Review: Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty

Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty Published: 2001, Broadway Series: Jessica Darling, #1 Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Source: Library ebook Goodreads · Amazon · Barnes & Noble This is my new hobby. I watch my life depart minute by minute. I anticipate the end of everything and anything -- a conversation, a class, track practice, darkness -- only to be left with more clock-watching...

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Waiting on Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights any upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Between, #1) by April Genevieve Tucholke Publication date: August 15, 2013 You stop fearing the devil when you’re holding his hand…Nothing much exciting rolls through Violet White’s sleepy, seaside town…until...

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Review: Eona by Alison Goodman

Eona by Alison Goodman Published: 2012, Firebird (Originally 2011) Series: Eon, #2 Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Source: Personal book Contains spoilers for Eon (my review) Goodreads · Amazon · Barnes & Noble I know that love is about power, too. Who gives, who takes. Who is willing to risk showing their true self. Eona, Dela, and Ryko have barely escaped from High Lord...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson & Book Overload

Courtney and I spend so many of our conversations discussing one of our mutual favorite pastimes: reading.  As we were talking about the pressures we sometimes feel as book bloggers to be constantly reading new material and posting our thoughts to our blog, I was reminded of this one class discussion I had earlier in the semester. The week's topic was on the idea of information overload and how people should handle this phenomenon. Of all the readings that we had, I instantly...

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Waiting on Weather Witch by Shannon Delany

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights any upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. Weather Witch by Shannon Delany  Publication date: June 25, 2013  In a vastly different and darker Philadelphia of 1844, steam power has been repressed, war threatens from deep, dark waters, and one young lady of high social standing is...

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Top Ten Books I Read in 2012

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by the bloggers of The Broke and the Bookish. This week we are supposed to list the top ten books we read in 2012. This actually wasn't that hard for me to figure out which books made my top list - partially because I haven't read too, too many books this year, partially because my favorites just always manage to stand out to me. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo - I really enjoyed this book. Yes, I've read all those negative posts about how Bardugo...

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Review: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein Published: 2012, Hyperion Genre: Young Adult Historical Fiction Source: Library book Goodreads · Amazon · Barnes & Noble But I have told the truth. Isn't that ironic? They sent me because I am so good at telling lies. But I have told the truth. I had to reflect a few days after finishing this book before I could even begin to collect my thoughts...

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