Fallen by Lauren Kate

Title: Fallen Author: Lauren Kate Genre: Young Adult Fiction Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Publication Date: December 8, 2009 Hardcover: 464 pages Where’d I Get It: Borrowed Beauty from the Library Synopsis (From Goodreads): There’s something achingly familiar about Daniel Grigori. Mysterious and aloof, he captures Luce Price’s attention from the moment she sees […]

Darklight by Lesley Livingston

Title: Darklight Author: Lesley Livingston Genre: Young Adult Publisher: HarperTeen Publication Date: December 22, 2009 Hardcover: 320 pages Where’d I Get It:  Borrowed Beauty from the Library Synopsis (From Goodreads): Much has changed since autumn, when Kelley Winslow learned she was a Faerie princess, fell in love with changeling guard Sonny Flannery, and saved the […]

Before Midnight by Cameron Dokey

Title: Before Midnight: A Retelling of “Cinderella” Author: Cameron Dokey Genre: Young Adult Fiction Publisher: Simon Pulse Publication Date: March 6, 2007 Mass Market Paperback: 208 pages Where’d I Get It: Library Synopsis (From Goodreads): Etienne de Brabant is brokenhearted. His wife has died in childbirth, leaving him alone with an infant daughter he cannot […]

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Title: Flowers for Algernon Author: Daniel Keyes Genre: Young Adult Fiction Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publication Date: June 2004 Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages Where’d I Get It: Library Synopsis (From Barnes and Noble): Charlie Gordon is about to embark upon an unprecedented journey. Born with an unusually low IQ, he has been chosen as […]

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Title: Speak Author: Laurie Halse Anderson Genre: Literary Fiction/Young Adult Publisher: Speak Publication Date: April 20, 2006 Paperback: 240 pages Where’d I Get It: Purchased Synopsis (From Goodreads): Since the beginning of the school year, high school freshman Melinda has found that it’s been getting harder and harder for her to speak out loud: “My […]

Cheap Cabernet by Cathie Beck

Title: Cheap Cabernet Author: Cathie Beck Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: Voice Publication Date: July 20, 2010 Paperback: 336 pages Where’d I Get It: ARC from the Publisher via LibraryThing.com Early Reviewers Synopsis (From Goodreads): I didn’t know that people come into our lives, and sometimes, if we’re terribly lucky, we get the chance to love […]

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

Title:  Clockwork Angel Author:  Cassandra Clare Genre: Young Adult Publisher:  Margaret K. McElderry Publication Date:  August 31, 2010 Hardcover: 496 pages Where’d I Get It: Purchased Synopsis (From Goodreads): When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray crosses the ocean to find her brother, her destination is England, the time is the reign of Queen Victoria, and something terrifying […]

My thoughts on the iPad…

A few weeks ago, after I discovered that if I wanted to read the NetGalley galleys off the computer, I’d have to get an eReader, I decided I wanted an eReader.  Reading the galleys sitting at this desktop was just not ok, and my Eee PC has a conniption fit over PDFs when they’re open […]