Kill All Enemies is the newest book by Melvin Burgess, considered by many to be the grandfather of YA fiction and winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and of the Carnegie Medal. Burgess’ new book is a fictionalised…
September 2011
Blog Tour Joint Review: Skyship Academy: The Pearl Wars by Nick James
Title: Skyship Academy: The Pearl Wars Author: Nick James Genre: Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Young Adult Publisher: Flux Publication date: September 8th 2011 Paperback: 384 pages A devastated Earth’s last hope is found in Pearls: small, mysterious orbs that fall…
Title: Possessed (US) / Possessing Rayne (UK) Author: Kate Cann Genre: Paranormal, Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic Publication Date: January 2011 (US) / July 2008 (UK) Hardcover: 302 Pages Rayne can’t wait to start her summer job at a…
Title: The Isle of Night Author: Veronica Wolff Genre: Paranormal, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: NAL Trade Publication Date: September 2011 Paperback: 302 Pages Is life offering fewer and fewer options? Then join the dead. When Annelise meets dark…
Guest Post & Giveaway: Veronica Wolff on Inspirations and Influences
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free reign so they can go wild…
Fury Blog Tour & Giveaway: Elizabeth Miles on Inspirations & Influences
Hello everybody! Today we welcome Elizabeth Miles, author of Fury (which is AWESOME) to the blog with a guest post on her inspirations & influences. Please give it up for Elizabeth! Elizabeth Miles’ Top 8 Influences and Inspirations I…
Title: Fury Author: Elizabeth Miles Genre: Urban Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Young Adult Publisher: Simon Pulse US / Simon & Schuster Childrens Books UK Publication date: August 30th 2011 / Septemnber 1st 2011 Hardcover: 352 pages It’s winter break in…
Happy Sunday, everyone (and happy long weekend, to those in the United States)! Welcome to another week, and another edition of the Stash. The Seven Realms Giveaway Winner: The lucky winner of the first three books in the Seven…
Nerds Heart YA Joint Review: What Momma Left Me by Renee Watson
Title: What Momma Left Me Author: Renee Watson Genre: Contemporary, PoC, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books Publication date: July 6th 2010 Hardcover: 240 pages How is it that unsavory raw ingredients come together to form a delicious…
Joint Review: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Title: Ready Player One Author: Ernest Cline Genre: Science Fiction, Gaming Publisher: Crown (US)/Century (UK) Publication date: August 16 2011 Hardcover/Paperback: 384 pages It’s the year 2044, and the real world is an ugly place. Like most of humanity,…
Title: Lost Voices Author: Sarah Porter Genre: Speculative Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publication date: June 2011 Hardcover: 304 pages What happens to the girls nobody sees — the ones who are ignored, mistreated, hidden away? The…