The Bursting Bookshelf

Title: Hunting Lila Author: Sarah Alderson Publisher: Simon & Schuster Release: August 5, 2011 Pages: 318 Series: Lila #1 THANKS TO SIMON & SCHUSTER CANADA FOR THE REVIEW COPY. Synopsis: 17-year-old Lila has two secrets she’s prepared to take to the grave. The first is that she can move things just by looking at them. The second is that she’s been in love with her brother’s best friend, Alex,...

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Where did you get the inspiration for the love triangle? As far as love triangles go, I think they are hard to do, to be honest. I really wanted to make sure Jewel didn’t come across as fickle or taking advantage of two guys. So I was inspired to write a love triangle with that in mind. I think most girls can like...

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Title: Article 5  Author: Kristen Simmons Publisher: Tor Teen Release: January 31, 2012 Pages: 364 Series: Article 5 #1 Synopsis: New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C., have been abandoned.The Bill of Rights has been revoked, and replaced with the Moral Statutes.There are no more police—instead, there are soldiers. There are no more fines for bad behavior—instead, there are arrests, trials, and maybe worse. People who get arrested usually...

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Top Ten Books to Read when Stranded on a Desert Island: If you are going to be stranded, may as well find something to pass the time. Just make sure you plan ahead… #1 would have to be HOW TO SURVIVE ON A DESERT ISLAND. Because, really, if I don't survive, I won't get to read  #2-10.  #2 Beauty Queens by Libba Bray,...

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Title: Torn  Author: Amanda Hocking Publisher: St. Martin's Press Release: February 28, 2012 Pages: 324 Series: Trylle Trilogy #2 Synopsis: Amanda Hocking is an indie publishing sensation whose self-published novels have sold millions of copies all over the world.  Step into the world of the Trylle, and prepare to be enchanted…. When Wendy Everly first discovers the truth about herself—that she’s a changeling switched at birth—she knows her life...

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In My Mailbox is a weekly feature done by The Story Siren. These are from the last couple weeks... Bought: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Cinder by Marissa Meyer  Bloodlines by Richelle Mead Looking for Alaska by John Green The Selection by Kiera Cass For Review: Hunting Lila by Sarah Alderson (Thanks to Simon & Schuster Canada!) Purity by Jackson Pearce...

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Title: Above  Author: Leah Bobet Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books Release: April 1, 2012 Pages: 368 Series: None THANKS TO SCHOLASTIC CANADA FOR THE REVIEW COPY. Synopsis: Matthew has loved Ariel from the moment he found her in the tunnels, her bee’s wings falling away. They live in Safe, an underground refuge for those fleeing the city Above—like Whisper, who speaks to ghosts, and Jack Flash, who can shoot...

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Title: Saving June  Author: Hannah Harrington Publisher: HarlequinTeen Release: November 22, 2011 Pages: 322 Series: None Synopsis: ‘If she’d waited less than two weeks, she’d be June who died in June. But I guess my sister didn’t consider that.’ Harper Scott’s older sister has always been the perfect one so when June takes her own life a week before her high school graduation, sixteen-year-old Harper is devastated. Everyone’s sorry, but...

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Title: Miles from Ordinary  Author: Carol Lynch Williams Publisher: St. Martin's Press Release: March 15, 2011 Pages: 197 Series: None Synopsis: Thirteen-year-old Lacey wakes to a beautiful summer morning excited to begin her new job at the library, just as her mother is supposed to start work at the grocery store. Lacey hopes that her mother's ghosts have finally been laid to rest; after all, she seems so much better these...

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Title: Legend  Author: Marie Lu Publisher: Putnam Juvenile Release: November 29, 2011 Pages: 305 Series: Legend #1 Synopsis: What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic's highest military circles. Born into the slums,...

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Day 7: Did you put any aspect of your life into your book? EJ: I honestly didn’t do it on purpose, but I do find myself talking like Vi (or maybe she talks like me…?) and cutting and dying my hair black… So maybe I put those things in there because it’s something I like.  BP: Yes. My life and who I am...

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Day 6: Who was your favorite character to write and why? Who was your least? EJ: Oh, I love writing from Vi’s point of view. She’s sarcastic, which I like, and she’s not afraid to say what’s on her mind, something I wish I could do. I do love to write scenes between Vi and Jag, because they have this way of dealing...

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Day 5: Was there any part of your book that was particularly hard to write? EJ: Oh yeah. There’s a part of POSSESSION that I wrote and rewrote and rewrote. Then in revisions with my agents, I took it all, deleted it, and wrote it AGAIN. It seems to work well enough now. BP: All of it is hard to write. There’s story...

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