The Bursting Bookshelf

Title: VariantAuthor: Robison WellsPublisher: HarperTeenRelease: October 4, 2011Pages: 373Series: Variant #1 Synopsis: Benson Fisher thought that a scholarship to Maxfield Academy would be the ticket out of his dead-end life.He was wrong.Now he’s trapped in a school that’s surrounded by a razor-wire fence. A school where video cameras monitor his every move. Where there are no adults. Where the kids have split into groups in order to survive.Where breaking...

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In My Mailbox is a weekly feature done by The Story Siren. This week's In My Mailbox is actually a compilation of the last two weeks, during which I went to a book sale, hence the large number of bought books. For Review: Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore (Thanks to Penguin Canada) Everneath by Brodi Ashton (Thanks to HarperCollins Canada) Black Heart by Holly Black...

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Title: Never Have I EverAuthor: Sara ShepardPublisher: HarperTeenRelease: August 2, 2011Pages: 309Series: The Lying Game #2 Synopsis: Sara Shepard, the author of the Pretty Little Liars novels, has followed up those top-selling fictions with an even more artfully knotted series. At its center is a murdered narrator whose long-lost identical twin sister Emma is serving as a stand-in detective to find the killer. In the second episode of their...

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Elana Johnson's Possession and Surrender got brand new covers! Personally, I love them and the color they incorporate, while still keeping design aspects from the earlier covers. What do you think? ...

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So Follow my Blog Friday is a meme held by Parajunkee and it's where you answer the weekly question and then link yourself and you go and check out other blogs of your interest. Q: Which book genre do you avoid at all costs and why?I've never enjoyed high fantasy or historical books. I don't know what it is about these two genres that turns...

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Title: My Soul to SaveAuthor: Rachel VincentPublisher: Harlequin TeenRelease: December 29, 2009Pages: 279Series: Soul Screamers #2 Synopsis: When Kaylee Cavanaugh screams, someone dies.So when teen pop star Eden croaks onstage and Kaylee doesn't wail, she knows something is dead wrong. She can't cry for someone who has no soul.The last thing Kaylee needs right now is to be skipping school, breaking her dad's ironclad curfew and putting her too-hot-to-be-real...

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Title: IncarnateAuthor: Jodi MeadowsPublisher: HarperCollins Children's BooksRelease: January 31, 2012Pages: 384Series: Newsoul #1THANKS TO HARPERCOLLINS CANADA FOR THE ADVANCE REVIEW COPY.Synopsis:NEWSOUL Ana is new. For thousands of years in Range, a million souls have been reincarnated over and over, keeping their memories and experiences from previous lifetimes. When Ana was born, another soul vanished, and no one knows why. NOSOUL Even Ana’s own mother thinks...

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So Follow my Blog Friday is a meme held by Parajunkee and it's where you answer the weekly question and then link yourself and you go and check out other blogs of your interest. Q: What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done to get your hands on any particular book? The crazier thing I've ever done to get a book was drive four...

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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event held by Jill over at Breaking The Spine! It's all about those books you just can't wait for and are counting down the days till they come out. This week I chose City of Lost Souls. In Book 5: City of Lost Souls, the Shadowhunters struggle to piece together their shattered world after a betrayal by one...

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Title: ForeverAuthor: Maggie StiefvaterPublisher: Scholastic PressRelease: July 12, 2011Pages: 390Series: Wolves of Mercy Falls #3 Synopsis: The thrilling conclusion to #1 bestselling Shiver trilogy from Maggie StievaterIn Maggie Stiefvater's Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other. InLinger, they fought to be together. Now, in Forever, the stakes are even higher than before. Wolves are being hunted. Lives are being threatened. And love is harder and harder to hold on to as...

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Author of THE GLIMPSE, Faber & Faber, expected release June 2012. Claire wrote her first paranormal screenplay at the age of thirteen and named it after a road sign. DANGER ALIVE never made it to the big screen, but she continued to write and daydream her way through school and university, graduated with a BA (Hons) in Film Studies, and spent the next few...

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Title: Ten Things We Did (And Probably Shouldn't Have)Author: Sarah MlynowskiPublisher: HarperTeenRelease: June 7, 2011Pages: 368Series: None Synopsis:2 girls + 3 guys + 1 house – parents = 10 things April and her friends did that they (definitely, maybe, probably) shouldn't have.   If given the opportunity, what sixteen-year-old wouldn't jump at the chance to move in with a friend and live parent-free?...

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So Follow my Blog Friday is a meme held by Parajunkee and it's where you answer the weekly question and then link yourself and you go and check out other blogs of your interest. Q: Many readers/bloggers are also big music fans. Tell us about a few of your favorite bands/singers that we should listen to in 2012. I personally love Marianas Trench...

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Hey everyone, I would just like to start by thanking all of you who supported Meghan in the Heroine Tourney. We got very far, and for that I cannot thank you enough! To show my adoration for all of you wonderful people, I'm holding an international giveaway as a way of saying thank you for supporting Meghan. Also, I'm tying it in with...

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In My Mailbox is a weekly feature done by The Story Siren. Bought: The Emerald Talisman by Brenda Pandos (eBook) Beauty Queens by Libba Bray ...

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I following with the trend of Top Tens, here are the books I cannot wait to read in 2012. These are in no particular order. .gr_grid_container { /* customize grid container div here. eg: width: 500px; */ } .gr_grid_book_container { /* customize book cover container div here */ float: left; width: 98px; height: 160px; padding: 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; } Anna 's 2012-cannot-wait...

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So Follow my Blog Friday is a meme held by Parajunkee and it's where you answer the weekly question and then link yourself and you go and check out other blogs of your interest. Question of the Week: Go count the number of unread books sitting on your shelf. How many? Um, well it's a number that I'm not completely comfortable saying. But...

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When did you start your blog? I started my blog back in October 2010 and I wish I had gotten into blogging earlier! Do you ever still feel like a newbie? At times, but not very much anymore. I feel very established and I've met some great people along the way. What has been the biggest challenge you’ve faced so far? Did you...

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