Check out My Accessories & Gifts Boutique!
Category Archives: Review
Review: Party Games: A Fear Street Novel by R. L. Stine
Grade Level: 7 – 12 Series: Fear Street Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin (September 30, 2014) ISBN: 9781250051615 Source: Publisher When Rachel Martin is invited to Brendan Fear’s birthday party at his family’s home on Fear Island, … Continue reading
Review: A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention by Matt Richtel
Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: William Morrow (September 23, 2014) ISBN: 9780062284068 Source: Publisher In 2006, Reggie Shaw, a Utah college student, was involved in a brutal car crash that instantly killed two men. The accident wasn’t caused by inclement weather … Continue reading
Posted in Non-Fiction, Review, William Morrow
Tagged attention, technology, texting while driving
Leave a comment
Review: Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld
Hardcover: 608 pages Publisher: Simon Pulse (September 23, 2014) ISBN: 9781481422345 Source: Publisher Darcy Patel is a teenage girl won’t be heading off to college like most of her peers. Instead, thanks to the success of a book she … Continue reading
Posted in Review, Science Fiction, Simon Pulse, Supernatural, Thriller
2 Comments
Review: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Knopf (September 9, 2014) ISBN: 9780385353304 Source: Publisher A famous stage actor, Arthur Leander, dies of a heart attack on stage. A former paparazzi, now EMT, leaps to the stage in an attempt to save … Continue reading
Posted in Knopf, Literary Fiction, Review
5 Comments
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: Mary: The Summoning by Hillary Monahan
Age Range: 12 – 18 years, 7-12th grade Series: Bloody Mary Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Disney-Hyperion (September 2, 2014) ISBN: 9781423185192 Everyone is familiar with the Bloody Mary urban legend. Teenage friends Jess, Shauna, Kitty, and Anna have researched the … Continue reading
Posted in Disney-Hyperion, Horror, Review, Supernatural, YA
2 Comments
Review: Hold the Dark by William Giraldi
Hardcover: 208 pages Publisher: Liveright (September 8, 2014) ISBN: 9780871406675 Source: Publisher Three children have been abducted by wolves in the small, isolated Alaskan village of Keelut. Medora Stone, the mother of one of the victims, overcome by grief, reaches … Continue reading
Posted in Liveright, Mystery/Suspense, Review
Leave a comment
Review: The Secret Place by Tana French
Series: Dublin Murder Squad Hardcover: 464 pages Publisher: Viking Adult (September 2, 2014) ISBN: 9780670026326 Source: Publisher One year ago, a boy was found murdered on the grounds of St. Kilda’s School, a girl’s boarding school outside of Dublin. Until … Continue reading
Posted in Mystery/Suspense, Review, Thriller, Viking
Tagged boarding school, cliques, murder
5 Comments
Frightful Friday: Keep Your Friends Close by Paula Daly
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 Keep Your Friends Close by Paula Daly: Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Grove Press (August … Continue reading
Posted in Frightful Friday, Grove Press, Mystery/Suspense, Review
Tagged psychological thriller
2 Comments
Review: Sisters by Raina Telgemeier
Age Range: 8 – 12 years (3-7th grade) Paperback: 208 pages Publisher: GRAPHIX (August 26, 2014) ISBN: 9780545540605 Source: Publisher Raina wanted nothing more in the world than to have a little sister. When her wish is finally granted and her sister Amara is born, … Continue reading
Posted in graphic novel, GRAPHIX, Kid-Lit/Middle Grade, Review
3 Comments
