Title: Fair Coin Author: E. C. Myers Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult Publisher: Pyr Publication date: March 6 2012 Hardcover: 250 pages Sixteen-year-old Ephraim Scott is horrified when he comes home from school and finds his mother unconscious…
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Title: Arctic Rising Author: Tobias S. Buckell Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller Publisher: Tor Publication Date: March 2012 Hardcover: 304 pages Global warming has transformed the Earth, and it’s about to get even hotter. The Arctic Ice Cap has all…
Title: The Humming Room Author: Ellen Potter Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Publication date: February 28 2012 Hardcover: 192 pages Hiding is Roo Fanshaw’s special skill. Living in a frighteningly unstable family, she often needs to…
Joint Review & Giveaway: The Thief’s Covenant by Ari Marmell
Title: The Thief’s Covenant Author: Ari Marmell Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Pyr Publication date: February 14 2012 Hardcover: 240 pages Once she was Adrienne Satti. An orphan of Davillon, she had somehow escaped destitution and climbed to the…
Title: Fracture Author: Megan Miranda Genre: Speculative Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult Publisher: Walker & Co/Bloomsbury PLC Publication date: January 2012 Hardcover: 264 pages Eleven minutes passed before Delaney Maxwell was pulled from the icy waters of a Maine lake…
Title: The Man Who Rained Author: Ali Shaw Genre: Officially? Literary Fiction. But this is a Fantasy novel if I’ve ever seen one. Publisher: Atlantic Books Publication date: January 1 2012 Hardcover: 304 pages When Elsa’s father is killed…
Title: The Game (previously published as Invitation to The Game) Author: Monica Hughes Genre: Dystopian, Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Simon Pulse Publication Date: October 2010 (originally published February 1991) Paperback: 183 pages It’s the future, and most jobs…
Title: Cinder Author: Marissa Meyer Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Publication date: January 3rd 2012 Hardcover: 387 pages Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From…
Title:Trance Author: Kelly Meding Genre: Urban Fantasy, Superheroes Publisher: Pocket Books Publication Date: October 25 2011 Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages Kelly Meding’s war-ravaged Los Angeles is ground zero for the ultimate Meta human showdown in this sexy, action-packed…
Title: Every Other Day Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes Genre: Urban Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Egmont USA Publication date: December 27th 2011 Hardcover: 336 pages Every other day, Kali D’Angelo is a normal sixteen-year-old girl. She goes to…
Title: Dark Inside Author: Jeyn Roberts Genre: Speculative Fiction, Apocalypse, Young Adult Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s (US) / Macmillan Children’s (UK) Publication Date: November 2011 (US) / September 2011 (UK) Hardcover: 336 pages Since mankind began, civilizations have…
Title: Legend Author: Marie Lu Genre: Speculative Fiction, Dystopia, Young Adult Publisher: Putnam Juvenile (US) / Puffin (UK) Publication Date: November 2011 (US) / February 2012 (UK) Hardcover: 305 pages What was once the western United States is now…
Title: The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet Author: Reif Larsen Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Penguin Press HC Publication date: May 7th 2009 Hardcover: 375 pages When twelve-year-old genius cartographer T.S. Spivet receives an unexpected phone call from the…
Title: Heaven and Hell Author: Jón Kalman Stefánsson (translated by Philip Roughton) Genre: Literary Fiction, Historical Publisher: Quercus Publishing Publication date: September 2011 (first edition: 2010) Paperback: 240 pages In a remote part of Iceland, a boy and his…
Title: The Eleventh Plague Author: Jeff Hirsch Genre: Speculative Fiction, Horror, Post-Apocalypse/Dystopia, Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic Publication Date: September 2011 Hardcover: 288 pages The wars that followed The Collapse nearly destroyed civilization. Now, twenty years later, the world is…
Title: Liesl and Po Author: Lauren Oliver Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd Publication date: October 4th 2011 Hardcover: 307 pages We meet Liesl the night after the day her young father has died. That same…
Title: First Day on Earth Author: Cecil Castellucci Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic Press Publication date: November 1st 2011 Hardcover: 160 pages A startling, wonderful novel about the true meaning of being an alien in an equally alien…
Halloween Week Joint Review: Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
Title: Anna Dressed in Blood Author: Kendare Blake Genre: Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Tor Teen Publication date: August 30th 2011 Hardcover: 316 pages Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead. So did his father before…
Title: Z: Zombie Stories Anthology edited by J.M. Lassen Featuring stories by Jonathan Maberry, Kelly Link, Catherynne M. Valente, Christine Morgan, Scott Nicholson, Darrell Schweitzer, Marie Atkins, Nina Kirki Hoffman, David Barr Kirtley, Scott Edelman, Thomas S. Roche Genre:…
Title: Bedbugs Author: Ben H. Winters Genre: Horror, Thriller Publisher: Quirk Publishing Publication Date: September 2011 Paperback: 256 pages FOR RENT: Top two floors of beautifully renovated brownstone, 1300 sq. ft., 2BR 2BA, eat-in kitchen, one block to parks…
Joint Review: Prospero Regained by L. Jagi Lamplighter
Title: Prospero Regained Author: L. Jagi Lamplighter Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tor Publication Date: September 2011 Hardcover: 476 pages Prospero, the sorcerer on whose island of exile William Shakespeare set his play, The Tempest, has endured these past many centuries.…
Title: Straw House, Wood House, Brick House, Blow Author: Daniel Nayeri Genre: Speculative Fiction, Western, Young Adult, Novellas Publisher: Candlewick Press Publication Date: October 11th 2011 Hardcover: 432 pages Written entirely on an iPhone, this quartet of YA novellas…
Book Review & Giveaway: After Obsession by Carrie Jones and Steven E. Wedel
Title: After Obsession Author: Carrie Jones and Steven E. Wedel Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal, Romance, Horror, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Bloomsbury (US & UK) Publication Date: September 2011 (US & UK) Hardcover: 320 Pages Aimee and Alan have secrets. Both…
Title: Wisdom’s Kiss Author: Catherine Gilbert Murdock Genre: Fantasy, Epistolary, Young Adult Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Publication date: September 12th 2011 Hardcover/Paperback: 314 pages Princess Wisdom, known as Dizzy, longs for a life of adventure far beyond…
Today we are thrilled to be part of the blog tour for the release of book 2 in Michael Grant’s new middle grade series, The Magnificent Twelve! In order to celebrate the release, we have a guest post from…