Hate List by Jennifer Brown is yet another book I bought because I loved the cover. I almost didn’t, because I don’t like books about school shootings. So often they’re written from the point of view of the shooter or with excerpts from the shooters, and I just…I can’t get behind that for any reason….

I was hesitant about The Dark Divine by Bree Despain. To be perfectly honest, I didn’t love the cover all that much, and I’m still questioning what the heck it has to do with the story it was supposed to sell. Plus, I’ve been feeling a little burnt out on YA lit lately. I read…

The Prophecy of the Sisters is one of those books that I had never heard even a whisper of before glimpsing it on the bookstore shelves. The title grabbed me, and the cover looked promising and I liked the flap. But it was a hardcover that I didn’t know about so I dithered about it…

13 Little Blue Envelopes is the story of american teenager Ginny who has recently learned that her slightly wacky, artist aunt has died of cancer. The begins when Ginny receives an envelope from her aunt containing a letter with rules and instructions and $1000 cash. Shy, quiet Ginny, who prefers to go unnoticed is being…

After weeks of carrying the book around in my bag and not having any chance to read it, I finally put other things aside and used every spare minute today to finish it. This book was most entertaining, and very original. I loved the idea of killer unicorns. Before I started the book, I was…

Let me start by saying that I have not read Uglies. I own it and have read the first chapter three times. I’m even intrigued by the characters and the introduction to the plot but for some reason I cannot get into it. So, I was surprised at how excited I was to read this….

I’ve mentioned here my tendency to judge a book by its cover. It’s bad, I know. I’ve also mentioned my tendency to pick books by their titles (Never Slow Dance with a Zombie…come on, you HAVE to read a book with that title). And I find most books I’m judging by these standards on the…

I just finished reading Fire by Kristin Cashore, the sequel to Graceling and I loved it. I found upon first starting the book that I had a fear I was unaware of. I was afraid Cashore would write Fire as a carbon copy of Katsa. I could even see where the appeal would be. Katsa…

Never Slow Dance With a Zombie. I mean, come on. How could I not want to read a book with a title like that!? I dare you to read the title and not snerk just a little bit. And the cover (see right) is pretty! I’ll fully admit that I bought this book because of…

This week I want to talk about Gone, by Michael Grant. If you’re like me and not at all ashamed of judging a book by the cover, please, don’t do so here. I almost did (because let’s face it, this cover is crap), and I’m so glad now that I looked for its inner beauty….