Hey, Book Nerds! It’s Wednesday and you know what that means. It’s time for Waiting on Wednesday, an event in which a bunch of us bookish weirdos post about an upcoming release we’re anxiously anticipating. Thanks to Breaking the Spine for hosting! This week’s pick is…The Heart of Betrayal by Mary E. Pearson! The Heart of Betrayal is the sequel to… Read More
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo | Review
#365DaysofYA Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee. Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold… Read More
Meet Elissa Sussman | Featured YA Author
PLUS a Giveaway of Elissa’s debut novel, Stray! Elissa Sussman is a writer, a reader and a pumpkin pie eater. Her debut novel, Stray (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins), is a YA fantasy about fairy godmothers, magic and food. She received her BA from Sarah Lawrence College and in a previous life managed animators and organized spreadsheets at some of the best animation studios… Read More
Meet Melissa Landers | Featured YA Author
PLUS enter the Invaded Swag Pack Giveaway! I am so excited I am literally, jumping on my couch right now! Okay, maybe not LITERALLY, but you get the idea. Today’s featured author is one I’ve been itching to get on the blog ever since I finished reading Alienated, an out-of-this-world YA sci-fi romance. Melissa Landers is a former teacher who left… Read More
January Wrap-Up & February TBR | 365 Days of YA
Greetings, Book Nerds! It seems like yesterday I was training myself to write “2015” instead of “2014”. Now the new year is old news, and much more fascinating things lie on the horizon. Things like fresh books awaiting a good spine cracking, and the possibility of publication for my own “precious” novel (*does Gollum impersonation*). If you haven’t followed my posts… Read More
365 Days of YA Reading Challenge | Winter TBR
Hey, Book Nerds! So, if you haven’t figured it out yet, I love YA books. Romance. Fantasy. Sci-Fi…I love it all. Give me young adults falling in love and battling unseen forces while being attacked by alien invaders any day. There’s just something about the YA genre that’s so appealing. Maybe it’s because the teen years are the years that… Read More