Friday, September 10, 2010

REVIEW: #77 Pretties – Scott Westerfeld

April 26, 2010 by Allison  
Filed under Reviews, Sci-Fi, Series, Young Adult

REVIEW: #77 Pretties – Scott Westerfeld

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

REVIEW: #75 Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

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  
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REVIEW: #71 Among the Hidden

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

March 14, 2010 by Allison  
Filed under Drama, Manga, Meme, Reviews, Romance, Series

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

REVIEW: #63 We the Children by Andrew Clements

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

November 11, 2009 by Allison  
Filed under Manga, Reviews, Romance, Series, Young Adult

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

September 28, 2009 by Allison  
Filed under Horror, Paranormal, Reviews, Romance, Series

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 [...]