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

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

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: #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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 – [...]

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 . [...]

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