Category Archives: Random House

Batgirl at Super Hero High (DC Super Hero Girls) by Lisa Yee

This is now the third book I’ve read in this series and it may very well be my favorite.  I believe it serves an important message to young girls, those who have been immersed in stories and movies about famous … Continue reading

Posted in Kid-Lit/Middle Grade, Random House, Review | 2 Comments

#Mx3 Review: Gabriel Finley and the Raven’s Riddle by George Hagen

Age Range: 9 – 12 years Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Schwartz & Wade (August 26, 2014) ISBN: 9780385371032 Source: Publisher Twelve year-old Gabriel Finley has lived with his Aunt Jasmine in her old Brooklyn brownstone since his father disappeared three … Continue reading

Posted in 8-12 years of age, Fantasty, Kid-Lit/Middle Grade, Random House | 1 Comment

Guest Review: The Islands at the End of the World by Austin Aslan

Age Range: 12 and up Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books (August 5, 2014) ISBN: 9780385744027 Source: Publisher Sixteen-year-old Leilani and her father travel from their small island town to the Big Island of Hawaii to Oahu to seek … Continue reading

Posted in Dystopian fiction, Random House, Review, YA | 2 Comments

Review: Remember Me Like This by Bret Anthony Johnston

Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Random House (May 13, 2014) ISBN-10: 1400062128 Source: Publisher Four years ago Justin Campbell disappeared from his home in the small town of Southport, Texas.   The Campbells struggle to find answers, not knowing if he ran … Continue reading

Posted in Mystery/Suspense, Random House, Review | 5 Comments

Review: Black Chalk by Christopher J. Yates

Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Random House UK (April 1, 2014) ISBN-10: 1846557283 Source: Publisher Six friends, students at Oxford University, create a game. The game is made up of a series of actions, a truth or dare of sorts.  The … Continue reading

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Review: Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson

Age Range: 12 and up/Grade 7 and up Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Delacorte Press; First Edition edition (September 24, 2013) ISBN-10: 0385743564 Source: Publisher A decade ago Calamity came, a meteor that gave people extraordinary powers. Soon these individuals began … Continue reading

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Review: Cartwheel by Jennifer Dubois

Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Random House (September 24, 2013) ISBN-10: 0812995864 Source: Publisher Lily Hayes opts to spend a semester abroad in Buenos Aires and is instantly enamored by the culture around her. She rooms with another young woman from the United States, Katy, but … Continue reading

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Review: Night Film by Marisha Pessl

Hardcover: 624 pages Publisher: Random House (August 20, 2013) ISBN-10: 140006788X Source: Publisher “I love to put my characters in the dark. It’s only then that I can see exactly who they are.” Scott McGrath is an investigative journalist who … Continue reading

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Review: Son of a Gun by Justin St. Germain

Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Random House (August 13, 2013) ISBN-10: 1400068622 Source: Publisher In September of 2001, when the mother of twenty-year-old Justin St. Germain is murdered at the hands of her fifth husband in Tombstone, AZ, it is written … Continue reading

Posted in Memoir, Random House, Review | 4 Comments

Frightful Friday: World War Z: The Complete Edition: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week.This week’s featured title is the audiobook production of World War Z by Max Brooks:   Audio CD Length: 12 … Continue reading

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