Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine spotlighting upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating. Release Date: March 1, 2012 Publisher: Scholastic Point Summary (from Goodreads): When you can see things others can't, what do you do when someone's watching you? Everybody knows about Clarity "Clare" Fern. She's the psychic girl in school, the one who can place her...

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The official full-length book trailer for Clockwork Prince, the highly anticipated second novel in The Infernal Devices trilogy by Cassandra Clare, was unveiled earlier today over at EW's Shelf Life! The voiceover was read by actor Ed Westwick and if you'd like read in full what he's saying, you can find it on Cassandra Clare's Tumblr blog. Enjoy the book trailer! I haven't...

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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 Revived by Cat Patrick ARC of The Rivals (The Mockingbirds #2) by Daisy Whitney Winter Town by Stephen Emond Thanks so much to Hachette...

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Title: Shade (Shade #1) Author: Jeri Smith-Ready Release Date: April 5, 2011 (paperback, first published May 4, 2010) Publisher: Simon Pulse Pages: 336 Source: Bought Overall: 4 Stars Summary: Love ties them together. Death can't tear them apart. Best. Birthday. Ever. At least, it was supposed to be. With Logan's band playing a critical gig and Aura's plans for an intimate after-party, Aura...

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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: March 20, 2012 Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers Summary (from Goodreads): Even angels make mistakes in this page-turning epic romance... When her parents are murdered before her eyes, sixteen-year-old Helen Cartwright finds herself launched into an underground London where a mysterious...

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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.In the past two weeks, I got... Received for Review: ARC of Cinder (Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer ARC of Dead to You by Lisa McMann Dearly, Departed (Dearly #1) by Lia Habel...

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Title: The Scorpio Races Author: Maggie Stiefvater Release Date: October 18, 2011 (hardcover) Publisher: Scholastic Press Pages: 416 Source: ARC provided by publisher  Overall: 5 Stars Summary: It happens at the start of every November: the Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold of their water horses long enough to make it to the finish line. Some riders live. Others die. At age...

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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: April 3, 2012 Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Summary (from Simon & Schuster Canada's website): Cassel Sharpe knows he's been used as an assassin, but he's trying to put all that behind him. He's trying to be good, even though he grew up...

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I was recently contacted by both Sourcebooks and Serendipity Literary Agency to help spread word about the Young Adult Novel Discovery Competition! I'm going to repost the information they sent to me in their email below... but it sounds like a great opportunity if you're a YA writer!   No query? No pitch? No problem! Serendipity Literary Agency, in collaboration with Gotham Writers'...

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Title: Shatter Me (Shatter Me #1) Author: Tahereh Mafi Release Date: November 15, 2011 (paperback) Publisher: HarperCollins Pages: 352 Source: ARC provided by publisher  Overall: 5 Stars  Summary: 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 why Juliette's touch is fatal. As long...

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Welcome to my personal version of what I'm deeming to be a guideline for Blogger Etiquette. I hope to also provide insight to a few particular topics and answer some general questions about blogging... I would never proclaim I'm an expert by any means, so please consider these words my own personal rants/thoughts. I'm hoping they can be informational and when I feel...

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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: May 1, 2012 Publisher: HarperTeen  Summary (from Goodreads): What if there were teens whose lives literally depended on being bad influences? This is life for sons and daughters of fallen angels in SWEET EVIL.  Anna, a tender-hearted Southern girl, was born with...

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The official book trailer for Tahereh Mafi's much anticipated debut novel Shatter Me was unveiled yesterday at MTV's Hollywood Crush. However, only American residents could watch it there, but Tahereh Mafi posted the YouTube version on her blog today... so now everyone can watch it too! I haven't posted my review of Shatter Me yet, but when I do, it will only have...

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On Saturday, November 5, almost 40 Ontario book bloggers descended onto the Duke of York in downtown Toronto to get together in a fun afternoon to chat about books, blogging and our shared passion for reading! Before I continue, I must first give a shout-out to my fellow Ontario Blog Squad ladies!  Jen ~ Lost in the Library Mel ~ He Followed Me...

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