Remember when I met Stacey Kade? It was a pretty magical day. Anyway, I was withholding writing a review for this until I’d read Queen of the Dead, the follow-up book in the series. Now that I have, behold my review for The Ghost & the Goth! *plays triumphant music* After a close encounter with…
We’re trying a bit of a different format with the Pile of Shame posts starting today. We’re going to rotate through all the reviewers here on the blog, so we can all share our shame. I volunteered to go first, as I started this, and…well, I need to incur some public shame in the hopes…
I first read The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster way back in middle school. (And, for everyone not lucky enough to have grown up in Texas, middle school doesn’t mean junior high. It’s usually 5th and 6th though sometimes 4th grades). At least, I’m pretty sure that’s when I read it. But when isn’t so…
In preparation for What Happened to Goodbye, which recently came out, I decided to try to catch up on my Sarah Dessen reading. And this book was classic Dessen, which is the biggest compliment I can give a contemporary YA. It’s been so long since Auden slept at night. Ever since her parents’ divorce—or since…
I would tell you about the latest installment of Rachel Caine’s Morganville Vampire series, but the first rule of Fight Club is do not talk about Fight Club…er… I mean Bite Club. Error aside, Caine managed to add into the already bizarre and twisted town of Morganville, a vampire fight club. Now skeptics who feel…
When I reviewed Michelle Cooper’s A Brief History of Montmaray, I hadn’t yet read the follow-up. In fact, I hadn’t even realized there was going to be a follow-up until right before I wrote my review. And then no bookstores had a copy of The FitzOsbornes in Exile. I know, because I went to six…
When the opportunity arose, I grabbed at the chance to read Ripple early (thanks to Around the World ARC Tours). The cover wasn’t the greatest thing ever, but the summary intrigued me as it sounded similar to an adult series that I read, Jane True by Nicole Peeler. Lexi is cursed with a dark secret….
I crossed the finish line for the 48 Hour Book Challenge. Since it was a last-minute decision on my part to participate, I think I did a great job of ignoring the outside world as much as possible this weekend. The Stats: – Logged a grand total of 21 hours and 23 minutes – Completed…
Awkward cover art aside (the one eye zoom always freaks me out a bit), this is one of my favorite books this year. Rot & Ruin goes beyond the idea of “Ahhh! Zombies are trying to kill us!” to take us inside a small community a few years after the ‘end of the world’. In…
The 48 Hour Book Challenge, hosted by Mother Reader is currently underway. I (Christine) am participating and this is my first year. Quick fun facts about 48HBC: – You have a 72 hour window in which to read/review for 48 hours. – Whenever you start your time, however, the 48 hours have to be in…