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September 7, 2011

Review: Eve by Anna Carey


From Goodreads: The year is 2032, sixteen years after a deadly virus—and the vaccine intended to protect against it—wiped out most of the earth's population. The night before eighteen-year-old Eve's graduation from her all-girls school she discovers what really happens to new graduates, and the horrifying fate that awaits her.

Fleeing the only home she's ever known, Eve sets off on a long, treacherous journey, searching for a place she can survive. Along the way she encounters Caleb, a...
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Published on September 07, 2011 08:39

Review: Wisdom's Kiss by Catherine Gilbert Murdock


Trudy is a young orphan with a gift for seeing the future. Tips is also an orphan, who struggles with the oppressive hate of his older brothers and the dismal future of running the family mill. They've been best friends since infancy, and Trudy hopes Tips is her future. When a man comes to take Tips as his apprentice to become a soldier, Trudy hates to see him go but knows it's for the best.
Six years later, when both are grown and waiting to be reunited, fate and politics intervene...
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Published on September 07, 2011 07:43

September 4, 2011

Buckle Up.

Hello there. If you're reading this, you deserve a medal. I've been totally unreliable as a blogger for the last six months.

So, I've been out of town a lot lately. And then this strange thing happened where I just didn't feel like reading.

Yes! You read that right. I didn't feel like reading. It was weird.

But here's my other dilemma. I have about 15 book reviews that all need posted because the books are coming out and I need to just get them out of the way so that I don't feel like I'm behin...
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Published on September 04, 2011 20:17

August 23, 2011

Review: Trickster's Girl by Hilari Bell


Nearly a century after 9/11, the world has become security obsessed. A chemical weapon was released in South America and destroyed the Amazon. Now it's creeping north. The earth is dying, and Kelsa can feel it.
But earth is not the only thing slipping away. Kelsa watches cancer slowly and painfully kill her father, and she's helpless to do anything to stop it. The night she secretly buries her father's ashes, a boy appears and starts talking about magic.
Sure that he's crazy, Kelsa eludes h...
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Published on August 23, 2011 08:49

August 22, 2011

Review: Wherever You Go by Heather Davis

From Goodreads: Seventeen-year-old Holly Mullen has felt lost and lonely ever since her boyfriend, Rob, died in a tragic accident. The fact that she has to spend most of her free time caring for her little sister and Alzheimer's-stricken grandfather doesn't help. But Holly has no idea that as she goes about her days, Rob's ghost is watching over her. He isn't happy when he sees his best friend, Jason, reach out to help Holly with her grandfather—but as a ghost, he can do nothing to...
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Published on August 22, 2011 08:16

August 19, 2011

Bad for my Ego

I recently joined the 21st century and got a smart phone. I realized it was necessary when my long distance family constantly tried to text me pictures and videos, none of which I could accept on my blocky little phone that didn't even have games.

And speaking of games. Now that I have a smart phone, not only can I take pictures and videos, check my emails, get GPS directions, and a slew of other amazing things (that I won't mention because I sound like a total dork), but my phone now has awes...
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Published on August 19, 2011 10:34

August 16, 2011

Review: Halo by Alexandra Adornetto

From Goodreads: Three angels- Gabriel, the warrior; Ivy, the healer; and Bethany, the youngest and most human- are sent by Heaven to bring good to a world falling under the influence of darkness. They must work hard to conceal their luminous glow, superhuman powers, and, most dangerous of all, their wings, all the while avoiding all human attachments.


Then Bethany meets Xavier Woods, and neither of them is able to resist the attraction between them. Gabriel and Ivy do everything in their...
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Published on August 16, 2011 08:22

August 12, 2011

Review: The Time-Traveling Fashionista by Bianca Turetsky


[image error] From Goodreads: When Louise Lambert receives a mysterious invitation to a traveling vintage fashion sale in the mail, her normal life in suburban Connecticut is magically transformed into a time traveling adventure.
After a brief encounter with two witchy salesladies and donning an evening gown that once belonged to a beautiful silent film star, Louise suddenly finds herself on board a luxurious cruise ship in 1912. As Alice Baxter, the silent film star, Louise enjoys her access to an...
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Published on August 12, 2011 13:09

August 6, 2011

Review: Two Moon Princess by Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban


In this coming-of-age story set in a medieval kingdom, Andrea is a headstrong princess longing to be a knight: something both her parents have forbidden. In an angry rage, she chases after a legend and finds her way to modern-day California where she finally belongs. But her accidental return to her family's kingdom and a disastrous romance brings war, along with her discovery of some dark family secrets. Readers will love this mix of traditional fantasy elements with unique twists and...
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Published on August 06, 2011 11:04

Review: Tender Loving Care by Jennifer Greene


From Goodreads: When tragedy strikes, Zoe Anderson finds herself in the one role she never expected to have: mother. Sharing guardianship of four-year-old twins with sexy Rafe Kirkland is a responsibility she simply cannot accept. Rafe is just going to have to take care of the boys himself.
Rafe's not prepared to be a single parent either, but deserting the children is not an option—and he's never been as attracted to a woman as he is to their godmother. He proposes a solution: Zoe and the...
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Published on August 06, 2011 10:49