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 to become a proper British maid. [...]
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 come true … or is it [...]
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 a Half-Off [...]
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 . . .
. . . until Hiro [...]
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 who rule the school) out of the [...]
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 [...]
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, the wrong guy! The juicy smooch [...]
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 on the Capitol and were defeated. [...]
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 deadly sights on the local [...]
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 on by. Turns out the [...]
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. His sinister and sexy boss, Eric, [...]
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. So short of money and long [...]
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 power to heal, he sucks a [...]
It's Their Fault (Pt. 2) #books
Reading time: 4 – 6 minutes
My last entry blamed my electric company on my newly acquired abundance of books. It’s a day later, but I still blame them. I also blame them on the fact that I couldn’t slow cook my chicken yesterday and was FORCED to ingest fatty (but oh-so delicious) BBQ Pizza from [...]
REVIEW: #21 Living Dead in Dallas
Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes
TITLE: Living Dead in Dallas
AUTHOR: Charlaine Harris
ISBN: 0441009239
PAGES: 291
Rating:
Synopsis: (Taken from Borders.com)
When a vampire asks cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse to use her telepathic skills to find another missing vampire, she agrees under one condition: the vampires must promise to behave and let the humans that are involved to [...]
REVIEW: #18 Dead Until Dark
Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes
Title: Dead Until Dark
Author: Charlaine Harris
ISBN: 0441008534
Pages: 292
Synopsis: (Taken from back of book)
Sookie Stackhouse is a small-time cocktail waitress in a small-town Louisiana. She’s quiet, keeps to herself, and doesn’t get out much. Not because she’s not pretty. She is. It’s just that, well, Sookie has this sort of “disability.” [...]








