Christine: I’m always nervous about reading second books in a trilogy. They can either disappoint you or live up to the first book, or on a very rare occasion, exceed expectation. While Goddess Interrupted didn’t exceed expectation, it did a good job trying to live up to the first book, which is hard to do…

I’m of the mind that summer books can be heart breaking. I know it seems perverse, the sun is shining, the sky is blue, hopefully waves are lapping at your feet and life is beautiful- so why would you want to read about heart fail? Well think of it this way, would you prefer your…

When planning our awesome Summer Reads week, we realized we’d already reviewed a bunch of books that are perfect for the beach.  So here are some quick blurbs, plus links to the full reviews, of some awesome Summer Reads. Christine: Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O’Malley This is a graphic novel series I enjoyed. It’s…

For our second Summer Reads book, I chose The Lost Code by Kevin Emerson because it takes place at a summer camp. And not just any summer camp but one in the middle of a post apocalyptic world on it’s last legs. Plus, Atlantis. What’s not more awesome than Atlantis? I think YA needs more…

Today marks the start of ‘Summer Reads Week’. Each day we’re going to pick a book we enjoyed and consider a good summer read, including some past ones we’ve reviewed that you should check out. Caitlin made an awesome banner (shown below). The first book this week is First Comes Love and there’s a giveaway…

The other night I sat down to read a chapter or two of Cracked Up to Be before bed, and ended up reading the entire book in one sitting. That’s how much this book pulled me in. Parker was a puzzle and I had to solve her, and the only way to do that was…

Remember when vampires were cool and sexy? Aren’t you glad that’s pretty much over? Well, I am. I remember from my youth vampires being the bad guys. The ones you hid from and tried to kill before they killed you. Sure, there were the sympathetic ones whose ability to restrain themselves was admirable, but for…

Going into this book I knew one thing about. Assassin Nuns. And, really, that’s all one needs to know. Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death…

I picked up this book at ALA in January and was both excited and wary of it. Excited because I love sci-fi and love seeing it in YA books. Wary because the cover was not my cup of tea and it kind of gave me the impression of love triangles and drama. I was so…

Christine and I picked up Enchanted by Alethea Kontis because of how cute it sounded. And we were not disappointed! Fairy tales, family drama, political intrigue, and a dashing frog-prince. What’s not to love? Caitlin: So, I picked up this book based solely on its potential to be adorable. And it did not disappoint. Christine:…