Title: Confessions of an Angry Girl (Confessions #1) Author: Louise Rozett Genre: Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, Romance Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publication Date: August 2012 Pages: 384 Rating: 2.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Rose Zarelli, self-proclaimed word geek and angry girl, has some confessions to make. 1. I’m livid all the time. Why? My dad died. My mom barely talks. My brother abandoned us. …
Title: A Corner of White (The Colours of Madeline #1) Author: Jaclyn Moriarty Genre: Fantasy, Magic, Adventure Publisher: Macmillian Australia Publication Date: October 2012 Pages: 432 Rating: 5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Madeleine Tully lives in Cambridge, England, the World – a city of spires, Isaac Newton and Auntie’s Tea Shop. Elliot Baranski lives in …
Title: Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful #1) Author: Jamie McGuire Genre: Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Romance, Chick Lit Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publication Date: August 2012 Pages: 361 Rating: 3.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): The new Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate percentage of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she …
I’m not usually someone who buys more than one book in a series before I start it – just in case I end up not liking it. But when I saw a boxed set of the first four Vampire Academy books on sale I just couldn’t help myself. I liked Richelle Mead’s Georgina Kincaid adult paranormal …
Every now and then I come across a novel that takes me forever to read. Not because I’m not enjoying it but rather the opposite – it’s because I’m having so much fun that I try to draw the story out as long as I possibly can. This book took me two weeks to read… …
Title: Infinity (Chronicles of Nick #1) Author: Sherrilyn Kenyon Genre: Paranormal. urban fantasy, zombies, shifters, vampires, Publisher: Atom Publication Date: May 2010 Pages: 306 Rating: 4 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): At fourteen, Nick Gautier thinks he knows everything about the world around him. Streetwise, tough and savvy, his quick sarcasm is the stuff of legends. . .until the night when his …
Title: Otherkin (Otherkin #1) Author: Nina Berry Genre: Paranormal romance, shifters, magic Publisher: Kensington Publication Date: July 2012 (I received this book as a digital ARC from NetGalley) Pages: 320 Rating: 2 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): I thought I knew myself. Then I met Caleb. Dez is a good girl who does as she’s told and tries not to …
Title: Delirium (Delirium #1) Author: Lauren Oliver Genre: Dystopia, sci-fi, romance, young adult Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (an imprint of Hachette), HarperCollins Publication Date: 2011 Pages: 393 Rating: 5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): What if love were a disease? There was a time when love was the most important thing in the world. People would go to …
Title: Marked (House of Night #1) Author: P.C and Kristin Cast Genre: Paranormal Romance, Contemporary, Vampires Publisher: Atom also St Martins. Press (an imprint of Macmillan) Publication Date: May 2007 Pages: 306 Rating: 2 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): The House of Night series is set in a world very much like our own, except in 16-year-old Zoey Redbird’s world, …
Title: Temptation (Temptation #1) Author: Karen Ann Hopkins Genre: Contemporary, Realistic Fiction Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publication Date: June 2012 (I received this book as a digital ARC from NetGalley); released in Australia in August. Pages: 380 Rating: 3.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Your heart misleads you. That’s what my friends and family say. But I love Noah. And he …