Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine spotlighting upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating. Release Date: August 23, 2011 Publisher: Razorbill Summary (from Goodreads): ** Warning: Contains spoilers if you haven't read the last novel in the Vampire Academy series, Last Sacrifice.** The first book in Richelle Mead's brand-new teen fiction series - set in the same world...

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I'm so happy to be helping take part in the Canada Day Blog Hop co-hosted by Aislynn at Knit, Purl, Stitch... Read and Cook! and Chrystal at Snowdrop Dreams of Books! Over the next few days, beginning today on June 29, you can visit the participating Canadian blogs for giveaways to win some awesome novels! All the giveaways will be open to Canadians...

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Title: The Vampire Stalker Author: Allison Van Diepen Release Date: June 1, 2011 Publisher: Point Pages: 272 Source: Bought Overall: 3.5 Stars Summary: What if the characters in a vampire novel left their world and came into yours? Amy is in love with someone who doesn't exist: Alexander Banks, the dashing hero in a popular series of vampire novels. Then one night, Amy...

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Hey everyone, I just wanted to apologize for the lack of posts this past week. I've been sick so I didn't mean to disappear on purpose. I didn't have the energy to type anything, let alone write a post, so I've been pretty much lying around and resting, trying to feel better. Instead, I've been eating lots of cough candies and haven't read...

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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. Release Date: July 26, 2011 Publisher: HarperTeen Summary (from Goodreads): Evie finally has the normal life she’s always longed for. But she’s shocked to discover that being ordinary can be . . . kind of boring. Just when Evie starts to long for her...

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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: Between Here and Forever by Elizabeth Scott Crush Control by Jennifer Jabaley Forgotten by Cat Patrick Last Little Blue Envelope (Little Blue Envelope #2) by Maureen Johnson I...

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The book trailer for From Bad to Cursed, the second novel in the Bad Girls Don't Die trilogy, by Katie Alender was revealed on the author's blog a few days ago but I finally go a chance to watch it and really liked it! My sister's been a bit hyped to read it for awhile now and I'm just as excited to see...

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Title: Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn't Have) Author: Sarah Mlynowski Release Date: June 7, 2011 (hardcover) Publisher: HarperTeen Pages: 368 Source: ARC provided by publisher  Overall: 4 Stars Summary: 2 girls + 3 guys + 1 house – parents = 10 things April and her friends did that they (definitely, maybe, probably) shouldn't have. If given the opportunity, what sixteen-year-old wouldn't...

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Title: Ashes, Ashes Author: Jo Treggiari Release Date: June 1, 2011 (hardcover) Publisher: Scholastic Press Pages: 352 Source: Copy provided by publisher Overall: 4 Stars Summary: An unbelievable tale of adventure and romance, in the face of the darkest of nightmares. Smallpox epidemics, floods, droughts— for sixteen-year-old Lucy, the end of the world came and went, taking 99% of the population with it....

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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. Release Date: September 27, 2011 Publisher: Harlequin Teen Summary (from Goodreads): No one wants to be this teacher’s pet... Everyone else is talking about Eastlake High’s gorgeous new math teacher, Mr. Beck, but Kaylee Cavanaugh has bigger things on her mind. Kaylee’s a banshee—her...

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I'm incredibly honoured to be helping kick off The ASHES, ASHES Plague and Pestilence Blog Tour today with an author interview with the one and only... Jo Treggiari! The Canadian author's YA novel, Ashes, Ashes, was released earlier in the month and it's a post-apocalyptic adventure you definitely don't want to miss!  1) You're traveling underground on the subway when the ground seems...

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Have you read Moira Young's Blood Red Road yet? It's the first novel in the Dustlands trilogy and with a distinct writing style and a fast-paced plot in a dystopian world, it's a novel I'm sure you won't want to miss! You can read my review of the novel from the other day if you'd like too. A UK book trailer was revealed...

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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: ARC of Passion (Fallen #3) by Lauren Kate   Thank you Bookurious for the awesome giveaway!  Received for Review: ARC of The Beginning of After by Jennifer Castle...

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Title: The Girl in the Steel Corset (Steampunk Chronicles #1) Author: Kady Cross Release Date: May 24, 2011 (hardcover) Publisher: Harlequin Teen Pages: 477 Source: Bought Overall: 5 Stars Summary: In 1897 England, sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne has no one…except the "thing" inside her.When a young lord tries to take advantage of Finley, she fights back. And wins. But no normal Victorian girl has...

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Title: Blood Red Road (Dustlands #1) Author: Moira Young Release Date: June 7, 2011(hardcover) Publisher: Doubleday Canada Pages: 464 Source: ARC provided by publisher Overall: 5 Stars Summary: Saba has spent her whole life in Silverlake, a dried-up wasteland ravaged by constant sandstorms. The Wrecker civilization has long been destroyed, leaving only landfills for Saba and her family to scavenge from. That's fine...

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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. Release Date: November 15, 2011 Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Summary (from Goodreads): Words are the most dangerous weapon of all... In the violent country of Ludania, the classes are strictly divided by the language they speak. The smallest transgression, like looking a member of...

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To my fellow Canadians, are you ready to mark your calendars? Here are some upcoming YA events to look forward to in June! Allison Van Diepen Allison Van Diepan will be celebrating the release of her latest novel, The Vampire Stalker, at Kaleidoscope Kids' Books in Ottawa, Ontario on Friday, June 10 at 7 p.m. Jo Treggiari Jo Treggiari will be celebrating the...

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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... Received for Review: ARC of Dust & Decay (Benny Imura #2) by Jonathan Maberry ARC of Fury (Fury #1) by Elizabeth Miles  Switch by Tish Cohen ARC of The...

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Ransom Riggs, the YA debut author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, recently shared the book trailer for the novel on his blog! On the publisher's blog though, they talked more about the trailer and how the author helped put it together by even "flying to Belgium to shoot in several creepy old houses" while other scenes were shot in Los Angeles....

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