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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Zombies Vs. Unicorns - Justine Larbalestier and Holly Black

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This is a book I'd been hearing a lot about because of the authors that I follow on Twitter. I guess the idea for the book started out b...
Thursday, December 23, 2010

The Flappers: Vixen by Jillian Larkin

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I found this sitting in the stack of ARC's at the bookstore a couple weeks ago. I took it home, but wasn't quite in the mood for it ...
Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Waiting On Wednesday - City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare

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Waiting on Wednesday is a Weekly Event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine So, as I just blogged, I am now a fan of the Mortal Instruments ...

The Mortal Instruments Series 1-3 by Cassandra Clare

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Okay, because I'm so behind on blogging, and I read all three of these books right in a row, I'm going to do a blog about all of the...
Monday, December 20, 2010

A Hollywood Ending by Robyn Sisman

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My latest chick lit read. It was okay. It's kind of hard for me to relate to a movie star main character, but I did enjoy the setting of...
Sunday, December 19, 2010

Paranormal State by Ryan Buell

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I'm so behind on blogging! I actually have 4 other books to post about AFTER this one. Oh well, I'll try to get one tomorrow, and tw...
Saturday, November 27, 2010

Gateway 26: After by Amy Efaw

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Wow, finally I am done with reading the nominees for next year's Gateway Award list. And just in time, my ratings are due on December 1s...
Thursday, November 25, 2010

Gateway 25: Brutal by Michael Harmon

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FINALLY! A female main character! And really, this was a good book. Our main character is Poe, yes, named after Edgar Allan Poe. Her mother,...
Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Gateway 24: If I Grow Up by Todd Strasser

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So, I was really excited to read this book because one of the other books by this author is one of the best YA novels there is in my opinion...

Gateway 23: King of the Screwups by K.L. Going

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This was a pretty good book. I really had trouble putting it down at times. The main character is Liam, which is a name I really like, yeah,...
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

2011 Debut Author Challenge

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I have decided to sign up for the 2011 Debut Author Challenge. Seeing that I only have to read like 12 books within a 1 year period, and tha...
Sunday, November 21, 2010

Gateway 22: Gray Baby by Scott Loring Sanders

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Yet another male protagonist. But this was a good one. I thought from the premise that it was more historical fiction, but not really, and t...

Gateway 21: If I Stay by Gayle Forman

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First I have to say as I was titling this blog post that I think I've messed up my numbering on these Gateway posts. But finally, a fema...

Gateway 20: Diary of a Witness by Catherine Ryan Hyde

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Yet another male protagonist. Maybe I just saved all those, stupidly, for the last books I would read? So far a lot of the books are about n...

Gateway 19: Flash Burnout by L.K. Madigan

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Yet another male protagonist book for the Gateway possible nominees. This book was okay. The main character is Blake, and as you might guess...
Monday, November 15, 2010

Gateway 18: The Devil's Paintbox by Victoria McKernan

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I love, love, loved this book! It was another male main character, but I think I must really enjoy historical fiction, something I never kne...
Sunday, November 14, 2010

Gateway 17: Funny How Things Change by Melissa Wyatt

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Another male protagonist. Go figure. This book was not a favorite of mine. It was kind of boring to me. Our main character is Remy Walker. H...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Gateway 16: We Were Here by Matt De La Pena

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Once again, another boy protagonist. A Mexican boy again strangely enough. Seems like a theme, although I guess this is really on the 2nd on...

Waiting on Wednesday: Crunch Time by Diane Mott Davidson

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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted at Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. ...
Sunday, November 7, 2010

Gateway 15: Reality Check by Peter Abrahams

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I'm beginning to feel like most of the Gateway nominees have male protagonists. Not sure, I'm going to look through them again to ma...
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