawyer has plenty of plans too. Plans made for him by his mother, […]
The Girl Below by Bianca Zander Published by William Morrow Paperbacks Publish Date: June 19, 2012 321 Pages Source: ARC from publisher Suki Piper is a stranger in her hometown. . . . After ten years in New Zealand, Suki returns to London, to a city that won’t let her in. However, a chance visit […]
Counting Backwards by Laura Lascarso Published by Atheneum BYR Publish Date: August 14, 2012 279 Pages Source: ARC from publisher Three weeks ago I tried to run away from home. Now all I want is to go back. When troubled Taylor Truwell is caught with a stolen car and lands in court for resisting arrest, […]
My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick Published by Dial BYR Publish Date: June 14, 2012 395 Pages Source: NetGalley/Penguin A gorgeous debut about family, friendship, first romance, and how to be true to one person you love without betraying another. “One thing my mother never knew, and would disapprove of most of all, was […]
Welcome to Week One of the Read-Along everybody! Jess from Gone With the Words has written some questions and I’ve tried to answer them. These come from Chapters 1-7. The Questions for Week Two will come from Carrie from Stalking the Bookshelves and can be found on her blog today. It isn’t too late to […]
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins Published by Speak/Penguin Publish Date: December 2, 2010 372 Pages Source: My Shelf! Anna can’t wait for her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a good job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. So she’s not too thrilled when […]
Click here to see Let’s Talk! I’m so excited that Melissa at i swim for oceans likes discussion posts because sometimes I get chatty and have things to say. Melissa has opened her Let’s Talk event up to the rest of us and I’m excited to be a part of it. Thank you, Melissa! This week’s question: What do you […]
Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols Published by MTV Books Publish Date: March 17, 2009 245 Pages Source: Library HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO? All Meg has ever wanted is to get away. Away from high school. Away from her backwater town. Away from her parents who seem determined to keep her imprisoned in their […]
Waiting by Carol Lynch Williams Published by Simon & Schuster Publish Date: May 1, 2012 352 Pages Source: Finished Copy from publisher After her brother’s death, a teen struggles to rediscover love and find redemption in this gripping novel. Growing up in Africa and Latin America as the children of missionaries, London and Zach were […]
Purity by Jackson Pearce Published by Little, Brown BYR Publish Date: April 24, 2012 218 Pages Source: ARC from publisher A novel about love, loss, and sex — but not necessarily in that order. Before her mother died, Shelby promised three things: to listen to her father, to love as much as possible, and to […]