Dictionary.com defines satire as “a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule.” Beauty Queens most certainly falls into this category. Delicious, delicious satire, but with just the right amount of bite to be palatable to the YA genre. Survival. Of the fittest….
It’s bad, people. It’s real bad. I’m going to have to come down with Mono somehow and just read for a month. The spine you can’t read is Gayle Forman’s “If I Stay” See what I mean? And that’s just my YA, I have two shelves of adult reads that I fear I’ll never get…
You might not have heard much about this book, if anything at all. But the way Macmillan is heavily promoting it, you will hear more buzz about it as its release date approaches. (It’s September 27th, in case you want to mark your calendars.) I didn’t know much about it when I requested to read…
With zero ado whatsoever, the winner of Blood Magic is: Rachel! Congratulations! You will be receiving an email from us shortly. Now you must decide if you want the book right away or if want to wait and get it signed. Thank you to everyone who entered!
Zombies! If a book has zombies in it, there is a 99% chance I will read it. Even cameo zombies! Even zombies you can’t be positive are, in fact, zombies! Because zombies are fascinating and awesome. Also because I think I’d do rather well in a zombie apocalypse (and the internet quizzes I’m always taking…
I’ll be the first to admit that this is not my typical kind of book. I generally stick to the supernatural romps and if I break into reality, it’s generally only for John Green (my love for this man knows no bounds). Occasionally though, when I find a road trip book, I do dip my…
A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. And a strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote…
It took me a long time to buy Ally Carter’s Heist Society because when I walked by it in the bookstore I just saw the big sunglasses and the word society and thought, no, I have too much Gossip Girl in my life as it is. And then I finally looked closer and I freaking…
This week’s POS post comes from me, Christine, the girl who does not have enough hours in the day to read as much as she’d like and who has a serious book buying and requesting problem. I blame NetGalley for my e-book POS. They make it so easy to request books that sound really good…
With this post I have the amazing pleasure of getting to introduce you to our brand new partner in reviewing, Leiah! Leiah has been a friend of ours for some time, and we found ourselves always talking about books, giving each other recommendations, and mocking each other with what awesome authors were coming to our…