Category: Review

Review: Level 2 – Lenore Appelhans

Review: Level 2 – Lenore..

Title: Level 2 (The Memory Chronicles)[Amazon] Author: Lenore Appelhans[website] Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Genre: Dystopian Fantasy Source/Type: Purchased/Hardcore Stars: 5 of 5 Publisher Description: Felicia Ward is dead. Trapped in a stark white afterlife limbo, she spends endless days replaying memories, of her family, friends, boyfriend … and of the guy who broke her heart. The guy who has just broken into Level 2 to find her. Felicia learns that a rebellion is brewing, and it seems she is the key. Suspended between heaven and earth, she must make a choice. Between two worlds, two lives […]

Posted February 8, 2013 by Andi / 0 Comments
Discussion: Reunited – Hilary Weisman Graham

Discussion: Reunited – H..

Title: Reunited[Amazon] Author: Hilary Weisman Graham[website] Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Genre: Contemporary Source/Type: Purchased/Hardcore Reviewed by: Andi & Michelle Publisher Description: 1 Concert 2000 Miles 3 Ex-Best Friends Alice, Summer, and Tiernan are ex-best friends. Back in middle school, the three girls were inseparable. They were also the number one fans of the rock band Level3. But when the band broke up, so did their friendship. Summer ran with the popular crowd, Tiernan was a rebellious wild-child, and Alice spent high school with her nose buried in books. Now, just as the girls are about to […]

Posted February 6, 2013 by Andi / 0 Comments
Second Chance Sunday – Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally

Second Chance Sunday – C..

In honor of Super Bowl Sunday Second Chance Sunday is brought to you by: To say I was excited for this book is an understatement. A book about football and cute boys? Sign me up. I mean how could you go wrong with two of my favorite things! And Kenneally didn’t let me down. She took what could have been a typical story of finding out what you wanted may not be what you need and made it into more than that. Jordan is a funny, sassy, tough QB of her high school football team. She has the respect of […]

Posted February 3, 2013 by Andi / 3 Comments
Second Chance Sunday- The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

Second Chance Sunday- The Trut..

Title: The Truth About Forever[Amazon] Author: Sarah Dessen[website] Publisher: Penguin Group, Inc. Genre: Contemporary Source/Type: borrowed/paperback Stars: 5 out of 5 Publisher Description: That’s what Macy has to look forward to while her boyfriend, Jason, is away at Brain Camp. Days will be spent at a boring job in the library, evenings will be filled with vocabulary drills for the SATs, and spare time will be passed with her mother, the two of them sharing a silent grief at the traumatic loss of Macy’s father. But sometimes unexpected things can happen—things such as the catering job at Wish, with its […]

Posted January 27, 2013 by Andi / 0 Comments
Discussion: When You Were Mine – Rebecca Serle

Discussion: When You Were Mine..

When I was writing reviews with Michelle over at Galleysmith we would have book discussions from time to time. We have had quiet a few going for a while now and since Michelle is on a hiatus we decided to post them over here. Title: When You Were Mine[Amazon] Author: Rebecca Serle[website] Publisher: Simon Pulse Genre: Contemporary Source/Type: Gifted/Hardcore Reviewed by: Andi & Michelle Publisher Description: In this intensely romantic, modern recounting of the greatest love story ever told, Romeo’s original intended—Juliet’s cousin Rosaline—tells her side of the tale. What’s in a name, Shakespeare? I’ll tell you: Everything. Rosaline knows […]

Posted January 23, 2013 by Andi / 1 Comment