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Review: Wither by Lauren DeStefano

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Obviously, something went terribly wrong. Genetic mutations have festered, reducing human longevity to twenty-five, even less for most women. To prevent extinction, young girls are kidnapped, mated in polygamous marriages with men eager to procreate. Sixteen-year-old Rhine Ellery, a recent victim of this breeding farm mentality, has vowed to break loose from its fetters; but finding allies and a safe way out is a challenge she can only hope she will survive. A...

My Book Boyfriend (#1): Adam Kent (Shatter Me)

 

Hey all, and welcome to the first installment of My Book Boyfriend, a weekly meme hosted by Missie over at The Unread Reader. If you'd like to play along, it's simple! Just share one of your latest literary crushes; you know, give his stats, a picture of what you think he might look like, and some of his quotes that make you melt into a heap on your couch, chair, or wherever you read. :) For more details, check out the rules, then get your boyfriend posted! :)

My Book Boyfriend comes...

Teaser Tuesday (#1)

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just click the following link to see the rules. Without further ado, here are my teasers for the week: 

"He looked down at me, all sincere and open and with that chaos hair in his eyes and I wanted and didn't want and I had to say something."
"I was going to kiss him, and I was going to regret it. But at that moment, I couldn't bring myself to care."
 ---The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, by...

Review: Cinder by Marissa Meyer

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Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth's fate hinges on one girl. . . .



Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She's a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she...

Review: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

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"You can't touch me," I whisper.



I'm lying, is what I don't tell him.



He can touch me, is what I'll never tell him.



But things happen when people touch me.



Strange things.



Bad things.



No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal, but The Reestablishment has plans for her. Plans to use her as a weapon.



But Juliette has plans on her own.



After a lifetime without freedom, she's finally discovering a strength to fight back for the very first time—and to find a...

When I'm Not Reading (#1): A Tale of Many Reviews

Hey all, and welcome to my first installment of When I'm Not Reading. I want to start off by saying there are loads and loads of awesomesauce bloggers out there who take so much time to read and review we author's books. They work hard to promote us and to shed light on those books that might otherwise not be seen. That should be commended! With that being said, that's why I'm starting to post these. I'm hoping each Sunday to promote another blogger. Come along for the ride!




~*~Julie f...

Twitter + Facebook Hop #1

Welcome to the Twitter & Facebook Hop, brought to you by Parajunkee.






Today we are linking up our Facebook Fan Pages & our Twitter
accounts so we can earn more followers and likes. Social networks are an
integral way to get more exposure for your blog, so click away!






Rules To Participate

As a courtesy please follow & like your host — me, Megan Curd!
When you follow or like someone @ them and let them know so they can follow back
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Review: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

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Mara Dyer doesn't think life can get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there.



It can.



She believes there must be more to the accident she can't remember that killed her friends and left her mysteriously unharmed.



There is.



She doesn't believe that after everything she's been through, she can fall in love.



She's wrong.









REVIEW:

Wow, I'm so torn! On one hand, I absolutely loved this book. on the other, I had some beefs. Here they a...

Writing Killed My Reading.

Growing up, I devoured books. Seriously. There wasn't a book in sight that I wouldn't read, so long as it had a fantastical twist to it.



My first favorite series was The Animorphs Series by K.A. Applegate. I'd dream of meeting an alien race who gave me the opportunity to turn into whatever awesomesauce living thing I could touch. It was way too much fun.



Then there were Goosebumps. Oh man, those would scare the bejeezus out of me. I remember many nights where I laid under my covers, wonderi...

New Year's Resolutions

Well, today is the last day of the year! Crazy, huh? I can't believe the year is already over, personally. It's been a year of great firsts for me, the most important one being the birth of my son (aka Little Man).



Not a week after his birth, my debut novel, BRIDGER, came to my door in paperback. Talk about a week to remember. :)



Then in November, my second YA novel, FORBIDDEN, was released. Crazy. Now I'm close to finishing the sequel to BRIDGER (which is TRAITOR), and a new idea for a boo...