Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley Published by Knopf BYR Publish Date: February 14, 2012272 PagesMy Source: NetGalley “Let me make it in time. Let me meet Shadow. The guy who paints in the dark. Paints birds trapped on brick walls and people lost in ghost forests. Paints guys with grass growing from their hearts and […]
The Vanishing Game by Kate Kae Myers Published by Bloomsbury USA Children’s Publish Date: February 14, 2012 368 Pages Source: Borrowed Jocelyn’s twin brother Jack was the only family she had growing up in a world of foster homes-and now he’s dead, and she has nothing. Then she gets a cryptic letter from “Jason December”-the code […]
Author Sherry Gammon I’m really excited to have Sherry Gammon stopping by the blog today to answer some questions about Unlovable. I read this book recently and absolutely loved it! Unlovable is the first book in the Port Fare Series. Book Two, Unbelievable, is scheduled to be released in March 2012. (Read my review of Unlovable HERE.) Sherry, […]
Unlovable by Sherry Gammon Published by Wordpainting Unlimited, Inc. Publish Date: January 19, 2011 My Source: review copy from the author Unlovable by Sherry Gammon Port Fare, New York, has fallen into the clutches of true evil. The Dreser brothers have arrived with a scheme to increase drug sales in the area by whatever means […]
Proof of Heaven by Mary Curran Hackett Published by HarperCollins Publish Date: November 1, 2011 336 Pages My Source: HarperCollins/TLC Book Tours Proof of Heaven by Mary Curran Hackett A mother’s faith, a child’s courage, a doctor’s dedication—a moving and thought-provoking tale of hope, love, and family. He might be young, but Colm already recognizes […]
Review: It isn’t often that books garner the amount of pre-publication buzz that The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern did. I began to hear and read about this book months and months ago and the buzz turned into full-on hype over a rather short time. For me, the excitement began over the stunning cover. I knew […]
Review: A Single Shot by Matthew F. Jones is by far one of the best books I’ve read in a very long time. It is a fast-paced and gritty and everything noir fiction should be. Split into seven chapters corresponding to the seven days of the week, readers get an accurate idea of exactly how one […]
Review: Messenger is the third installment in Lowry’s The Giver Quartet, and it is beautiful. In this story, we meet Matty again. Matty was first introduced in Gathering Blue as Matt. In this story, Matty lives with Seer in Village, and has grown a few years older and more mature. Village is a place that […]
Review: I recently read The Giver for the first time as part of the 2011 Dystopian Challenge and thought it was amazing. I really love dystopian novels that are smart and entertaining, but this one seemed particularly thought-provoking. In fact, when I was finished with the book, I really had the sense that I […]
Hardback: front and back covers Review: Whoa, what a fun book! Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith is my first of all of the mash-ups that seem to be the big trend these days, so I had no idea what to expect. I have not read Seth Grahame-Smith’s first book Pride and Prejudice and […]