REVIEW: #77 Pretties – Scott Westerfeld
April 26, 2010 by Allison
Filed under Reviews, Sci-Fi, Series, Young Adult
Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes Title: Pretties Author: Scott Westerfeld ISBN: 0439891612 Pages: 384 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com) Tally has finally become pretty. Now her looks are beyond perfect, her clothes are awesome, her boyfriend is totally hot, and she’s completely popular. It’s everything she’s ever wanted. But beneath all the fun — [...]
REVIEW: #75 Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
April 26, 2010 by Allison
Filed under Drama, Reviews, Series, Young Adult
Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes Title: Uglies Author: Scott Westerfeld ISBN: 1435248244 Pages: 425 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken From Amazon.com) Everybody gets to be supermodel gorgeous. What could be wrong with that? Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can’t wait. Not for her license — for turning pretty. In Tally’s world, your sixteenth [...]
REVIEW: #71 Among the Hidden
March 30, 2010 by Allison
Filed under Reviews, Series, Young Adult
Reading time: 2 – 2 minutes Title: Among the Hidden Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix ISBN: 0786230517 Pages: 185 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken From Amazon.com) In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family’s farm, [...]
REVIEW: #66 Emma Vol. 1 by Kaoru Muri
Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes Title: Emma Vol. 1 Author: Kaoru Mori ISBN: 1401211321 Pages: 192 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from back of book) An upstairs gentleman and a downstairs servant share a secret love. The saga begins. In Victorian England, a young girl named Emma is rescued from a life of destitution and raised [...]
REVIEW: #63 We the Children by Andrew Clements
March 10, 2010 by Allison
Filed under Mystery/Crime, Reviews, Series, Young Adult
Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes Title: We the Children (Benjamin Pratt & The Keepers of the School vol. 1) Author: Andrew Clements ISBN: 1416938869 Pages: 160 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from back of book) Benjamin Pratt’s harbor-side school is going to be bulldozed to make room for an amusement park. It sounds like a dream [...]
The ONLY Black Friday Purchases I Made #Books
November 27, 2009 by Allison
Filed under Series, Shopping, Young Adult
Reading time: 4 – 6 minutes I went to Half-Off Books and made the ONLY shopping purchases on Black Friday, there. Surprised? Come on! I mean, they were having a no-minimum purchase, 20% off sale. Since the books are already half-off and now you’re adding 20% off to that? I think every city should have [...]
REVIEW: #46 Miki Falls (Book 1) – Spring
Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes Title: Miki Falls – Spring (Book 1) Author: Mark Crilley ISBN: 978-0060846169 Pages: 176 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com) It’s spring—a time for new beginnings. This is Miki Yoshida’s final year of high school, and she’s determined to make this the best year yet. Miki is in control . [...]
REVIEW: #44 Scarlett & Crimson – A Light in the Darq
November 10, 2009 by Allison
Filed under Reviews, Series, Young Adult
Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes TITLE: Scarlett & Crimson™ – A Light in the Darq Author: Allyson Black Illustrator: Shane L. Johnson ISBN: 1416958312 Pages: 112 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com) Scarlett, Crimson, and Pepper need to step things up a notch in order to blow the Leetz (a clique of popular, know-it-all girls [...]
Friday Firsts: Scarlett & Crimson- Darqstarz Rising #Meme
November 6, 2009 by Allison
Filed under Children, Meme, Series, Young Adult
Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes Blogger Meme: Friday Firsts All participants will have their entry tweeted about, so don’t forget to include your Twitter username if you want to be notified of your tweet mention! The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in [...]
REVIEW: #37 Honey Mustard
October 22, 2009 by Allison
Filed under Manga, Reviews, Series, Young Adult
Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes Title: Honey Mustard Author: Ho-Kyung Yeo ISBN: 1595322396 Pages: 176 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from back of book) It’s love at second site! When Ara works up the nerve to ask out the boy of her dreams, she gets all glammed up and boozed up.. and ends up kissing Young-Woo, [...]
REVIEW: #36 The Hunger Games
October 21, 2009 by Allison
Filed under Reviews, Series, Videos, Young Adult
Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes Title: The Hunger Games Author: Suzanne Collins ISBN: 0439023483 Pages: 384 Rating: Sypnosis: (Taken from Amazon.com) Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United States. Long ago the districts waged war [...]
REVIEW: #34 Dead as a Doornail
October 20, 2009 by Allison
Filed under Horror, Mystery/Crime, Paranormal, Reviews, Romance, Series
Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes Title: Dead as a Doornail Author: Charlaine Harris ISBN: 0441012795 Pages: 295 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com) When Sookie’s brother Jason’s eyes start to change, she knows he’s about to turn into a were-panther for the first time. But her concern becomes cold fear when a sniper sets his [...]
REVIEW: #32 Dead to the World
October 11, 2009 by Allison
Filed under Drama, Mystery/Crime, Paranormal, Reviews, Romance, Sci-Fi, Series
Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes Title: Dead to the World (#4 in the series) Author: Charlaine Harris ISBN: 978-0-441-01218-3 Pages: 310 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from back of book) It’s not every day that you come across a naked man on the side of the road. That’s why cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse doesn’t just drive [...]
REVIEW: #31 Club Dead
October 11, 2009 by Allison
Filed under Mystery/Crime, Paranormal, Reviews, Romance, Sci-Fi, Series
Reading time: 4 – 6 minutes Title: Club Dead (#3 in the series) Author: Charlaine Harris ISBN: 0441018270 Pages: 320 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from back of the book) There’s only one vampire Sookie Stackhouse is involved with (at least voluntarily) and that’s Bill. But recently he’s been a little distant – in another state distant. [...]
REVIEW: #28 High Five
October 1, 2009 by Allison
Filed under Humor, Mystery/Crime, Reviews, Series
Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes Title: High Five Author: Janet Evanovich ISBN: 0312971346 Pages: 340 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from Evanovich.com) Bail jumping in Trenton is down to small potatoes. Stephanie’s only open case is a small bond for a small violation, committed by a small person who raises Stephanie’s frustration level in big ways. [...]
REVIEW: #27 Faithless
Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes Title: Faithless Author: Yolanda Sfetsos ISBN: 1615720340 Pages: 48 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from amazon) Book One of the Alyce Kerr, Faith Healer Trilogy by Yolanda Sfetsos. Alyce Kerr is a celebrity Faith Healer. Her power comes from a binding with a demonic entity. Every time he gives her the [...]








