{Mini Review} School Spirits (School Spirits #1) by Rachel Hawkins

Four Stars Fifteen-year-old Izzy Brannick was trained to fight monsters. For centuries, her family has hunted magical creatures. But when Izzy’s older sister vanishes without a trace while on a job, Izzy's mom decides they need to take a break. Izzy and her mom move to a new town, but they soon discover it’s not as normal as it appears. A series of hauntings has been plaguing the local high school, and Izzy is determined...

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A Tale Dark & Grimm (A Tale Dark & Grimm #1) by Adam Gidwitz

Five Stars In this mischievous and utterly original debut, Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm-inspired tales. As readers follow the siblings through a forest brimming with menacing foes, they learn the true story behind (and beyond) the bread crumbs, edible houses, and outwitted witches. Fairy tales have never been more irreverent or subversive as Hansel and Gretel learn to take charge...

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Waiting on Wednesday: Eternity Cure

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that showcases upcoming titles we're highly anticipating. Waiting for: Eternity Cure Series: Blood of Eden #2 Author: Julie Kagawa Expected publication:  Published By:   Harlequin Teen Allison Sekemoto has vowed to rescue her creator, Kanin, who is being held hostage and tortured by the psychotic vampire Sarren....

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{Mini Review} Skinjacker Trilogy by Neal Shusterman

 Four Stars Nick and Allie don't survive the car accident......but their souls don't exactly get where they're supposed to get either. Instead, they're caught halfway between life and death, in a sort of limbo known as Everlost: a shadow of the living world, filled with all the things and places that no onger exist. It's a magical, yet dangerous place where bands of lost children run wild and anyone who stands in the...

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My Sister's Keeper By: Jodi Picoult

Five Stars New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult is widely acclaimed for her keen insights into the hearts and minds of real people. Now she tells the emotionally riveting story of a family torn apart by conflicting needs and a passionate love that triumphs over human weakness. Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older...

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Waiting on Wednesday: Antigoddess

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that showcases upcoming titles we're highly anticipating. Waiting for: Antigoddess Author: Kendare Blake Expected publication: September 10th 2013 Published By:  Tor Teen Old Gods never die…  Or so Athena thought. But then the feathers started sprouting beneath her skin, invading her lungs like a strange cancer, and Hermes...

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Why I Wasn't Online For A While

I meant to put this up on the blog, but the wi-fi up in the mountains is not good at all. However, I thought I posted it, and I didn't check my blog. This is what I said: I'll be in the mountains for a few days, and the wi-fi there sucks. So, for the five of you that actually look at my blog, there will be no updates for the next week or so. And now, I'm back. So there will be regular updates after this post, starting...

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Author Kate Evangalista's Request to Bloggers

We Want You...To Be Part of "The List" Calling all bloggers!Calling all bloggers! Entangled needs you! *points at you*Be part of The List. Here's what you need to know: One of my awesome publicists at Entangled is compilinga list of bloggers. Here are the requirements: Do you have a blog? Do you love to review books? Do you want access to books before they release? If your answers to these questions is a resounding "YES" then...

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{Mini Review} Ghost Hand by: Ripley Patton

Four Stars Olivia Black just discovered that her ghost hand, a rare birth defect, can do more than light up a room. It can reach into people and pull things out. Things from the darkest depths of the human psyche never meant to exist in this world. Olivia can pickpocket the soul. But she can’t control her ability, or the strange items it extracts, and the only thing between Olivia and the men bent on taking the power...

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