The Selection VS The Jewel

This is a cover matchup.  I know we’ve all noticed that book covers start to develop a trend, especially inside certain genera so I thought it would be fun to do a verses that puts books that look similar against each other. Goodreads Selection|  Goodreads Jewel First Off: the spoiler free points So I just finished …

Check the Shelf Book Review: Twinmaker

Twinmaker by Sean Williams | website | twitter | Read by Katie Koster Publisher/Year: Balzer + Bray | November 5th, 2013 Pages: 496 Time: 12 Hours and 6 Minutes Series: Twinmaker book 1 of 3 Genre: Sci-Fi Young Adult Format: Audiobook Source: Overdrive through Cincinnati Library Amazon | Goodreads               …

Recently Reread Book: The Selection Review

The Selection Review The Selection by Kiera Cass | website | twitter | Read By: Amy Rubinate | website | twitter | Publisher/Year: Harper Teen | April 24, 2012 Pages: 336 Time: 8 hours and 7 minutes Series: The Selection Book 1 of 5 Genre: Young Adult Dystopian Format: Audiobook Source: Overdrive through the Cincinnati …

Writers and their Writing: Patricia C. Wrede

So Patricia Wrede is one of the Authors that hooked me on fantasy.  I remember finding Calling On Dragons at a Barnes and Nobel when I was a kid, I still remember where in the store (which still is in the same spot) the books were.  The main character, Cimoriana was what drew me in, …

Check the Shelf Book Review: The Jewel

The Jewel by Amy Ewing | website | twitter | Read by: Erin Spencer | goodreads | Publisher/Year: Harper Teen | September 2, 2014 Audiobook Publisher/Year: Harper Audio | September 2, 2014 Time: 10 Hours and 12 Minutes Series: The Lone City Series (Book 1 of 3) Genre: YA Dystopian Fantasy Format: Audiobook Source: Overdrive through Cincinnati …

5 on Friday: Interesting Reads

The perfect summer reading for every Myers-Briggs personality type at The Modern Mrs. Darcy– Love the concept, although not sure if the books my personality are associate with seem interesting to me, but still a great list of books. Why You Should Go For a Walk When You Need Creative Inspiration at Life Hacker–  great reminder …

Check the Shelf: The Glass Arrow Review

The Glass Arrow by Kristen Simmons  | website | facebook | twitter | Read by: Soneela Nankani Book Publisher/Year: Tor Teen | February 10, 2015 Audiobook Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc. | February 10, 2015Time: 12 hours 4 minutes Series: Standalone Genre: YA Dystopian Format: Audiobook Source: ARC from publishers through Library Thing (Thanks!) Amazon | …