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Series Review: The Selection by Kiera Cass

Series Review: Is this series worth your time? Does it get better as the novels progress? Or does it get worse? Find out below: SERIESous’ Top Book Series: #2 Annoying Heroine of all time (America) Series: The Selection The Selection, The Elite and The One are all America’s story. The Heir and The Crown are Eadlyn’s. …

Movie Mondays: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Movie Mondays: On Mondays, I will review a book series or novel that has been made into a movie. I will then answer the question that everyone asks: which is better, the movie or the book? Here is this week’s offering: Book: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith | Movie: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter …

Single Sundays: Kissing Shakespeare by Pamela Mingle

Single Sundays: On Sundays, I review a stand-alone book that is not a part of a series. Here is this week’s offering: Kissing Shakespeare by Pamela Mingle Synopsis (from Goodreads.com): Miranda has Shakespeare in her blood: she hopes one day to become a Shakespearean actor like her famous parents. At least, she does until her …

Series Review: Flappers by Jillian Larkin

Series: Flappers Author: Jillian Larkin # of Books: 3 (Vixen, Ingenue, Diva) Complete?: Yes Genre: Young Adult, Romance, Roaring Twenties, History Heat Rating: cool Thoughts: The 1920’s have always grabbed my attention since learning about the decade in my high school history class so I was immediately drawn to the series. I read all three …

Series Review: Delirium Series by Lauren Oliver

   Series: Delirium Author: Lauren Oliver # of Books: 3 (Delirium, Pandemonium, Requiem) There are also eBook novellas, for the complete reading order of the series click here Complete?: Yes Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian, Romance Heat Rating: cool Thoughts: This was one of those series I had a lot of hope for but didn’t quite …

Series Review: A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davies

Series Review: Is this series worth your time? Does it get better as the novels progress? Or does it get worse? Find out below: Synopsis for A Beautiful Dark (from Goodreads): On the night of Skye’s seventeenth birthday, she meets two enigmatic strangers. Complete opposites–like fire and ice–Asher is dark and wild, while Devin is …

Single Sundays: Alternity by Mari Mancusi

Single Sundays: On Sundays, I review a stand-alone book that is not a part of a series. Here is this week’s offering: Synopsis (from Goodreads.com): Imagine waking up in a post-apocalyptic, nightmare world–and being told your whole life is but a dream. Skye Brown thought she was your typical teen–good grades, hot boyfriend, and an …

Book Review: Violins of Autumn by Amy McAuley

Synopsis (from Goodreads.com): When the Germans begin bombing London in World War II, Betty is determined to do her part. Instead of running air raid drills like most girls her age, she lies about her age and trains to become a spy. Now known by her secret agent persona, Adele Blanchard, she finds herself parachuting …

Book Review: The Taming by Teresa Toten

Synopsis (from Goodreads.com): Katie likes to believe she’s invisible. It seems much safer than being exposed as she is–shy, poor, awkward. So getting up on stage in the school production of The Taming of the Shrew should be complete torture. But as Katie tells it, something totally unexpected happened when she stepped on stage: “My …