Almost Grown-up

Title: Something Like Fate Author: Susane Colasanti Contemporary YA Published May 4th 2010 by Viking Juvenile Goodreads summary: Best friends Lani and Erin couldn’t be more different. Lani’s reserved and thoughtful; Erin’s bubbly and outgoing. Lani likes to do her own thing; Erin prefers an entourage. There’s no possible way they could be interested in [...]

Title: The Fault in Our Stars Author: John Green Contemporary YA Published January 10th 2012 by Dutton Juvenile Goodreads summary: Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 12, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumours in her lungs… for now. Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else, [...]

Title: The Dirt Author: Lori Culwell Contemporary YA Published November 11th 2011 by Booktrope Editions Summary: Lucy Whitley cannot wait to get out of Palm Desert. It’s not a place for a frizzy-haired science nerd, particularly when her fashion-obsessed older sister Sloane is the head of a clique of pretty girls who rule the school [...]

Title: Why We Broke Up Author: Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) Contemporary YA Published December 27th 2011 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Goodreads summary: I’m telling you why we broke up, Ed. I’m writing it in this letter, the whole truth of why it happened. Min Green and Ed Slaterton are breaking up, [...]

Title: Catching Jordan Author: Miranda Kenneally Contemporary YA Published December 1st 2011 by Sourcebooks Fire Goodreads summary: What girl doesn’t want to be surrounded by gorgeous jocks day in and day out? Jordan Woods isn’t just surrounded by hot guys, though – she leads them as the captain and quarterback on her high school football [...]

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine and allows book bloggers to spotlight releases that we are greatly anticipating. This week, my Waiting on Wednesday pick is: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman Goodreads summary: Four decades of peace have done little to ease the mistrust between humans and dragons in the kingdom of Goredd. [...]

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. It’s a fun way to get to know fellow bloggers while simultaneously enjoying the fun of a list! And what’s more, a list about BOOKS! What could be better?       January 31: Top Ten Books I Think Would Make Great [...]

Title: Carrie Goes Off The Map Author: Phillipa Ashley Adult romance Published December 1st 2011 by Sourcebooks Landmark Goodreads summary: Carrie Brownhill, recently dumped by her fiancé, is determined to get away from men forever. Yet she finds herself stuck in a VW camper van careening through the English countryside with the intriguing Matt Landor, [...]

Fun Fact Friday gives me the opportunity to research different backgrounds and elements of a book or two that I read each week. There’ll be mythology, trivia, history, and… yep, you guessed it… FUN FACTS!

Title: Tempest Author: Julie Cross Paranormal romance Published January 17th 2012 by St. Martin’s Griffin Goodreads summary: The year is 2009.  Nineteen-year-old Jackson Meyer is a normal guy… he’s in college, has a girlfriend… and he can travel back through time. But it’s not like the movies – nothing changes in the present after his [...]