Fight Club + a Lifetime Original Move = this train wreck of a romance

Beautiful Disaster By: Jamie McGuire Genre: Seriously messed-up dysfunctional YA romance Rating: R (for bedroom scenes and language) Coffee Beans: 3.5/5 Spoilers: Nothing major Favorite Line: “It looks like Vegas threw up on a flock of vultures,” America sneered. Warning: This is going to be long, but I promise you, it will be interesting and

Top 100 teen reads for the summer. Do you agree?

I ran across a pretty interesting article today on Twitter from @NPRBooks: Your Favorites: 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels. Well, with a title like that, I had to go and check it out. The list (below) was a result of teens voting, more than 1,200 nominations. What I thought was most interesting about this article was

Unique dystopian being compared to Hunger Games isn’t quite there, but still good

Starters By Lissa Price YA Dystopian Content Rating: PG Coffee Beans: 3.5/5 Spoilers: Only a little Favorite Line: It looked like a giant dandelion breaking apart, daytime fireworks that spread and then rained. (ebook, pg 203) Publisher’s Summary: In the future, teens rent their bodies to seniors who want to be young again. One girl

90’s nostalgia, here I come

Drain You By M. Beth Bloom YA Paranormal Romance (light romance) HarperTeen, July 24th, 2012 Rating: Strong PG-13. Open door sex scenes, but no really details given Coffee Beans: 4/5 Favorite Lines: So I loved Libby, but in a vintage way. Like a childhood blanket, or my dad’s mac and cheese. A deep love, but not

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Ravyn’s Fallby  Julie Blackstone Good book with an intriguing twist on the angels and demons story. Well worth the read. BR to come soon. AND and interview with the author! :) So excited. –Me try{ clicky.init(17307); }catch(e){}

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Startersby Lissa Price Awesomely unique premise and an all around pretty good book. BR to come soon. –Me try{ clicky.init(17307); }catch(e){}

Another bad book about unhealthy relationships for teenage girls, but with gods and goddesses. As if that would make it any easier to swallow

Goddess InterruptedAimee CarterYA FantasyCover Factor: Pretty sweetRating: PG-13 for closed-door sex and some violenceCoffee Beans: 1.5 (And only that high because I liked the cover)Favorite line: Ha! NoneDisclaimer: I received this book free from the publisher via Edelweiss in exchange for this honest review.  Publisher’s Summary: Kate Winters has won immortality. But if she wants

Diva by Jillian Larkin Delivers (as always)

Diva by Jillian LarkinYA Historical FictionRating: PGCoffee Beans: 4 of 5 starsSpoilers: NopeDisclaimer: I received a copy of this book free via the publisher in exchange for this honest review. Publisher’s Summary:Parties, bad boys, speakeasies—life in Manhattan has become a woozy blur for Clara Knowles. If Marcus Eastman truly loved her, how could he have

Red Heart Tattoo Book Report

Red Heart TattooLurlene McDanielPub Date: July 24, 2012Rating: PGCoffee Beans: 3.5Spoilers: NopeFavorite Line:Girls clustered like a bouquet of spring flowers to admire the pearl. (pg 81, ebook)Disclaimer: I received this ARC free from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for this honest review. Publisher’s Summary:At 7:45 a.m. on the day before Thanksgiving break, a bomb goes

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Red Heart Tattoo by Lurlene McDaniel. A good quick, easy read; but could have delved a lot deeper. Pub Date: July 24th, BR will be posted on July 10th due to publisher’s guidelines.  –Me try{ clicky.init(17307); }catch(e){}