Title: The Big Crunch Author: Pete Hautman Release Date: January 1, 2011 (hardcover) Publisher: Scholastic Press Pages: 288 Source: Copy Received from Publisher Overall: 4 Stars  Summary: June and Wes do not "meet cute." They do not fall in love at first sight. They do not swoon with scorching desire. They do not believe that they are instant soul mates destined to be...

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I'm sincerely sorry for not announcing the winners of my 200 Followers Giveaway sooner! Forgive me? School kept me super busy the past week and picking the winners just sort of blew right out of my mind... Apologies aside, I'm guessing you all want to hear who the five winners of one signed book each are... right? These were the books up for...

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In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren where we share any new books or goodies we bought, received, borrowed, etc. during the week. This week I got... Won: The Sherlockian by Graham Moore Thank you Penguin Canada! I won a copy of this novel as part of a Penguin Book Club (Canada) monthly contest. They focus...

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I have some wonderful news for everyone! Myself along with a few other Canadian bloggers will be unveiling the cover for Lesley Livingston's upcoming novel Once Every Never sometime next week... I'm sure you won't want to miss it! For now, you can check out the banner for a hint as to what the cover will look like... but wouldn't you like to...

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Title: Across The Universe (Across The Universe #1) Author: Beth Revis Release Date: January 11, 2011 (hardcover) Publisher: Razorbill Pages: 400 Source: Bought Overall: 4 Stars Summary: A love out of time. A spaceship built of secrets and murder. Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, three hundred years...

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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine spotlighting upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating. Publisher: Dutton Juvenile Release Date: April 5, 2011 Summary: It's been three years since the devastating accident ... three years since Mia walked out of Adam's life forever. Now living on opposite coasts, Mia is Julliard's rising star and Adam is LA tabloid fodder,...

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I spotted the book trailer for Claudia Gray's upcoming novel Afterlife, the fourth and final novel in the Evernight series, through the Pitch Dark facebook page they have for The Dark Days of Supernatural event.  Release Date: March 8, 2011Publisher: HarperTeen Summary (from HarperTeen):** Warning: This summary contains spoilers especially if you haven't read the third novel Hourglass.**  Destiny awaits Bianca and Lucas...

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In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren where we share any new books or goodies we bought, received, borrowed, etc. during the week. This week I got...  Bought: Across the Universe (Across the Universe #1) by Beth Revis Hexbound (Dark Elite #2) by Chloe Neill Shadowspell (Faeriewalker #2) by Jenna Black Unearthly (Unearthyl #1) by Cynthia...

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Lesley Livingston revealed the full-length book trailer of her latest release Tempestuous, the final novel in her Wondrous Strange trilogy, through her Twitter account earlier this evening! A teaser trailer was released in late December, which you can watch on Lesley's blog here, but even if you have or haven't seen the teaser one, you should definitely check out the full-length version below!...

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Title: Anna and the French Kiss Author: Stephanie Perkins Release Date: December 7, 2010 (hardcover) Publisher: Dutton Pages: 372  Source: Bought  Overall: 5 Stars  Summary: Anna was looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. So she's less than thrilled about being shipped off...

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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine spotlighting upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating. Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: February 15, 2011 Summary: The missing dead call to Violet. They want to be found. Violet can sense the echoes of those who've been murdered—and the matching imprint that clings to their killers. Only those closest to her know what...

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Title: The Reinvention of Bessica Lefter Author: Kristen Tracy Release Date: January 11, 2011 (hardcover) Publisher: Delacorte Press Pages: 320 Source: ARC received from publisher through Bookurious  Overall: 3 Stars  Summary: After an unfortunate incident at the hair salon, Bessica is not allowed to see her best friend, Sylvie. That means she's going to start middle school a-l-o-n-e. Bessica feels like such a...

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Title: Choker Author: Elizabeth Woods Release Date: January 4, 2011 (hardcover) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Pages: 240 Source: Copy received from publisher Overall: 4.5 Stars Summary: Sixteen-year-old Cara Lange has been a loner ever since she moved away from her best and only friend, Zoe, years ago. She eats lunch with the other girls from the track team, but they're not...

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Follow Friday and Book Blogger Hop are weekly events hosted by Rachel at Parajunkee and Jennifer at Crazy-for-Books respectively.  This week's FF question is: What makes up your non-human family? Meet Georgia, my family's cockatiel bird. Not only is she older than me, but she also loves to drive my sister nuts and says, "Pretty bird!"  This week's BBH question is: Why do...

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If you had read my 2010 Bookurious ABC's of Reading Challenge Results post, you'll know that I came so close to completely reading the entire alphabet last year! I was already keeping track for the 2011 Bookurious ABC's of Reading Challenge, even entertaining the idea of hosting my challenge of the sorts to encourage some more bloggers to get involved, but I don't...

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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine spotlighting upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating.  Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date:  August 2, 2011  Summary: At Coral Tree Prep in Los Angeles, who your parents are can make or break you. Case in point: • As the son of Hollywood royalty, Derek Edwards is pretty much prince of the school—not that he...

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Title: The Mockingbirds (The Mockingbirds #1) Author: Daisy Whitney Release Date: November 2, 2010 (hardcover) Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Pages: 339 Source: Bought  Overall: 5 Stars Summary: Some schools have honor codes.Others have handbooks.Themis Academy has the Mockingbirds. Themis Academy is a quiet boarding school with an exceptional student body that the administration trusts to always behave the honorable way--the Themis...

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In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren where we share any new books or goodies we bought, received, borrowed, etc. during the week. This week I got... Won (from author via Goodreads First Reads): Love, Inc. by Yvonne Collins and Sandy Rideout Thanks so much to Sandy for sending it to me and to Goodreads for...

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Lisa McMann unveiled the book trailer for her latest novel, Cryer's Cross, yesterday on her blog! Release Date: February 8, 2011Publisher: Simon Pulse Summary (from Chapters/Indigo):The small town of Cryer's Cross is rocked by tragedy when an unassuming freshman disappears without a trace. Kendall Fletcher wasn't that friendly with the missing girl, but the angst wreaks havoc on her OCD-addled brain. When a...

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Lauren Kate revealed the cover of Passion, the third novel in her four-parts Fallen series, earlier today on her blog! Release Date: June 14, 2011Publisher: Delacorte Press  Summary (from Goodreads):Before Luce and Daniel met at Sword & Cross and fought immortals at Shoreline, they lived many lives. . . .  While I don't think the cover of Passion is my favourite compared to the gorgeousness...

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Kimberly Derting unveiled the book trailer for Desires of the Dead, the second novel in her Body Finder series, yesterday on her blog!  Release Date: February 15, 2011Publisher: HarperTeen Summary (from Chapters/Indigo):The missing dead call to Violet. They want to be found. Violet can sense the echoes of those who've been murdered—and the matching imprint that clings to their killers. Only those closest...

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