Tag «Young Adult»

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 …

Movie Monday: Stardust

Movie Monday: Stardust

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: Stardust by Neil Gaiman | Movie: Stardust (2007) Which did I read/see first? …

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 …

Movie Mondays: The Hunger Games

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: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins | Movie: The Hunger Games (2012) Which …

Series Review: The Darkest Powers by Kelley Armstrong

SERIESous’ Top Book Series: Favourite Canadian Authors Series: Darkest Powers Trilogy Author: Kelley Armstrong # of Books: 3 (The Summoning, The Awakening, The Reckoning) There are also some short novellas that take place between these books. Details here There is a “spin-off” series called The Darkness Rising Complete?: Yes Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal, Romance, Action, …

Series Review: Cross my Heart by Sasha Gould

Series: Cross my Heart Author: Sasha Gould # of Books: 2 (Cross my Heart, Heart of Glass) Complete?: Not sure if there will be a third book Genre: Young Adult, Romance, Venice, Mystery, Historical Heat Rating: cold Thoughts: I read the first book, Cross my Heart, as soon as it came out but before I …