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I AM NUMBER FOUR by Pittacus Lore

January 16, 2011

Title: I AM NUMBER FOUR (Lorien Legacies #1) Author: Pittacus Lore Publisher: HarperCollins Release Date: August 3, 2010 Number of Pages: 440 How I Got It: Bought it at the local indie at another author event Movie Releasing: February 18, 2011 Goodreads Summary: In the beginning they were a group of nine. Nine aliens who left their home planet of… Read More

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THE EMERALD ATLAS by John Stephens

January 13, 2011

Title: THE EMERALD ATLAS (BOOKS OF BEGINNING #1) Author: John StephensPublisher: Knopf Books for Young ReadersRelease Date: April 5, 2011Number of Pages: 432How I Got It: Free ARC offer from Random House Things I loved about THE EMERALD ATLAS: 1. The classic fantasy structure to the story and a plot that sets up the beginning of the series nicely. The… Read More

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CLOCKWORK ANGEL by Cassandra Clare

January 12, 2011

Title: CLOCKWORK ANGEL (The Infernal Devices Book One) Author: Cassandra ClarePublisher: Margaret K. McElderry (A division of Simon & Schuster)Release Date: August 31, 2010Number of Pages: 479 How I Got It: Bought one and got one free in my box of books at the ALAN Workshop As I finally read The Mortal Instruments series over the summer, and loved it,… Read More

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My Most Anticipated Books of 2011

January 4, 2011

I am so excited about upcoming book releases for this year!  Some of the ones I am most looking forward to are continuing or finishing a series I already love (seems like almost everything is a series book in YA these days!), but several others are just ones I’ve heard good buzz about or are by favorite authors and I… Read More

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PARANORMALCY by Kiersten White

December 29, 2010

Title: PARANORMALCY Author: Kiersten White Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: August 31, 2010 Number of Pages: 335 How I Got It: Bought the Hardcover I had heard this debut title many times in the past few months, and then I saw it on a lot of Best I’ve Read lists for 2010, so I finally picked it up to read because… Read More

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BLACK HOLE SUN by David Macinnis Gill

December 27, 2010

Title: BLACK HOLE SUN Author: David Macinnis GillPublisher: Greenwillow BooksRelease Date: August 24, 2010Number of Pages: 352How I Got It: Signed Hardcover free from ALAN Workshop BLACK HOLE SUN is a good guys vs. bad guys type of plot, with the uniqueness of taking place in a future where people have left Earth to create a liveable world on Mars…. Read More

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THE MOCKINGBIRDS by Daisy Whitney

December 18, 2010

Title: THE MOCKINGBIRDS Author: Daisy WhitneyPublisher: Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersRelease Date: November 2, 2010Number of Pages: 332How I Got It: Won it from The Contemps ChallengeTHE MOCKINGBIRDS is one of those books that is so powerful for young adults to read, but deals with a very sensitive topic. In the same way that SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson… Read More

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Best I've Read 2010

December 14, 2010

Best I’ve Read 2010 (BIR2010) December 6-14A group of nine bloggers got together for the first annual Best I’ve Read 2010 event. I’ve been entering book giveaways all week, and got inspired to do my own Best I’ve Read 2010 list. This is a bit of a departure for me, because I usually do Heise’s Hot List based on the… Read More

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