SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT Series by Derek Landy – REVIEW

I’ve listened to the first three book on audio and thought they were absolutely fantastic.  Have I read book 4 or 5? Nope, because they aren’t available through Amazon yet.  I just checked and I can purchase them through independent sellers, but that is a recent change.  Up until recently they weren’t being sold in [Keep Reading]

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UNDER THE NEVER SKY by Veronica Rossi – REVIEW

Aria lives in Reverie, an enclosed pod where the Dwellers are kept safe from crime, disease, and the dangers of the unpredictable Aether storms. Beyond the walls of the pod lies certain death in what the people call The Death Shop. Aria spends her time much like most of the people in Reverie – in [Keep Reading]

SHATTER ME by Tahereh Mafi – REVIEW

Juliette has been locked in a small cell completely alone for almost a year.  Isolation is all she knows.  For 264 days she has been silent.  For 264 days she hasn’t touched anyone. 264 days without information. 264 days without knowing what is going to happen. 264 days of wishing she was dead. Without warning [Keep Reading]

DIVERGENT by Veronica Roth – REVIEW

Beatrice Prior lives with her family in (dystopian) Chicago where people are grouped into factions based on personal beliefs and values. Her and her family are Abnegation in which people consider selflessness and moderation the most important qualities for a successful society. The other factions are Candor (Truth and Honesty), Amity (Friendship, Peace, Harmony), Erudite [Keep Reading]

A MONSTER CALLS by Patrick Ness – REVIEW

Conor is plagued by a recurring nightmare.  One he vows never to tell anyone – not his friends at school, not his Grandmother, and definitely not his mother. He fears the worst when he begins to hear his name whispered on the wind in middle of the night; he fears his nightmare has come to [Keep Reading]

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BEAUTY QUEENS by Libba Bray – REVIEW

This story is brought to you by The Corporation: Because your life can always be better. 50 contestants in the Miss Teen Dream pageant on 1 plane flying to a wonderful beach location to strut their stuff in their evening gowns and bathing suits.  Only one will take the crown. Unfortunately, they don’t make it [Keep Reading]

CINDER by Marissa Meyer – REVIEW

Cinder is an orphan.  She lost her parents when she was eleven and she and her family were in a fatal hover accident. She survived the crash, but only just barely. In order to save Cinda, scientists had to add a metal hand and a metal leg turning her into a cyborg. Luckily, a man [Keep Reading]

PRIZED by Caragh M. O’Brien – REVIEW

NOTE: You will want to read BIRTHMARKED, the first book in this series, to be sure you get the full effect of this story. PRIZED picks up right where BIRTHMARKED left off.  Gaia, lost and alone in the wasteland, is trying to save her sister from the people of Wharfton, but she has gone as [Keep Reading]

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ASHFALL by Mike Mullin – REVIEW

Alex, a typical, teenage boy is left alone for the weekend because he refused to go away with his parents to his Uncle’s farm. He quickly regrets his decision after the unthinkable happens. A volcano in Yellowstone National Park erupts, sending ash across the entire country. Forced to leave  after the destruction of his home, [Keep Reading]

WONDERSTRUCK by Brian Selznick – REVIEW

Ben, a young boy, feels lost and alone ever since the death of his mother.  Even though he lives with his aunt and uncle he doesn’t feel like he belongs.  When loneliness get too much, Ben sneaks next door to the house he lived in with his mother and begins to look for something, anything [Keep Reading]