Genre: Contemporary

Review: Running on Empty by Colette Ballard

Posted June 3, 2014 by Lauren in Review / 1 Comment
Review: Running on Empty by Colette Ballard

Pages: 376Publication: May 06th 2014 by Tulip Teen Series: N/A – Stand AloneSource: Patchwork Press via Netgalley Amazon • TBD • Kobo • Goodreads What does it feel like when you die—in those final moments? Do you feel the physical pain, or just the pain of your regrets? What does it feel like when you realize you can’t answer these questions because you’re not […]

Review: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Posted May 28, 2014 by Lauren in Review / 4 Comments
Review: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Pages: 240Publication: May 13th 2014 by Delacorte PressSeries: N/A – Stand AloneSource: Random House Children’s via Netgalley Amazon • TBD • Goodreads A beautiful and distinguished family.A private island.A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.A revolution. An accident. A secret.Lies upon lies.True love.The truth. We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from […]

Review: Don’t Call Me Baby by Gwendolyn Heasley

Posted April 21, 2014 by Lauren in Review / 12 Comments
Review: Don’t Call Me Baby by Gwendolyn Heasley

Pages: 304Publication: April 22nd 2014 by Harper Teen Series: N/A – Stand AloneSource: Harper Teen via Edelweiss Amazon • TBD • Kobo • Goodreads All her life, Imogene has been known as the girl on THAT blog. Imogene’s mother has been writing an incredibly embarrassing, and incredibly popular, blog about her since before she was born. Hundreds of thousands of perfect strangers knew when […]

Review: Great by Sara Benincasa

Posted April 13, 2014 by Lauren in Review / 13 Comments
Review: Great by Sara Benincasa

Pages: 272Publication Date: April 08th 2014 by HarperTeen Series: N/A – Stand AloneSource: Harper Teen via Edelweiss Amazon • TBD • Kobo • Goodreads Everyone loves a good scandal. Naomi Rye usually dreads spending the summer with her socialite mother in East Hampton. This year is no different. She sticks out like a sore thumb among the teenagers who have been summering (a verb […]

Review: The Summer I Wasn’t Me by Jessica Verdi

Posted March 26, 2014 by Lauren in Review / 2 Comments
Review: The Summer I Wasn’t Me by Jessica Verdi

Pages: 352Publication Date: April 01st 2014 by Sourcebooks FireSeries: N/A – Stand AloneSource: Sourcebooks Fire via Netgalley Amazon • TBD • Goodreads Lexi has a secret… Ever since her mom found out she was in love with a girl, seventeen-year-old Lexi’s afraid that what’s left of her family is going to fall apart for good.  You are on the road to […]

Review: Panic by Lauren Oliver

Posted March 6, 2014 by Lauren in Review / 15 Comments
Review: Panic by Lauren Oliver

Pages: 416Publication Date: March 4th 2014 by HarperCollins Series: N/A – Stand AloneSource: HarperCollins via Edelweiss Amazon • TBD • Kobo • Goodreads Panic began as so many things do in Carp, a dead-end town of 12,000 people in the middle of nowhere: because it was summer, and there was nothing else to do. Heather never thought she would compete in Panic, a legendary […]

Review: My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick

Posted March 3, 2014 by Lauren in Review / 20 Comments
Review: My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick

Pages: 416Published: June 14th 2013 by Dial Books for Young Readers Series: My Life Next Door #1Source: Gifted from Melissa Amazon • TBD • Kobo • Goodreads “One thing my mother never knew, and would disapprove of most of all, was that I watched the Garretts. All the time.” The Garretts are everything the Reeds are not. Loud, messy, affectionate. And every day from […]

Review: The Summer I Found You by Jolene Perry

Posted February 27, 2014 by Lauren in Review / 7 Comments
Review: The Summer I Found You by Jolene Perry

Pages: 256Publication Date: March 4th 2014 by Albert Whitman TeenSeries: N/A – Stand AloneSource: Albert Whitman via Netgalley Amazon • TBD • Kobo • Goodreads All they have in common is that they’re less than perfect. And all they’re looking for is the perfect distraction. Kate’s dream boyfriend has just broken up with her and she’s still reeling from her diagnosis of type […]

Review: Faking Normal by Courtney C. Stevens

Posted February 24, 2014 by Lauren in Review / 12 Comments
Review: Faking Normal by Courtney C. Stevens

Pages: 336Published: February 25th 2014 by HarperCollins Children’s Books Series: N/A – Stand Alone Source: From HarperCollins via Edelweiss Amazon • TBD • Kobo • Goodreads Alexi Littrell hasn’t told anyone what happened to her over the summer. Ashamed and embarrassed, she hides in her closet and compulsively scratches the back of her neck, trying to make the outside hurt more than the inside does. […]