REVIEW: #69 Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott

Reading time: 4 – 6 minutes

Title: Living Dead Girl
Author: Elizabeth Scott
ISBN: 1416960600
Pages: 176

Rating:
Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)
When Alice was ten, Ray took her away from her family, her friends — her life. She learned to give up all power, to endure all pain. She waited for the nightmare to be over.
Now Alice is [...]

REVIEW: #64 Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes

Title: Graceling
Author: Kristin Cashore
ISBN: 0547258305
Pages: 480

Rating:
Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)
Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight—she’s a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill. As niece of the king, she should be [...]

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 come true … or is it [...]

REVIEW: #61 Horrid Henry’s Underpants

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes

Title: Horrid Henry’s Underpants
Author: Francesca Simon
ISBN: 1402238258
Pages: 112
Rating:
Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)
Horrid Henry makes a deal with his parents in return for eating his veggies; accidentally wears girls’ underwear to school; tries to prove he is sicker than his brother; and writes the meanest thank-you cards ever (and makes money [...]

REVIEW: #58 The Everafter

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes

Title: The Everafter
Author: Amy Huntley
ISBN: 0061776793
Pages: 256
Rating:
Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)
Madison Stanton doesn’t know where she is or how she got there. But she does know this—she is dead. And alone, in a vast, dark space. The only company she has in this place are luminescent objects that turn out [...]

REVIEW: #57 Goth Girl Rising

Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes

Title: Goth Girl Rising
Author: Barry Lyga
ISBN: 0547076649
Pages: 400
Rating:
Synopsis: (Taken from the Book)
Time is a funny thing in the hospital. In the mental ward. You lose track of it easily. After six months in the Maryland Mental Health Unit, Kyra Sellers, a.k.a. Goth Girl, is going home. Unfortunately, she’s about [...]

REVIEW: #56 The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy & Goth Girl

Reading time: 3 – 5 minutes

Title: The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy & Goth Girl
Author: Barry Lyga
ISBN: 0618916520
Pages: 320
Rating:
Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)
Fanboy has never had it good, but lately his sophomore year is turning out to be its own special hell. The bullies have made him their favorite target, his best (and only) friend seems [...]

The ONLY Black Friday Purchases I Made #Books

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: #51 BSC Kristy’s Great Idea (Graphic Novel)

Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes

Title: Kristy’s Great Idea (A Baby-Sitter’s Club Graphic Novel)
Author: Raina Telgemeier (with Ann M. Martin)
ISBN: 0439739330
Pages: 192
Rating:

Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)
In this new graphic novel edition of the very first BABY-SITTERS CLUB book, Raina Telgemeier captures all the drama of the original in warm, spunky illustrations.
Witness Kristy’s eureka moment, when [...]

REVIEW: #50 The Maze Runner

Reading time: 4 – 7 minutes

Title: The Maze Runner
Author: James Dashner
ISBN: 0385737947
Pages: 384
Rating:
Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)
When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. His memory is blank. But he’s not alone. When the lift’s doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome [...]

REVIEW: #48 Hush Hush @becfitzpatrick

Reading time: 4 – 6 minutes

Title: Hush Hush
Author: Becca Fitzpatrick
ISBN: 1416989412
Pages: 400
Rating:
Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)
For Nora Grey, romance was not part of the plan. She’s never been particularly attracted to the boys at her school, no matter how much her best friend, Vee, pushes them at her. Not until Patch came along.
With his [...]

REVIEW: #47 Miki Falls – Summer (Book 2)

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes

Warning: This review may contain spoilers. You discover at the end of Book 1 why Hiro’s behavior is so mysterious. If you like the mystery, I would not read this review because it goes into discuss his career, which may be a spoiler for others.

Title: Miki Falls – Summer (Book [...]

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: #45 Bad Girls Don’t Die

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes

Title: Bad Girls Don’t Die
Author: Katie Alender
ISBN: 1423108760
Pages: 352
Rating:
Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)
Alexis thought she led a typically dysfunctional high school existence. Dysfunctional like her parents’ marriage; her doll-crazy twelve-year-old sister, Kasey; and even her own anti-social, anti-cheerleader attitude.
When a family fight results in some tearful sisterly bonding, Alexis realizes [...]

REVIEW: #44 Scarlett & Crimson – A Light in the Darq

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 [...]

REVIEW: #43 Scarlett & Crimson – DarqStarz Rising

Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes

TITLE: Scarlett & Crimson™ – DarqStarz Rising
Author: Allyson Black
Illustrator: Shane L. Johnson
ISBN: 1416958304
Pages: 112
Rating:

Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)
Scarlett and Crimson are expecting this week to be just like every other week at V. Price Memorial Middle School. But, to their surprise and delight, this Monday they learn that the new [...]

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