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Title: Kindred Spirits by Rainbow Rowell Pages: 62 Genres: YA, Contemporary, Short Stories, Novella Published by: Macmillans Kids UK (February 25, 2016) Summary ‘Everybody likes everything these days. The whole world is a nerd.’ ‘Are you mad because other people like Star Wars? Are you mad because people like me like Star Wars?’ ‘Maybe.’ If you broke Elena’s heart, Star Wars would spill out. So when she decides to queue outside her local cinema to see the… Read More
I didn’t blog nearly as much as I wanted to last month, but July was my best reading month of 2016 so far, so that’s something! BOOKS READ I read eight books this month! Seven were physical, and one was an ebook. That is quite good for me. I’ve been in a terrible reading slump on and off for the most of 2016, and I think it’s safe to say that my reading slump… Read More
Today is Top Ten Tuesday – A weekly bookish list created by The Broke and the Bookish! This week’s topic is: Top Ten Things Books Have Made Me Want to Learn/Do After Reading Them * The Winnie the Horse Gentler series made me want to ride a horse. I loved this series, and I actually learned a lot about horses while reading it. This series made me wish I could own a horse and ride her… Read More
Title: All American- Girl by Meg Cabot Pages: 398 Genres: YA, Contemporary, Chick-Lit, Humor Published by: Harper Teen (June 7th, 2002) Summary Samantha Madison is an average, cool Washington, D.C., teen: She loves Gwen Stefani (who doesn’t?), can draw like nobody’s business, and enjoys being opposite to her sister’s annoying ultra-social personality. But when she ditches art class one day, she doesn’t expect to be jumping on the back of a wannabe presidential assassin. Soon the young… Read More
Title: Never Never by Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher Pages: 159 Genres: Romance, YA, Mystery, Contemporary, NA Published by: Hoover Ink (January 7th, 2015) Summary Best friends since they could walk. In love since the age of fourteen. Complete strangers since this morning. He’ll do anything to remember. She’ll do anything to forget. – Goodreads What I Thought Going into this book, I didn’t know much about it. However, it was free, and everyone on Bookstagram/the… Read More
Title: The Kill Order by James Dashner Pages: 327 Genres: YA, Sci-fi/Dystopian, Apocalyptic/Post-Apocalyptic, Action Published by: Delacorte Books for Young Readers (August 14th, 2012) Summary The prequel to the New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series. Before WICKED was formed, before the Glade was built, before Thomas entered the Maze, sun flares hit the earth and mankind fell to disease. Mark and Trina were there when it happened, and they survived. But surviving the sun flares… Read More
I’m only doing a top 5, and I may be a day late, but I’m doing it anyway! Today is Yesterday was Top Ten Tuesday – A weekly bookish list created by The Broke and the Bookish! This week’s topic is: Most Anticipated Releases for the 2nd half of 2016 * Tales of the Peculiar I’m a huge fan of the Peculiar Children series, so when I found out about Tales of the Peculiar, I… Read More
Title: A Thousand Salt Kisses by Josie Demuth Pages: 443 Genres: YA, Romance, Fantasy Published by: Wise Ink (April 29th, 2016) Summary Seventeen-year-old Crystal White is the new girl on Starfish Island. Dragged to the remote community by her environmental activist father, she is eager to find fun that doesn’t involve touching fish guts or listening to local folklore. During a midnight swim with some new friends, Crystal is pulled out to sea by the waves…. Read More
Title: Within Reach by Jessica Stevens Pages: 258 Genres: YA, paranormal/supernatural, contemporary, romance Published by: Sparkpress (May 17th, 2016) Summary Dying wasn’t on seventeen-year-old Xander Hemlock’s summer to-do-list. Finding ways to spend more time with his girlfriend, Lila, was the most critical thinking he planned on doing. But that was before he found himself trapped in a realm of only darkness with thirty days to convince Lila he’s not actually dead—well, not completely, anyway. As Xan tries… Read More
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