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: There Is No Dog by Meg Rosoff  Thanks so much to Random House Canada for sending this novel to review!  Bought: Supernaturally (Paranormalcy #2) by Kiersten...

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Title: Hourglass (Hourglass #1) Author: Myra McEntire Release Date: June 14, 2011 (hardcover) Publisher: EgmontUSA Pages: 400 Source: Bought Overall: 4 Stars Summary:  One hour to rewrite the past . . . For seventeen-year-old Emerson Cole, life is about seeing what isn’t there: swooning Southern Belles; soldiers long forgotten; a haunting jazz trio that vanishes in an instant. Plagued by phantoms since her...

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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 29, 2011 Publisher: Putnam Juvenile Summary (from Goodreads): What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts,...

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Title: Reaching Through Time: Three Novellas Author: Lurlene McDaniel Release Date: August 9, 2011 (hardcover) Publisher: Delacorte Press Pages: 240 Source: Copy provided by publisher Overall: 3.5 Stars Summary: What's Happened to Me? Sarah finds herself in a strange place, and she can recall only one thing—her name. A young man, Heath de Charon, explains to Sarah that he found her unconscious on...

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Title: Forever (Wolves of Mercy Falls #3) Author: Maggie Stiefvater Release Date: July 12, 2011 (hardcover) Publisher: Scholastic Press Pages: 400 Source: ARC provided by publisher Overall: 5 Stars Summary: The thrilling conclusion to #1 New York Times bestselling Shiver trilogy from Maggie Stiefvater.  In Maggie Stiefvater's Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other. In Linger, they fought to be together. Now, in...

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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: Hooked by Catherine Greenman The Ransom of Mercy Carter by Caroline B. Cooney Reaching Through Time: Three Novellas by Lurlene McDaniel  Requiem: Poems of the Terezin...

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Title: Love Story Author: Jennifer Echols Release Date: July 19, 2011 (paperback) Publisher: MTV Books Pages: 256 Source: ARC provided by author Overall: 4 Stars Summary: SHE’S WRITING ABOUT HIM. HE’S WRITING ABOUT HER. AND EVERYBODY IS READING BETWEEN THE LINES. For Erin Blackwell, majoring in creative writing at the New York City college of her dreams is more than a chance to...

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I'm so happy today to be helping take part in the Canadian blog tour for Karsten Knight's upcoming debut novel Wildefire, the first in a trilogy, which will be officially hitting shelves on July 26! If you love novels that are mythology-influenced with a dash of romance and a feisty heroine leading the way... then I'm sure you'll be wanting to get your...

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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: December 13, 2011 Publisher: Philomel Books Summary (from Penguin Canada): A thrilling debut story of death, love, destiny and danger Lenzi hears voices and has visions - gravestones, floods, a boy with steel gray eyes. Her boyfriend, Zak, can't help, and everything...

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On Saturday (July 16), I was able to attend the first of three stops on the Canadian stretch of Maggie Stiefvater's author tour promoting the release of Forever, the final novel in the Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy.  I arrived at Chapters Oshawa just over an hour early, quickly grabbing a seat and settling in for the wait. The stage was already prepared,...

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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 Dark Inside by Jeyn Roberts ARC of Virtuosity by Jessica Martinez  Thanks so much to Simon & Schuster Canada for sending me these novels...

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Switch, the latest YA novel by Canadian author Tish Cohen, is an absolute great take on what would happen if two polar opposite girls suddenly switched bodies! Thanks to HarperCollins Canada, I was able to take part in the Switch blog tour and ask Tish a few questions! Good girl, honour-roll lifer, Berkeley-bound, mildly neurotic, high strung twelfth grader Andrea Birch just wants...

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The cover for Shatter Me, the first in a new dystopian trilogy, by debut author Tahereh Mafi was unveiled today on MTV's Hollywood Crush this morning! Release Date: November 15, 2011Publisher: HarperTeen Summary (from Goodreads): Juliette hasn't touched anyone in exactly 264 days. The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows...

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Title: Switch Author: Tish Cohen Release Date: May 9, 2011 (paperback) Publisher: HarperTrophy Canada Pages: 254 Source: Copy provided by publisher for blog tour Overall: 4 Stars Summary: Good girl, honour-roll lifer, Berkeley-bound, mildly neurotic, high strung twelfth grader Andrea Birch just wants a bit of privacy. Oh, and perhaps a bit more of a social life. Or just a life in general....

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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: January 3, 2012 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Summary (from Goodreads): The year is 2009. Nineteen-year-old Jackson Meyer is a normal guy… he’s in college, has a girlfriend… and he can travel back through time. But it’s not like the movies – nothing...

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The book trailer for Hades, the second novel in Alexandra Adornetto's Halo series, was unveiled yesterday! After thinking about it for awhile, I'm still on the fence if I'll be reading Hades because the first book was rather disappointing despite my major love for its cover. (You can read my thoughts on Halo here.) However, I do have a soft spot for giving...

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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: First Grave on the Right (Charley Davidson #1) by Darynda Jones Sirensong (Faeriewalker #3) by Jenna Black  Sometimes It Happens by Lauren Barnholdt  I couldn't help buying a...

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Title: Between Here and Forever Author: Elizabeth Scott Release Date: May 24, 2011 (hardcover) Publisher: Simon Pulse Pages: 256 Source: Bought Overall: 4 Stars Summary: Abby accepted that she can't measure up to her beautiful, magnetic sister Tess a long time ago, and knows exactly what she is: Second best. Invisible. Until the accident. Now Tess is in a coma, and Abby's life...

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