Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine spotlighting upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating. Release Date: April 2, 2013 Publisher: Poppy Add to Goodreads Summary (from Hachette Book Group):  If fate sent you an email, would you answer?When teenage movie star Graham Larkin accidentally sends small town girl Ellie O'Neill an email about his pet pig, the two...

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I'm very excited to be helping reveal the cover for Wendy Higgins' Sweet Peril, the second novel in the Sweet trilogy, on the blog today! Release Date: April 30, 2013 Publisher: HarperTeen Add to Goodreads Summary (from Goodreads):  Anna Whitt, daughter of a guardian angel and a demon, promised herself she’d never do the work of her father—polluting souls. She’d been naive to...

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Title: Yesterday Author: C.K. Kelly Martin Release Date: September 25, 2012 (hardcover) Publisher: Doubleday Canada Pages: 368 Source: ARC provided by publisher Overall: 4 Stars Summary:  THEN: The formation of the UNA, the high threat of eco-terrorism, the mammoth rates of unemployment and subsequent escape into a world of virtual reality are things any student can read about in their twenty-first century textbooks...

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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 21, 2013 Publisher: Dutton Juvenile Add to Goodreads Summary (from Goodreads): Seventeen-year-old Lauren is having visions of girls who have gone missing. And all these girls have just one thing in common—they are 17 and gone without a trace. As Lauren...

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The book trailer for Becca Fitzpatrick's Finale, the fourth and final novel in the Hush, Hush series, was unveiled yesterday on USA Today! Finale is in stores today! Will you be rushing to your nearest bookstore to get a copy, desperate to know what will happen to Patch and Nora in the last installment of the bestselling series? Release Date: October 23, 2012...

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I'm very excited to be helping reveal the gorgeous cover for Leigh Fallon's Shadow of the Mark, the second novel in the Carrier Trilogy, on the blog today!  Release Date: July 9, 2013 Publisher: HarperTeen Add to Goodreads Summary (from Goodreads):  Life for Megan Rosenberg just got a lot more complicated. While she evoked the air element, and her feelings for Adam intensified,...

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The book trailer for Michelle Hodkin's The Evolution of Mara Dyer, the second novel in the Mara Dyer trilogy, was recently revealed on EW's Shelf Life!   The Evolution of Mara Dyer will be officially released in stores tomorrow, and if you weren't somehow crazy excited to read the book before, then I'm sure it's book trailer will convince you to get your...

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Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by fellow Canadian blogger Tynga at Tynga's Reviews where we share any new books or goodies we bought, received, borrowed, etc. during the week. Won: signed Dualed bookmarks Thanks so much to Elsie Chapman for hosting the giveaway and sending these awesome bookmarks!     Received for Review: Dark Star by Bethany Frenette  The Dark Unwinding...

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Title: Romeo Redeemed (Juliet Immortal #2) Author: Stacey Jay Release Date: October 9, 2012 (hardcover) Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Pages: 384 Source: Copy provided by publisher Overall: 4.5 Stars Summary: Seductive companion to the popular Juliet Immortal, in which former lovers—Romeo and Juliet—meet, not as true lovers, but truly as enemies.Cursed to live out eternity in his rotted corpse, Romeo, known...

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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: February 26, 2013 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Add to Goodreads Summary (from Goodreads): You or your Alt? Only one will survive. The city of Kersh is a safe haven, but the price of safety is high. Everyone has a...

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The 2013 nominations for the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading were announced yesterday morning... and I was super excited to discover which books had been nominated this year! If you're not quite aware of what I'm really talking about, the Forest of Reading program celebrates the best of Canadian fiction, especially those for children and teens. All of the nominees are by...

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Title: Stealing Parker Author: Miranda Kenneally Release Date: October 1, 2012 (paperback) Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Pages: 256 Source: ARC received from publisher Overall: 4 Stars Summary: Parker Shelton pretty much has the perfect life. She’s on her way to becoming valedictorian at Hundred Oaks High, she’s made the all-star softball team, and she has plenty of friends. Then her mother’s scandal rocks their...

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The book trailer for Falling Kingdoms, the first novel in a new high fantasy series by Morgan Rhodes, has recently been revealed! For those who may not know, Morgan Rhodes is the pseudonym name of Canadian author Michelle Rowen and her latest novel looks very promising! If I'm remembering correctly, I've heard Falling Kingdoms described as A Game of Thrones type novel for...

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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 2, 2013 Publisher: HarperTeen Add to Goodreads Summary (from Goodreads): The greatest warrior in all of the Seven Kingdoms… is a girl with yellow eyes.Kira’s the only female in the king’s army, and the prince’s bodyguard. She’s a demon slayer and...

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Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by fellow Canadian blogger Tynga at Tynga's Reviews where we share any new books or goodies we bought, received, borrowed, etc. during the week. To my fellow Canadians, I hope you're having a happy Thanksgiving weekend!! I haven't done a Stacking the Shelves post for a few weeks, so the books below are what I've...

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