Feature and Follow Friday is sponsored by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. The purpose of this event is to learn about the two featured bloggers each week, as well as to increase your own blog following by joining in on the fun! Looks like I’ve been kind of lax with this meme this year. Yikes! Here’s to participating… Read more »
Month: May 2013
Waiting on Wednesday: The Shade of the Moon (The Last Survivors #4) by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine where we spotlight upcoming releases that we’re eagerly awaiting. This week I’ve chosen a book from a series that I’ve read this year with my students, one that I read originally for a state book award, and used to read with students in… Read more »
Darker Still (Magic Most Foul #1) by Leanna Renee Hieber
I got a free copy of this book last summer at BEA, when I also got to meet the author. I’d been interested in this book for a while even before that as it sounded very interesting, and was a new type of story compared to what was out there. And of course, what a… Read more »
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
I’ve been interested in this book since I first saw it at the bookstore. I remember I started reading it one day when I was working at the cash register. And it was a page turner! I mean the story doesn’t sound interesting, the way this author told it, or maybe just because of what… Read more »
Ten by Gretchen McNeil
I finally gave in and purchased this book at the RT Convention the first weekend of May. I’m glad I did. It was a good read, and definitely a good change from all the dystopian I’ve been reading lately. This book reminded me a lot of RL Stine and Christopher Pike type of stories. Which… Read more »
Waiting on Wednesday: Unhinged (Splintered #2) by A.G. Howard
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine where we spotlight upcoming releases that we’re eagerly awaiting. I wasn’t sure what I was going to pick this week until I remembered a recent cover reveal that reminded me of a book I read at the end of last year that I… Read more »
Breath (Riders of the Apocalypse #4) by Jackie Morse Kessler
I had to buy this last month when it came out just so that I could get it autographed by the author the first weekend of May at the RT Convention. I could have bought it at the convention, but by purchasing it from the bookstore where I work, I got it at 30% off,… Read more »
The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau
First, thanks to Houghton Mifflin for letting me read an e-galley of this. First let me say that this was a pretty good book. It is one I will definitely recommend to anyone who enjoyed The Hunger Games and wants to read more stories like that. This is a future America after many horrible wars… Read more »
Waiting on Wednesday – Allegiant (Divergent #3) by Veronica Roth
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine where we spotlight upcoming releases that we’re eagerly awaiting. My choice this week is one that probably a lot of people will be choosing in the next few months, the third and final book of the Divergent series by Veronica Roth, Allegiant. It… Read more »
Stacking the Shelves May 12th, 2013
Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews. This week, only one of the books I’ve listed is an actual physical book, the rest are all e-galleys which I often forget to list when I do this. So let’s start with the actual book. My friend that I went to the RT Convention with last… Read more »