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Title: First Comes Love Author: Katie Kacvinsky Pages: 224 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/ Thomas Allen & Sons Release Date: May 8, 2012 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Barnes and Noble | Book Depository Summary: ( Goodreads ) Like his name, Gray is dark and stormy. Dylan, a girl always searching for what’s next, seemingly unable to settle down, is the exact opposite: full of light and life. On the outside, they seem like an unlikely couple. But looks can be deceiving and besides, opposites attract. What starts as friendship, turns into admiration, respect and caring, until finally these two lone souls find they are truly in love with each other. But staying in love is not as easy as falling in love. If Dylan and Gray want their love to last, they’re going to have to work at it. And learn that sometimes love means having to say you’re sorry. *Received for review from publisher for honest review* Review:   This was a refr...

Title: Something Strange and Deadly (#1) Author: Susan Dennard Pages: 400 Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: July 24, 2012 Summary: ( Goodreads ) There’s something strange and deadly loose in Philadelphia… Eleanor Fitt has a lot to worry about. Her brother has gone missing, her family has fallen on hard times, and her mother is determined to marry her off to any rich young man who walks by. But this is nothing compared to what she’s just read in the newspaper— The Dead are rising in Philadelphia. And then, in a frightening attack, a zombie delivers a letter to Eleanor…from her brother. Whoever is controlling the Dead army has taken her brother as well. If Eleanor is going to find him, she’ll have to venture into the lab of the notorious Spirit-Hunters, who protect the city from supernatural forces. But as Eleanor spends more time with the Spirit-Hunters, including their maddeningly stubborn yet handsome inventor, Daniel, the situation becomes dire. And ...

Title: Asuder (Newsoul #2) Author: Jodi Meadows Publisher: HarperCollins Summary: ( Goodreads ) DARKSOULS Ana has always been the only one. Asunder. Apart. But after Templedark, when many residents of Heart were lost forever, some hold Ana responsible for the darksouls–and the newsouls who may be born in their place. SHADOWS Many are afraid of Ana’s presence, a constant reminder of unstoppable changes and the unknown. When sylph begin behaving differently toward her and people turn violent, Ana must learn to stand up not only for herself but for those who cannot stand up for themselves. LOVE Ana was told that nosouls can’t love. But newsouls? More than anything, she wants to live and love as an equal among the citizens of Heart, but even when Sam professes his deepest feelings, it seems impossible to overcome a lifetime of rejection. In this second book in the Incarnate trilogy, Ana discovers the truth about reincarnation and will have to find a w...

Stacking The Shelves is all about the books we are adding to our shelves each week, sharing with you our excitement for our newest titles and maybe have you discover a new book in the process! *In replacing In My Mailbox* Review:  Cold Fury (Cold Fury #1) by T.M. Goeglein Zoe Letting Go by Nora Price Thank You Penguin Canad/Razorbill Bitter End by Jennifer Brown -Thank You Hatchette Book Group Canada Onyx (Lux #2) by Jennifer L. Armentrout  - Thank you Entangled Publishing*YAY!!!!!!* Bought:  Until I Die (Revenants #2) by Amy Plum *found early* Insurgent (Divergent #2) by Veronica Roth (READ + LOVED!) * bought 3 copies, & e-book* Obsidian (Lux #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Already Read- got mass paperback) The Last Princess by Galaxy Craze Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins (E-book) When You Were Mine by Rebeca Serle  Near Witch by Victoria Schwab

“Love Can Conquer Any Distance . . . Right?”             If you look closely at the cover of While He Was Away , you’ll see that the title of this post also serves as the caption for my novel.             A caption that reminds me of another famous quote:             Absence makes the heart grow fonder.             And this one, which I always thought came from that wild novel from the 1970s, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, but which, it turns out, is actually an ancient Chinese proverb:             If you love something, set it free.   If it comes back to you, it’s yours.   If it doesn’t, it never was.               The only things ...

Check out my Interview with Lisa!! Thank you Entangled Publishing for letting me participate in the tour! 1) How did you come up with the idea for Pretty Amy?    I was arrested during my senior year of high school, not for the same reason Amy was, but that was where the kernel came from. I also knew I wanted to write a "shocking" book from a teenage girl's point of view. I feel like you can get away with your character being a murderer, or a jerk, or just a smart ass more easily if your book isn't contemporary and I wanted to try to break that mold with PRETTY AMY. I also wanted to write a contemporary YA book that was about what real teens go through. I feel like teenage girl's lives are complex and I hoped to show that in PRETTY AMY. 2) How would you describe your books in 3 words?  Funny, Raw, Bittersweet 3) What was your favorite scene to write?  The scene with the girls in the school bathroom on prom night. They were just b...

Title: This Is So Not Happening (He's So/She's So #3) Author: Kieran Scott Pages: 215 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Childrens Books Expected Release: May 1, 2012 Buy:  Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository Summary: ( Goodreads ) After their long summer apart, Ally and Jake were hoping for a drama free senior year. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like things will work out that way...again.   It turns out that Chloe is pregnant and says that Jake is the father. Hammond is pissed at his best friend, but mostly can't believe that Ally would stay with Jake. But Ally is tired of being apart from Jake and is willing to make it work. But that is easier said than done when Jake starts blowing Ally off to go to doctor's appointments with Chloe and Ally joins the school play and meets a new cute guy.  But as graduation approaches, things get more complicated as new secrets come out and Ally realizes maybe Jake ...