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Author: Robin LaFevers
Genre: Historical, Paranormal, Young Adult
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date: April 3rd 2012
Hardcover: 549 pages
Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the [...]
Title: The Pillars of Hercules
Author: David Constantine
Genre: Historical, Steampunk
Publisher: Night Shade Books
Publication date: March 20 2012
Paperback: 320 pages
Alexander, Prince of Macedon, is the terror of the world. Persia, Egypt, Athens . . . one after another, mighty nations are falling before the fearsome [...]
Title: Daughter of the Centaurs
Author: Kate Klimo
Genre: Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Fantast, Young Adult
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Publication date: January 24th 2012
Hardcover: 384 pages
Malora knows what she was born to be: a horse wrangler and a hunter, just like her father. [...]
Author: Lia Habel
Genre: Dystopian, Post-Apocalyptic, Steampunk, Alternate-Victorian, Speculative Fiction, Romance, Young Adult, Zombies (THIS, this genre description! THIS is a large reason why the book was DNF’d)
Publisher: Del Rey
Publication Date: October 2011
Paperback: 470 Pages
Love can never die.
Love conquers all, so [...]
The Feats of Strength are an integral part of our annual Smugglivus Tradition. In previous years, the Feats of Strength were a challenge in which we dared each other to read a book that we knew was so far beyond the other’s comfort zone as to put it in another galaxy altogether. This year, we [...]
Author: Tahereh Mafi
Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopia, PNR, Young Adult
Publisher: Harper Teen
Publication Date: October 15 2011
Hardcover: 342 pages
Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days.
The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. [...]
Author: Libba Bray
Genre: Satire, Humor, Adventure/Survival, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult
Publisher: Scholastic
Publication Date: May 2011
Hardcover: 400 Pages
The fifty contestants in the Miss Teen Dream Pageant thought this was going to be a fun trip to the beach, where they could parade in [...]
So, last week, Ana talked about a few books she tried to read this past month, but could not finish. I really, really loathe DNFs. I try to muscle through books as much as I can – but sometimes, sometimes one just has to accept defeat and do the unthinkable…putting the book down.
Such is [...]
I don’t finish all the books I start. There are several reasons why I do not finish a book and they vary wildly: it could be because the writing is uninspiring or the characters don’t ring true. Or because the world-building is not interesting or lacks inherent logic. I am not above pet peeves either, [...]
Welcome to another segment in our “A Dude Reads PNR” series, in which our delightful buddy Harry, from Temple Library Reviews joins us once a month to review paranormal romance from a dude’s perspective. Please give a warm welcome to Harry!
Harry: I’m the [...]
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