Book Birthdays – June 2011

This months book releases are as exciting as they are varied. June is certainly going to test my book buying ban. Which is already quite difficult to stick to. As I’m sure you can imagine. All of the following book summaries were taken from Goodreads. Cause Goodreads is awesome. Which books are you guys excited…

Spellbound by Cara Lynn Shultz

**There’s a maybe, kinda, sorta…spoiler…thingy…in this review. Beware.** One recent Wednesday that Christine and I, and a couple others probably, were doing a read-a-thon night (we stayed up reading all night…yep) I decided to start the evening with Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma. It was good, it was really good. In fact, I have…

Nightspell by Leah Cypess

When I reviewed Mistwood by Leah Cypess last year, I talked about was how refreshing it was to read a young adult book that wasn’t focused solely on a romantic plot. This was also one of my favorite things about Mistwood’s companion novel, Nightspell, which I was lucky enough to get my hands on last…

The Season by Sarah Maclean

Sometimes you need a book that’s just fun to read. I picked up The Season by Sarah Maclean to fulfill that exact need and it delivered on every front. I’m a sucker for regency novels and mysteries and England and romance. This book? It was meant for me. Seventeen year old Lady Alexandra is strong-willed…

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Prior to actually getting my greedy little hands on Veronica Roth’s Divergent, I’d been anticipating it for a while. Caitlin was practically salivating to get her hands on the book, and her desperation was infectious. Then I read the first 100 pages and I was done for. I knew I had to have this book…

Shine by Lauren Myracle

I lucked into finding Lauren Myrcale’s Shine well before its release date. I’d added it to my goodreads ages before because I thought the cover was pretty and because I was glad the book was going to tackle its premise. But then I forgot I bought it until I was cleaning out my old car…