Maggie Stiefvater’s The Raven Boys is the latest in a string of YA Novels that have found their movie rights being optioned. The novel, which won’t be released until September 18, 2012, centers around 16 year old Blue, who comes from a family of psychics, and is told that if […]
Vessel by Sarah Beth Durst Published by Margaret K. McElderry Synopses Goodreads In a desert world of sandstorms and sand-wolves, a teen girl must defy the gods to save her tribe in this mystical, atmospheric tale from the author of Drink, Slay, Love.Liyana has trained her entire life to be the vessel […]
Books On Our Radar focuses on new and noteworthy upcoming releases that have peeked our interest. This weeks selections include a novel that focuses on a boy finding his dead girlfriend alive and well in a parallel universe and another dealing with a girl trying to find out the secrets […]
Author: Katie McGarry (blog, twitter) Genre: YA w/ mature themes Publication: July 31, 2012, Harlequin Teen Pages: 384 synopsis from Goodreads [book rating=4.5/5] No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with “freaky” scars on her arms. Even Echo can’t remember […]
When my BFF Shannon tells me to read a book that she loved, I know I will like it, or fall head over heels in love with it. So it was no surprise then that after her recommendation to read the Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa I fell madly in love. […]
This is my vision for music that enhances and evokes feelings about the book Timepiece (Hourglass #2) by Myra McEntire. Clearly the POV of Kaleb made me think of more male-centric themes of love, loss, daddy issues, and of course ‘ghosts’ and time travel! So here are my selections that scream […]
Sequels sequels sequels! (ok, so that would be a trilogy, but you get my enthusiasm, right?) September is going to be a very exciting month for sequels. Two books we read last year both have sequels that we have been anticipating since we first read Enclave and Anna Dressed in […]
Filming has finally gotten underway in Toronto for the hotly anticipated adaptation of the first book in Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments series. Filming, which began on August 20th, is rumored to extend through November. Jamie Campbell Bower, Lily Collins, Jemima West, and Robert Sheehan who play Jace, Clary, Isabelle […]
Author: Kody Keplinger (blog, twitter) Genre: YA w/ mature themes Publication: September 7, 2010 Pages: 280 synopsis from Goodreads Rating: 4 Hearts Seventeen-year-old Bianca Piper is cynical and loyal, and she doesn’t think she’s the prettiest of her friends by a long shot. She’s also way too smart to fall for the […]
What did you think of Reth in this book? He seemed uncharacteristically human to me. What are your feelings on Evie’s journey of self-discovery? What about Lend’s and Evie’s relationship? What did you think of Evie being so bothered about being manipulated into doing things? Jack. Jack. Jack. Did you […]