Articles tagged with: Young Adult
ARC Review: Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Book: Cinder
Author: Marissa Meyer
Series: The Lunar Chronicles (Book 1)
Release: January 3, 2012
Source: Macmillan
Reviewer: Day
Purchase: Amazon – Barnes & Noble
Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From …
Desi dishes on the books she’s thankful for & the dish she waits all year to devour…
This year has been crazy…chaotic may even be a better word to describe the roller-coaster that 2011 has been. There have been so many changes for me since last Turkey day that just thinking about …
Review: Faery Tales & Nightmares by Melissa Marr + Giveaway
Author: Melissa Marr
Book: Faey Tales & Nightmares
Series: Short Story Anthology
Release: February 21 2011
Reviewer: Day
Source: Harper Teen
Purchase: Amazon – Barnes & Noble
Faery Tales and Nightmares is a collection of Marr’s short stories. Dangerous promises and beguiling …
Special Feature: Melissa Marr “Thankful” Q&A + Giveaway!
One author who’s work I (Day) am thankful for is Melissa Marr. She never ceases to entertain me with her twisty worlds and crafty way with words. There is a darkness to her stories but …
Review: Kiss of Frost by Jennifer Estep
Book: Kiss Of Frost
Author: Jennifer Estep
Release: Nov, 29th 2011
Series: Mythos Academy (book 2)
Source: Kensington
Reviewer: Day
Purchase: Amazon – Barnes & Noble
Logan Quinn was trying to kill me. My Spartan classmate relentlessly pursued me, swinging his sword …
Tween Review: Blood Red Road by Moira Young
Author: Moira Young
Book: Blood Red Road
Series: Dustlands (book 1)
Release: June 2011
Reviewer: Desi
Source: Personal Library
Purchase: Amazon
Saba has spent her whole life in Silverlake, a dried-up wasteland ravaged by constant sandstorms. The Wrecker civilization has long been …
Tween Review: Last Breath by Rachel Caine
Author: Rachel Caine
Book: Last Breath
Series: Morganville 11
Release: November 2011
Source: Personal Library
Purchase: Amazon - Barnes & Noble
With her boss preoccupied researching the Founder Houses in Morganville, student Claire Danvers is left to her own devices when …
Review: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by: Catherynne M. Valente
Book: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making
Author: Catherynne M. Valente
Illustrator: Ana Juan
Released: May 2011
Genre: Middle Grade Fiction
Reviewer: Day
Source: Macmillan
Purchase: Amazon – Barnes & Noble
Twelve-year-old September lives in Omaha, and …
Zombie Week! Guest Blog and Giveaway: Aftertime Trilogy by Sophie Littlefield
AFTERTIME: LOOKING BACK
I just put the finishing touches on the final book in my AFTERTIME trilogy (HORIZON, February 2012) so it seems like a fitting moment to look back over the last two years during …
Zombie Week! Guest Review with The Dark Ashs: The Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell
The Dark Ash’s = Smash from Smash Attack Reads and Ashley from The Bookish Brunette
Author: Alden Bell
Book: The Reapers are the Angels
Release: August 3, 2010
Series: Novel
Reviewers: Smash and Ashley
Source: Personal Libraries
Purchase: Amazon – Book Depository
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Zombie Week! Bookish Finds!
Rhiannon Frater’s As the World Dies trilogy is an internet sensation. The first two books, The First Days and Fighting to Survive, have won the Dead Letter Award for Best Novel from Mail Order Zombie. …
Zombie Week! Guest Blog and Giveaway: Zombie Queen of Newbury High by Amanda Ashby
Here’s a secret. Despite the fact I wrote a book called Zombie Queen of Newbury High, I really hate zombie movies. In fact, a few years ago when I first told my husband about my …
Zombie Week! Prize Pack Giveaway!
It’s that time of year again where we here at Paperback Dolls celebrate all things undead with our
2nd Annual Zombie Week!!
This week we have tons planned for you, our lovely followers, and first up is …
Second annual YA Spooktacular!
Welcome to the second annual YA Spooktacular, hosted by Frenzy of Noise and Wicked Awesome Books.
This year, there are three stories written by some of your favorite authors that will be posted throughout the week. …
Tween Review: ASHES by Ilsa J. Bick + GIVEAWAY!!!
Author: Ilsa J. Bick
Book: Ashes
Series: ASHES Trilogy-Book 1
Release: September 6, 2011
Reviewer: Desi
Purchase: Amazon – Barnes & Noble
It could happen tomorrow . . .
An electromagnetic pulse flashes across the sky, destroying every electronic device, wiping out …
Interview with author Ilsa J. Bick + GIVEAWAY
Ilsa J. Bick is an award-winning, best-selling author of short stories, e-books and novels. She has written for several long-running science fiction series, most notably Star Trek, Battletech, and Mechwarrior:Dark Age. She’s taken both Grand …
Review: ROT & RUIN by Jonathan Maberry
Author: Jonathan Maberry
Book: Rot & Ruin
Series: Benny Imura book 1
Release: December 15, 2010
Reviewer: Day
Source: Audiobook
Purchase: Audible – Barnes & Noble
In the zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic America where Benny Imura lives, every teenager must find a job by …
Review: Queen of the Dead by Stacey Kade
Author: Stacey Kade
Book: Queen of the Dead
Release: May 31, 2011
Series: A Ghost and the Goth Novel (No.2)
Reviewer: Mona
Purchase: Amazon – Book Depository
Source: Net Galley
After being sent back from the light, Alona Dare – former homecoming …
Smart Chicks Kick It 2.0: Interview with Rachel Vincent
What made you decide to participate in the Smart Chicks Kick It Tour this year?
There’s nothing like the Smart Chicks tour. I participated last year, and it was unbelievable. The authors were having fun, and …
Smart Chicks Kick It 2.0: Interview with Jeri Smith-Ready
What made you decide to participate in the Smart Chicks Kick It Tour this year?
The fact that I was invited! I couldn’t turn down the chance to go to one of my favorite cities (Seattle), …
