Stacking the Shelves and Showcase Sunday – 1/19/14
Hello and welcome to Showcase Sunday. Inspired by Pop Culture Junkie and the Story Siren, the aim of Showcase Sunday is to highlight our newest books or book related swag and to see what everyone else received for review, borrowed from libraries, bought in bookshops and downloaded onto eReaders each week. For more …
Review – The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson (3.5/5 stars)
Reading Level: Young Adult Genre: Contemporary Fiction Size: 400 pages Publisher: Viking Juvenile Release Date: January 7, 2014 ISBN: 978-0670012091 Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone Source: Amazon Vine Rating: 3.5/5 stars I got an advanced reading copy of this book to review through the Amazon Vine program. This wasn’t …
Feature and Follow Friday #184
How does this work? The goal is to increase blog followers and make friends. First you leave your name here on this post, (using the linky tools — keep scrolling!) then you create a post on your own blog that links back to this post (easiest way is to just …
Graphic Novel Review – The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Marvel’s Oz, Book 1) by Eric Shanower , L. Frank Baum, Skottie Young (5/5 stars)
Reading Level: All ages Genre: Graphic Novel/Fantasy Length: 216 pages Publisher: Marvel Release Date: September 22, 2010 ISBN: 978-0785145905 Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone Source: Borrowed from Library Rating: 5/5 stars I was browsing the library graphic novel section and found this little gem. This is a book I’ve …
No Strings Attached Giveaway Hop!
Welcome to the No Strings Attached Giveaway Hop hosted by I am a Reader Not a Writer. The prize for this hop will be a $5 gift card to Amazon. Fill out the Rafflecoper Form to enter. Also make sure to check the linky below for all the other great …
Review – The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean by David Almond (3/5 stars)
Reading Level: Young Adult Genre: Fantasy Length: 272 pages Publisher: Candlewick Release Date: January 7, 2014 ISBN: 978-0763663094 Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone Source: Amazon Vine Rating: 3/5 stars I have read a number of David Almond books and really enjoyed them. My favorite of his is The Skellig, …
Waiting on Wednesday – 1/15/14
“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine. This week my Waiting on Wednesday book is: Release Date: March 4, 2014 Reading Level: Adult Hardcover: 448 pages Publisher: Roc Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-0451465269 Synopsis from Goodreads.com: After winning the trust of the terra indigene residing in …
Graphic Novel Review – The Secret of the Stone Frog by David Nytra (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Children’s Genre: Graphic Novel/Fantasy Size: 80 pages Publisher: Toon Books Release Date: September 11, 2012 ISBN: 978-1935179184 Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone Source: Borrowed from Library Rating: 4/5 stars I was browsing through the graphic novels at my library and saw this little book. It was a …
Top Ten Tuesday – Top Ten 2014 Debuts I’m Excited For
Welcome to another edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish! This weeks top 10 are “Top Ten 2014 Debuts I’m Excited For” You can see my “Top Ten 2014 Debuts I’m Excited For” below, in no particular order. 1. Legacy (The Biodome Chronicles #1) by Jesikah …