CarrieK | August 4, 2010
Title: Beautiful Creatures Author: Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl Genre: YA paranormal fiction Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Source: Print copy from my own library First line: There were only two kinds of people in our town. Nothing new ever happens in Gatlin, South Carolina, which is why Ethan [...]
CarrieK | July 20, 2010
Title: North! or Be Eaten Author: Andrew Peterson Genre: Middle grade fantasy Publisher: Waterbrook Press Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Source: Print copy that I won from Jen at Divinest Sense First line: “Toooothy cow!” bellowed Podo as he whacked a stick against the nearest glipwood tree. The Wingfeather Saga is quickly becoming one [...]
CarrieK | July 13, 2010
Title: Dracula in Love Author: Karen Essex Genre: Historical fiction, paranormal fiction Publisher: Doubleday Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Source: ARC from the publisher First line: Everyone has a secret life. Mina Murray has seen and heard strange things ever since she was a child. Her ability was enough to make her father think [...]
CarrieK | June 20, 2010
Title: White Cat (Curse Workers, Book 1) Author: Holly Black Genre: YA paranormal fiction Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: ARC from Shelf Awareness, audiobook from the public library Audiobook reader: Jesse Eisenberg First line: I wake up barefoot, standing on cold slate tiles. Cassel Sharpe is the only non-worker [...]
CarrieK | June 11, 2010
Title: Let Me Go Author: Helga Schneider Genre: Memoir Publisher: Penguin Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Audiobook from the public library First line: I’m seeing you again after twenty-seven years, Mother, and wondering whether in all that time you have understood how much damage you did to your children. I put Let Me [...]
CarrieK | June 2, 2010
Title: The Dead-Tossed Waves Author: Carrie Ryan Genre: Dystopian fiction, speculative fiction Publisher: Delacorte Books Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Source: Audiobook from the public library First line: The story goes that even after the Return they tried to keep the roller coasters going. I loved The Forest of Hands and Teeth, but I [...]
CarrieK | April 27, 2010
Title: Hunger Author: Michael Grant Genre: YA dystopian fiction Publisher: HarperTeen Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Print copy from my own library First line: Sam Temple was on his board. Hunger is book two in Michael Grant’s YA dystopian series. In the first book, Gone, everyone fifteen and older disappears, while the children [...]
CarrieK | April 20, 2010
Title: Garden Spells Author: Sarah Addison Allen Genre: Magical realism, contemporary fiction Publisher: Bantam Discovery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Print copy from my own library First line: Every smiley moon, without fail, Claire dreamed of her childhood. When I asked for help prioritizing my “I have to read this now” books, Garden [...]
