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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Matched by Ally Condie

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This is another of the Penguin teen advance reader books I had to read. And I loved it! It's set in the future. Our main character is Ca...

Herself by Leslie Carroll

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This was my latest chick lit book. It took longer because of course I'm trying to get through the Gateway nominees pretty quickly. Other...

Gateway 13: hold still by Nina LaCour

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I know, I've been so busy it's been a way long time since I've blogged. And in that time I have 3 books to blog about. Here is n...
Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Gateway 12: Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have by Allen Zadoff

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This wasn't a bad story, don't get me wrong, it was just kind of predictable and eh. The main character is Andrew Zansky, who weighs...
Sunday, October 10, 2010

Gateway 11: The Morgue and Me by John C. Ford

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This book was okay. The story was somewhat interesting. Obviously anyone who is interested in mysteries and detective stories will enjoy it....

Gateway 10: Hate List by Jennifer Brown

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This was a really good book. It really hit hard on the school shooting topic. It also focused in on the bullying issue. The main thing that ...
Saturday, October 2, 2010

Gateway 9: Liar by Justine Larbalestier

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All I can say about this book is WOW! It started out as what seemed to be a total realistic fiction type YA novel. Our main character Micah,...

Mini-Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella/Nook Review

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This blog will serve as two reviews. Since I read Mini-Shopaholic while I was borrowing a Nook from the bookstore, I will review both at onc...

Gateway 8: North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley

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This was a really good book. The main character is Terra. Both she and her brothers are named after map related things because her father wa...
Sunday, September 19, 2010

Nightshade by Andrea Cremer

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This was another of the Penguin YA advanced readers books I got back in August. Wasn't sure if I'd like it. The cover is a little fr...
Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Gateway 7: Purple Heart by Patricia McCormick

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I think kids will enjoy this. And I do think it was an interesting look at the war from a young soldier's point of view. There are some ...

The Icing on the Cake by Alison Kent

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Yet another book I got through Shelf Awareness for free. This is supposedly a romance based on a real story through Match.com. As someone wh...
Sunday, September 12, 2010

The 4400: Wet Work by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore

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This book is the one I kept in my car for those times when I was somewhere that I needed to read something and didn't remember to bring ...

Gateway 6: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

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I'd seen this book at the store. No idea what it was about, but the cover is very interesting. Even with such an interesting cover, and ...
Monday, September 6, 2010

Gateway 5 - Lost by Jacqueline Davies

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I was so sure I'd love this. I have really enjoyed all the historical fiction I've been reading from going through this award nomine...
Friday, September 3, 2010

The Pride of the Peacock by Victoria Holt

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This isn't a new book. In fact, this is a book I've owned for a long time, and read over, and over, and over. I got it one time when...
Thursday, September 2, 2010

Gateway 4: Because I Am Furniture by Thalia Chaltas

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I had seen this book at the store and thought it looked interesting. And it was good. I can see that teens would enjoy it, even if I was lef...

Gateway Nominee 3: Fat Cat by Robin Brande

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Oh my gosh, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVED this book! Our main character is Fat Cat, or Catherine Locke. Cat is very smart, she is in THE science class...

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

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The 3rd and final installment of the Hunger Games Trilogy that I have been waiting on pins and needles for since last spring. Let's just...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Sabotaged by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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Well, I posted this as a Waiting on Wednesday, last week I think, and then it was actually already out I saw the next night when I went into...
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