Category «Book Reviews»

Single Sundays: Nightlight: A Parody by the Harvard Lampoon

Synopsis (from Goodreads.com): About three things I was absolutely certain. First, Edwart was most likely my soul mate, maybe. Second, there was a vampire part of him–which I assumed was wildly out of his control–that wanted me dead. And third, I unconditionally, irrevocably, impenetrably, heterogeneously, gynecologically, and disreputably wished he had kissed me. And thus …

Single Sundays: Juliet by Anne Fortier

Single Sundays: Juliet by Anne Fortier

Single Sundays: While this blog may be focused on reviewing book series as a whole, we can’t forget about the good ole’ standalone novel! On Sundays, I will review a novel that is considered to be a standalone novel. Here is this week’s offering: Synopsis for Juliet (from Goodreads): Twenty-five-year-old Julie Jacobs is heartbroken over …

Single Sundays: The Kissing Booth by Beth Reekes

Synopsis (from Goodreads.com): Meet Rochelle Evans: pretty, popular–and never been kissed. Meet Noah Flynn: badass, volatile–and a total player. And also Elle’s best friend’s older brother… When Elle decides to run a kissing booth for the school’s Spring Carnival, she locks lips with Noah and her life is turned upside down. Her head says to …

Single Sundays: Measuring Up by Nyrae Dawn

Synopsis (from Goodreads.com): Seventeen-year-old Annabel Conway is tired of the Hillcrest High School elite making her life miserable because she’s not a size two. This summer, she’s hiring a personal trainer to help her lose weight. Annabel doesn’t expect her trainer to be a gorgeous guy around her age. Boys like Tegan are jerks. They …

Book Review: Circle Nine by Anne Heltzel

Synopsis (from Goodreads.com): Who was Abby then? Who is Abby now? An unsettling psychological thriller, seen through a lost girl’s eyes. She knows only Sam, a mysterious teenage boy. He is her sole companion; her whole life. She was born, already a teenager, lying outside a burning building in soot-stained clothes, remembering nothing, not even …

Single Sundays: A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn

Synopsis (from Goodreads.com): Talia fell under a spell…Jack broke the curse. I was told to beware the accursed spindle, but it was so enchanting, so hypnotic… I was looking for a little adventure the day I ditched my tour group. But finding a comatose town, with a hot-looking chick asleep in it, was so not …

Single Sundays: Cloaked by Alex Flinn

Synopsis (from Goodreads.com): I’m not your average hero. I actually wasn’t your average anything. Just a poor guy working an after-school job at a South Beach shoe repair shop to help his mom make ends meet. But a little magic changed it all. It all started with the curse. And the frognapping. And one hot-looking …