The Archived by Victoria Schwab Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Publisher: Disney Hyperion Release date: January 22 2013 Source: Purchased Pages: 321 In a word: A twisty tale filled with secrets and lies, a cast of well-drawn characters that you will grow to love, and underneath it all, an honest depiction of a family dealing with […]
Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. I love the cover of this book, which is one reason I picked it: After the End by Amy Plum. Release date: May 6 2014 (Harper Children’s). Don’t you love the cover? And do you see the wolves?? I really want to read a […]
Two Serpents Rise (Craft Sequence #2) by Max Gladstone Genre: Adult Urban Fantasy Publisher: Tor Books Release date: October 29 2013 Source: ARC from Publisher (received at Comic Con) Pages: 352 In a word: A strange and dangerous world, filled with magic unlike anything you’ve read before, and beautifully written with extraordinary imagery. The sun […]
‘Tis the month for spooky stories! I’m so happy to be joining this HUMONGOUS giveaway hop! This hop has over 375 bloggers participating, which should keep you busy this month:) The Spooktacular Giveaway Hop is hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer. So, what can you win from Books, Bones & Buffy? One […]
Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine, and is a great way for bloggers to share the books they are waiting on. This week I’m waiting on: Ghost Planet by Sharon Lynn Fisher. Release date: October 30 2012 (Tor Science Fiction). Aliens in the form of ghosts, in space? Yes! I love the […]
What lies beneath the covers of a book is not always what you think, and The Jesuit Papers is a good example of this theory. And I mean that in the best possible way, because this book was surprising in more ways than one. The cover and title led me to believe that this was […]
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, and this week we are asked to pick ten books that we would read in one day. I interpret this as books that are so engaging that I can’t stop reading! If only I still had time to read a book in a day…I […]
Some of you may already know that I loved Cinder by Marissa Meyer, and gave it a gushing review. Yesterday, a very nice publicist from Macmillan Audio contacted me and asked if I would also promote the audiobook version. And of course I said yes! The sample below is from Chapter One and will give […]
“The monster showed up just after midnight. As they do.” I read A Monster Calls and Brian Selznick’s Wonderstruck back-to-back, and they seemed eerily similar in more ways than one. My original plan was to review them together, but after writing my review for Wonderstruck, I realized that although A Monster Calls is also a […]